Join Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as they debunk, decode and demystify pop culture's most baffling urban myths and legends. Using modern-day science, they put each myth to the test, separating the real from the really out there.It took Adam and Jamie two seasons to bust the last Archimedes myth of the infamous solar death ray. No sooner was that done and dusted off when another super weapon has risen like a Phoenix from the flames. This time it's the Archimedes Steam Cannon. For the very same battle of Syracuse that the death ray failed to ignite, the great Greek legend also supposedly built the world's first super gun – a cannon powered by steam.
This time, the MythBusters rely on the plans of another historic polymath – Leonardo Da Vinci. Armed with only backward Italian scribbles, Adam and Jamie crack this code and build the mother of all cannons. But will it work?
Amidst the mayhem of the steam cannon, the team manages to test another myth courtesy of Adam's mom. Mrs. Savage did not allow her beloved young Adam to eat sugary cereal, because according to her, the box it came in had more nutrients than the cereal itself. In Breakfast Cereal, an eating competition with a difference beckons as Adam and Jamie put Mrs. Savage to the test!
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