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Physicist Shoots Himself With A Gun Underwater For Science
A few weeks ago, physicist Andreas Wahl was hanging 14 meters (46 feet) off the side of rickety looking warehouse in the name of science. In his newest video, he appears to up the ante even further by using a loaded gun to test the power of fluid resistance.
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I know this is great science. But after watching the hang video and this one I am starting to wonder if there is some idiot out there that will try to replicate these experiments and fail. "Hey Jim, I can stop a bullet with water. Hold my beer while I fill up this bucket. Now watch. (Bang - thud)". I know most people would never think of doing something like this but there is always one person in the world that would try it.
All we can hope for is that they are close to a hospital and that they upload it to YouTube AFTER they are released from the hospital.
I'm pretty sure Mythbusters did an episode on shooting into water and how far under you would have to be to be safe. There's a lot of experiments Mythbusters did that if replicated at home have the potential for the replicators to achieve a Darwin award.
Thanks for this share! Very cool to see this.