Can You Really Light A Match With A Bullet? | MythBusters

Adam and Jamie tore through four fan-requested mini myths in one sitting — mailing a bare engraved coconut through the United States Postal Service with no packaging whatsoever to see if it actually arrives, firing a precision rifle at a matchhead from progressively closer distances to find out if a bullet's heat signature can light a match without physically hitting it, putting a sleeping person's hand in warm water at the California Center for Sleep Disorders to settle the oldest camp prank debate in history, and then doing the one that made the entire crew take several steps back — plunging a hand into a vat of molten lead heated to over 621 degrees Fahrenheit, based on the Leidenfrost effect which theorizes that a moisture layer between skin and extreme heat can protect a person for a fraction of a second, because MythBusters never hears "that could protect you for a fraction of a second" without immediately finding out. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments