What Causes Farmers’ Pants to Explode? | MythBusters | Discovery

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
  • Tory, Kari, and Grant investigate a myth involving farm workers’ pants catching fire, conducting experiments with various materials including fertilizer and explosives. Will their experiment prove successful, or will they go up in smoke?
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Komentáře • 44

  • @OmegaMikePL
    @OmegaMikePL Před měsícem +51

    Mythbusters - the childhood show that sparked my interest in STEM. And remember, the difference between science and messing around is writing stuff down!

    • @lip-filler-looks-rank
      @lip-filler-looks-rank Před měsícem

      sparked my interest in hot ginger chicks...

    • @zoe9190
      @zoe9190 Před měsícem +3

      I would add safety precautions for those in STEM. Those who mess around arent always concerned about it

  • @phatphan1403
    @phatphan1403 Před měsícem +18

    I am laughing so hard every time seeing mythbusters use a skull to smoke a cigarette.
    It is the best anti-smoking ad ever!😂

  • @Desoda_is_my_name_or_something

    Farmers had been spraying sodium chlorate, a government recommended weedkiller, onto the ragwort, and some of the spray had ended up on their clothes. Sodium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent, and reacted with the organic fibres (i.e., the wool and the cotton) of the clothes.

  • @cheesoid2836
    @cheesoid2836 Před měsícem +7

    Casually making ANFO on TV is awesome

  • @Eric-gi9kg
    @Eric-gi9kg Před měsícem +4

    Thee Ultimate Blast on M.B. was when they blew up the cement truck

  • @Speciimenn
    @Speciimenn Před 9 hodinami

    God, Carrie mixing that gun cotton stuff was TERRIFYING

  • @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13
    @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 Před měsícem +1

    I used to be a professional shotfirer (explosives tech in the mining industry) and there's nothing worse than the feeling when you have a gap in the con line... It's only ever happened to me on a couple of occasions, after thousands of successful blasts. And even though it's unlikely to go off, you have to go and disconnect the faulty line, which considering my entire career was using the "non electric" tied in method (meaning every hole is connected to the point of ignition), it's a spooky feeling to walk back into a loaded and tied in shot AFTER you've already hit the buttons. Especially when you're absolutely sure everything should have fired, because you've checked it several times and gone through the checklists.
    Like I said, I've only ever done it a couple of times, but I'll never forget the sinking feeling of doing it. Especially because the mine I worked in was one of the biggest gold mines in the world and it was right next to the town, so there was often hundreds of tourists and locals at the lookout watching the blasts scheduled for 1pm and 5pm almost every day.

  • @GallerySpecter
    @GallerySpecter Před 11 dny +1

    "Frank, why are you standing so far away?"
    "I want to continue to live."
    "...Okay, next question: *why am I standing so close?!*
    😂

  • @atoriusv5070
    @atoriusv5070 Před měsícem +2

    Farming fertilizer is well known to be explosive, so combining that with the pesticide it's very feasible that the new pesticide cocktail caused a chemical reaction with an ignition followed by the fertilizer powder causing the boom.

  • @ThatOpalGuy
    @ThatOpalGuy Před měsícem +2

    ah, young adam savage. I LOVE these episodes!

  • @borntoclimb7116
    @borntoclimb7116 Před měsícem +2

    I remember watching this on TV.

  • @thehellsage
    @thehellsage Před měsícem +3

    Always just a little bittersweet to see Grant in these... The world misses you dearly, bud.

    • @DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree
      @DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree Před měsícem

      I've said it before and I will say it for the rest of time.
      The world is just a little dimmer without that winning smile of his.

  • @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13
    @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 Před měsícem

    These old episodes remind me why, as a young high school student, I had the biggest crush on Kari Byron 😍
    She had the brains, the style, the wit and that moonbeam smile. The woman had it all for me and considering she's almost 50 now, I think she still does.

  • @melissaconnellyjones2622
    @melissaconnellyjones2622 Před měsícem +4

    That was awesome! We need this show to come back.

    • @dragonblaster-vu8wz
      @dragonblaster-vu8wz Před měsícem +1

      At the very least, they need to air it again

    • @rocketamadeus3730
      @rocketamadeus3730 Před měsícem

      They don't make TV like this anymore, it would be all polished and soulless.

    • @maxbracegirdle9990
      @maxbracegirdle9990 Před měsícem

      Didnt they try to make it woth new people and it failed?? Regarless, all the episodes are now up on the MythBusters CZcams channel

  • @Denbub
    @Denbub Před měsícem +3

    AWESOME ‼️👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @jesusthugmusic
    @jesusthugmusic Před měsícem +1

    Boombob farmpants isn't a happy camper..😂

  • @micahpacileo2307
    @micahpacileo2307 Před měsícem +1

    i watched this when it was on tv

  • @yourguysheppy
    @yourguysheppy Před měsícem

    Thanks for the clip, looking forward to seeing it disappear in a week like the episodes on the Mythbusters channel

  • @ScienceTechMan
    @ScienceTechMan Před měsícem

    amazing science

  • @happyhippoeaters4261
    @happyhippoeaters4261 Před měsícem +1

    You've heard of Liar Liar Pants on Fire, get ready for

  • @Blk_Mage_Ctype
    @Blk_Mage_Ctype Před měsícem +1

    I'm amazed that this video has already been up for a day yet nobody made any lewd jokes about exploding pants.

  • @stevenlott8103
    @stevenlott8103 Před měsícem

    think you guys missed on this one. the fertilzer and the herbicide

  • @fullspectrumalchemist
    @fullspectrumalchemist Před měsícem +1

    Why do I think they where using nitro for fertilizers and turned there fabric into nitro cellulose, a.k.a. Gun cotton

  • @rocketamadeus3730
    @rocketamadeus3730 Před měsícem

    Lol I don't think that gun cotton provided any thrust.

  • @HoveyFarms
    @HoveyFarms Před měsícem

    What's the secret ingredient

  • @pirobot668beta
    @pirobot668beta Před měsícem

    Alticide? (1940's weed killer)

  • @arensekeryan780
    @arensekeryan780 Před měsícem +1

    Rerun!

  • @ruvanefriebus-cv6td
    @ruvanefriebus-cv6td Před měsícem +1

    He? Mhe? What's happening?

  • @unseenbirb3247
    @unseenbirb3247 Před měsícem

    wait they said a weed killer is flamable who invented that bet they caused alot of arson

  • @scottymoondogjakubin4766
    @scottymoondogjakubin4766 Před měsícem

    All it takes is a juicy fart and a small static spark ! 😝

  • @jessicaregina1956
    @jessicaregina1956 Před měsícem

    Jeremy Clarkson.

  • @keitainaba3161
    @keitainaba3161 Před měsícem

    Ammonium nitrate + {redacted} +(-) {redacted} = ANFO
    Patents tell you alot

  • @astonmoore6126
    @astonmoore6126 Před měsícem

    Guys stop posting clips.... Mythbusters have a channel where they upload the whole episode...and they have most of them up already... go do something else