IF THEY DO, THEY COME BACK TO
TARGET CENTER THURSDAY NIGHT.
HUGE EDITION OF SPORTS CENTER
COMING UP.
WE WENT MYTH BUSTING AT
MALL OF AMERICA.
A NEW EXHIBIT FOR THE POPULAR
DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHOW GIVES
PEOPLE A CHANCE TO ANSWER GOOD
QUESTIONS LIKE CAN YOU REALLY
DODGE A PAINTBALL OR DO YOU GET
MORE WET WHILE WALKING OR
RUNNING?
HERE IS HEATHER BROWN.
Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOU
CAN DO IT?
MAYBE.
YEAH.
I THINK SO.
THAT IS A VERY SLIPPERY ONE
WITH LESS FRICTION.
SO THIS SHOULD IMPROVE YOUR
CHANCES OF CONFIRMING THE MYTH.
Reporter: CAN YOU PULL OUT A
TABLE CLOTH FROM A SET TABLE?
OH, YES!
EVERYTHING MADE IT BUT THE
VASE.
IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW FAST
YOU PULL AND HOW MUCH FRICTION
YOU HAVE.
BREAKING THAT INERTIA.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HARDER
WITH THIS NOT AS SLIPPERY
TABLE.
PROBABLY WOULD.
WHAT IS OUR SECOND MYTH?
WE ARE TESTING THE HUMAN'S
REACTION TO A STIMULUS.
BASICALLY, CAN YOU DODGE A
PAINTBALL.
CAN YOU?
DEPENDS HOW FAR AWAY IT'S
COMING FROM.
Reporter: THIS IS FROM 25
FEET.
OH!
[ LAUGHTER ] I DIDN'T EVEN SEE
THAT COMING.
175 FEET.
Reporter: ABOUT HALF THE
PEOPLE CAN MOVE IN TIME ON THAT
ONE.
OH!
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY
OF THAT?
THEN 250 FEET.
Reporter: WHERE YOU HAVE A
FULL SECOND.
SO WE'LL SAVE THE WET ONE FOR
LAST.
PERFECT.
YOU GET WETTER BY WALKING IN
THE RAIN, OR BY RUNNING IN THE
RAIN?
READY, SET, GO.
NOW WE LOOK FOR THE TRACER DYE
IN THE WATER TO GAUGE.
I CAN SEE THE WATER ON MY LEG
HERE AND I CAN SEE IT ALL OVER
YOUR PANTS.
WHEN YOU WALK YOU GET MORE
WET.
Reporter: BUT ADD IN WIND
AND THE RUNNERS GET WETTER.
BUT IF IT'S WINDY OUTSIDE?
THAT CHANGES THINGS
ENTIRELY.
THAT'S THE POINT OF A
SCIENTIFIC METH UNITED.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF ALL OF THIS?
HEATHER BROWN.
IT'S COOL.
Reporter: WCCO 4 NEWS.
WHO KNEW?
THE MYTH BUSTERS EXHIBIT WILL
BE ON DISPLAY AT MALL OF
AMERICA UNTIL JANUARY 15th AND
TICKET PRICES RANGE FROM 12 TO
$16.
