• Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
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    Shortly after Mythbusters did that bit. They were directly credited with saving a truckerā€™s life. He crashed into a lake. His window didnā€™t work but he had a manual roof vent, which he was able to open to equalize the pressure. He said he would have never done that if he hadnā€™t seen the episode because of how scary it was to watch the water pour into his cab.

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      Adam Savage has said that that was the most terrifying myth theyā€™ve tested, and Iā€™m pretty sure even with all of their divers and support crew he thought he was going to die.

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        I think part of it was the fact that they used an old smokerā€™s car. I remember him talking about the nicotine burning his eyes and all the smoke and nicotine clouded up the water making seeing anything even more difficult.