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While movies are fun, dramatic, and often teach us
something, many of the lessons that they teach
are actually bull.
So today we're going to examine seven lies
that blockbusters have left many of us believing
over the years to be true.
This is seven myths you still believe,
lies that movies taught you.
The myth that you can safely walk away from an explosion.
If you've watched pretty much any action movie,
you've seen an explosion or two, or 100.
Often we see the hero or villain walking away
just as the building that they left blows into
smithereens behind them.
You know, they're acting all cool as there's a giant
fire ball that erupts in the sky.
And we've come to believe that this is realistic.
Well you can thank Hollywood effects for the look
of the flames and the flying debris,
because a real explosion would not be so good for you.
An explosion behind you would start a concussive force
and a shock wave that's sure to crack your bones
and turn some of your essential insides outsides.
So if you're aware that a bomb's about to go off,
you best skip the cool slow-mo walk and haul out of there.
The myth that silencers make no noise.
When a hit man or spy needs to take out some henchmen
as quietly as possible, they turn to the miracle
sound compressor, the silencer.
Attaching this little cylinder to your handgun
will make that unnervingly loud firearm sound
like a whisper of what was once a lot louder.
Guess what?
Not so much.
Also known as suppressors, silencer do actually reduce
the noise that a gun makes, but not by much.
According to research, the average suppressor reduces
the sound of a shot by less than 43 decibels.
And considering the average unsilenced gun shot rings out
between 140 and 160 decibels, the idea that it would
be a quiet pew is ridiculous.
Even with the silencer on, a gun going off can still
do serious damage to your hearing.
So even if you happen to be firing such a gun,
do yourself a favor and wear production.
You're not exactly going to look like James Bond,
but hey, you'll be protecting your ears.
The myth that water can always safely break your fall.
Oh no, something's chasing you across a bridge or
along a sea cliff, go ahead and jump.
Just make sure you aim for the water and you'll be fine.
Not.
So many movies would have us believe that incredible
falls from super high places can be rendered non-fatal
if the person hits water instead of land.
However, studies show that any fall into water of over
76 meters, or basically the height of the Golden Gate
Bridge is between 95 and 98% fatal.
The cliff diving world record sits at only 58.5 meters
and was set by Lasso Schaller, a Brazilian Swiss athlete
who dislocated his right hip in the process.
And he was a trained stunt man.
So you can look before you leap, but have the good sense
to know that hitting water from great heights will
bust you up.
The myth that most bombs have a countdown timer.
Come on, come on, think do you need to cut the red
wire or the green one?
Thanks to movies, when we think of a bomb,
most of us see a device with lots of wires
and a little timer counting down to let us know
how much time we have left before boom.
Unfortunately for the bomb squad and real-life
secret agents, this is not even close to the case.
Most bombs that go off or are disarmed before they can
are either homemade without timers,
or are not time bombs at all.
Triggered manually by switch or detonated using a device
like a cell phone.
Statistically, planted time bombs are setup without
any notification as to when they'll detonate.
As for the bomber, this would be completely stupid.
The myth that you can simply sleep off being knocked out.
Need to transfer someone to a secret location,
but want to make sure that they don't know where it is?
Easy, knock 'em out.
Yeah, not exactly.
In movies, our heroes are constantly knocked out.
A quick pistol whipping and they're out cold,
helpless for an hour or two.
In real life, though, not a good idea.
First of all, it's much harder to knock out a person
than the films make it seem.
But most importantly, to this point,
getting knocked out is an incredibly dangerous thing.
Doctors say that if you're out for more than five minutes
it means that you likely have a concussion or
brain damage.
You should be on your way to an emergency room pronto.
As for James Bond or any similar characters who get
knocked out again and again,
every time they lose consciousness the side effects
get worse.
In fact, they may never wake up.
"My Penny, I don't feel so good."
They myth that you can move on with a flesh wound
with no consequences.
"Ow, I just lost my arm in a battle,
"no matter I have another battle arm."
So often we see people in movies losing hands or limbs
and they just keep chucking.
Reality check, though, it's a farm more traumatizing
experience than a film would have you believe.
Having something severed or being cut deeply
leads to a condition called bleeding out,
in which you do just that, you bleed out.
It's kind of gross, but all those arteries and veins
running through your limbs carry your much needed blood
and if you get a giant wound, yeah that's gonna go bye-bye.
In fact, if you don't get medical attention almost
right away, you're pretty much guaranteed dead.
The myth that there are explosions in space.
"You're all clear kid, now let's blow this thing
"and go home, yee-whoo!"
Yeah, that's right, sorry to say but Star Wars
lied to you.
Is nothing sacred?
When the Death Star, or any space ship, moon,
or planet explodes in a movie we see a brilliant
fire ball and hear a loud bang.
But in actual space that wouldn't be the case at all.
First of all, there's no gravity so all debris would
fly in every direction until it struck something
to flow it down.
The flash of the blast would be incredibly short-lived,
like the flash of a camera,
as there's no gas or atmosphere to feed the flames.
There would also be no sound at all and there's
nothing for the bang to bounce off of,
so sorry George Lucas, but you's a liar.
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