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Down with the Titanic. In that scene in Titanic where Jack and Rose jump from the back so that they don't get sucked down, is it really necessary? I mean will they get sucked down to the watery depths if they don't jump? That's what thish myth aims to find out - if a sinking ship will drag you down with it.

Adam thinks that it can be tested in the shop, but Jamie thinks they ought to test in a pool. Both actually win out, and the first test is something of a scaled-down version that takes place in the pool of Encino High School - which is incidentally the pool you see in the beginning of many episodes.

Adam's bubbler rig seems to support the myth, and in fact he jumps on and rides it right to the bottom, so it looks like if this little wooden box will suck him to the bottom, surely a boat will do the same. Looks like it's time to scale the project up a bit, and that's just what they do.

After looking at a couple of boats that won't do, they find an old boat, dub it the Mythtanic and take it out to the dry dock to try sinking it. The first round doesn't go too well - Adam jump off before it sinks. When Jamie has to spend 30 minutes on the bottom trying to get it hooked up again, he isn't sure that he wants to try again, but the decide to give it one more try and hook up the cables before sinking it.

This time Adam stays aboard and... nothing. He doesn't even get his hair wet. So it looks like this one won't cut it. Busted. The explanation offered is that the small box sank a lot faster in the pool, while the boat went down more slowly. I have to say, though, if one of those massive ships sank, it may very well have the extra pull. This one may come back again later - but I'm not sure if they'll be able to sink one of those big boys.

Goldfish Memory. It has been said that goldfish can be put into small bowls because by the time they swim all the way around, they've forgotten where they were and just keep going. In such a small body, having a memory of just three seconds doesn't seem like it's all that impossible. t's time to put this myth to the test.

Adam and Jamie head to the pet store and they each buy five fish. The goal is to put them through a 45-day competition to see if they can learn a simple maze during this time. By the end of the first week, Adam's fish are living in a cloudy tank and one has died. Meanwhile, Jamie's fish are learning to associate the color orange with food, and seem to be doing well at it.

After several weeks, Jamie's fish are running the course in a minute, seemingly showing that they do have memories longer than 3 seconds, while Adam's fish are eating their own poo - showing nothing at all.

By the official end of the competition, the fish in Jamie's tank have done the course in an amazing 25 seconds (though on the last day it takes them 40 seconds). Adam has had fish finish as quickly as 90 seconds, but they've also taken longer than 9 minutes, so it seems compeletely random. I would have liked to see Jamie alter the course, to see if the fish learned the course or the color - though I realize that either would have proven the point. It just would have been neat to see. Busted.

The Mad Trombonist. Apparently a bored member of the orchestra decided during one recital of the 1812 Overture decided to spice things up by placing a firecracker in their trombone. As the myth is told, the firecracker then explodes, peeling back the bell of the trumpet and landing the conductor in the audience. Sounds like it's time for an explosion.

After bringing in the explosives expert and loading a firecracker into a trombone, the stage is set and... nothing. So they pour some rocket engines into the trombone, and that at least produces a slightly larger explosion. For the next test, Jamie suggests putting some powder into the trombone itself, which actually launches the mute (the plug you put in the end) into Buster, and he falls over, but not into the audience. The bell of the trombone isn't peeled back either. Test after test fails - no peeling, no Buster in the audience. Busted.