Did Lightning Strike Benjamin Franklin's Kite? | MythBusters | Discovery

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Embarking on a daring quest to unlock the secrets of electricity, the team creates a mini lightning storm. Following Benjamin Franklin's pioneering method, they test the concept of flying a kite to conduct electricity. However, their experiment takes a dramatic turn when the fake Benjamin Franklin gets electrocuted.
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Did Lightning Strike Benjamin Franklin's Kite? | Mythbusters | Discovery
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@stephenkohler3472 2 месяца назад

The most underrated cast member MythBusters? The humble narrator.

@thehulk86 6 дней назад

who is MIA apparantly

@michelefritchie6198 3 месяца назад

RIP Grant Imahara.

@oooolah 3 месяца назад

Was just thinking its heartbreaking seeing him in his prime on here again.

@borntoclimb7116 2 месяца назад

RIP

@CleverExploration Месяц назад

I would argue that people have survived lighting strikes. Some have even survived multiple strikes.

@TsDwelling Месяц назад

1.21 Gigawatts?! Great Scott!!

@JPJPJP98 10 дней назад

“Is that your doll?” “It’s an action figure dammit” That’s a classic

@thecarman3693 2 месяца назад

The conditions under which this test was done may have left out a key ingredient (pun intended). And that is humidity. Being out in a thunderstorm the air is pretty much 100% humid, meaning some, if not most, of the lightning discharge may have grounded out prior to reaching Ben. From what I recall reading somewhere a fellow kite flyer tried repeating the experiment and was killed. Ben might just have been extra lucky that day.

@animesavedmylife3648 5 дней назад

What if he wasn't holding the other end, but had it tied off?

@Shawnbadger916 Месяц назад

So a thought I had is that, there's typically a large amount of excess water in the air during a lightning storm, that would dampen the string and could intensify the transfer of electricity down the string?

@michelefritchie6198 3 месяца назад

I once knew a lady who worked with me many years ago. She left her kids in the care of a babysitter; one of her kids was an 8 year old boy. They lived in an inner city neighborhood, and there had been rain for several days. So on a windy day, the boy made a kite, using copper wire for the frame. He flew the kite-- on a nice, windy day-- and it hit a powerline. That was the end of him. Worst of all, the news report of it got on the radio, and his mother heard it, turned to a co-worker, and commented about how terrible it was for that boy's family. She got home that evening--- and found out the victim was her son. And yes, there have been others who have tried this and got themselves killed.

@scottsluggosrule4670 3 месяца назад

Most people survive lightning strikes… just saying

@DanKetchum007 Месяц назад

I find it funny these guys (who've made everything under the sun) have so much trouble making a simple kite that every 10 year old knows how to make. lol

@micahpacileo2307 Месяц назад

maybe every 10yr old in the 60's knew how

@DanKetchum007 Месяц назад

@@micahpacileo2307 A fair point.

@shnubblebitts6193 Месяц назад

These guys are always way more chummy than Jamie and Adam. You can tell they like each other more.

@henrybent7508 3 месяца назад

You could re-edit these any way you wanted, and that's fine as far as I'm concerned, but why is the aspect ratio so messed up?

@darkshadowsx5949 Месяц назад

the cameras back in the day were still recording for 4:3 square tvs before everyone switched to 16:9.

@OmniscientCameo Месяц назад

@@darkshadowsx5949then they could've just uploaded it in 4:3 instead of squashing it to 16:9

@GrimmReaper7165 28 дней назад

Where is the VO?

@Salamandra40k 3 месяца назад

Guys stop blaming discovery for "cutting" the narrator. Its also possible, unfortunately, that this edit without the narrator was the ONLY surviving edit that discovery had in original condition to upload. The fact that the narrator is the only part missing, but they had ALL the background sound effects and music still in place make it more clear that that was probably the case

@spiderzvow1 3 месяца назад

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@Minty1337 3 месяца назад

it still is pretty weird that's the only thing missing

@Salamandra40k 3 месяца назад

@@Minty1337 Studios make and keep copies of basically every step in the editing process- however, if the only copy missing was the FINAL copy, this is literally the next best thing to the original, aired program. Again, its obviously not an issue of paying the guy, cause they've uploaded more recent episodes with him narrating. Its way more likely they just lost the original copy; after all, the episode was from almost 20 years ago now. LOTS has changed about discovery since then (unfortunately) and lots of original media must have been moved, archived, or otherwise thrown away.

@Minty1337 3 месяца назад

@@Salamandra40k i just find that to be a weird step to have is all, you'd expect either something more raw, or the complete product, i wouldn't expect a stage in editing to be saved at all, let alone be what they have left

@georgetazberik6834 3 месяца назад

I thought I was going crazy at first...

@christophermitchellsr9492 3 месяца назад

this was so fun to watch like all of the episode's /myths they busted or confirmed the true mastery of the show is shown by there out of the box thinking when it came to the myth . wish they would bring it back it was a great show that inspired millions of people world wide

@dylandude1325 3 месяца назад

This video got me thinking about lightning... So I decided to look into it a bit. While the internet varries and says lightning has an average of hundreds of millions of volts, I think the average lightning bolt is around 40,000V to 120,000V. Since you guys tested close to 500,000V, it's possible Ben Franklin did get an arc without bursting into flames. Just some random thoughts that this video inspired `\{"_"}/`

@DieMoreno Месяц назад

And the amperage?

@andrewknackstedt5458 Месяц назад

Yeah, 9 out of 10 people survive lightning strikes, so I think that they have some issues in their testing methods here

@FATTONYKAUAI 2 месяца назад

15 min of Kari. 10 wardrobe changes 😅

@davidyoung518 3 месяца назад

Where's the Voice-over?!?!

@vitaminalm 3 месяца назад

If they have the voice-over, then they would have to pay residuals to the guy who did the voice-overs. This is the new WB Discovery, where they cut every corner and don't pay a penny for anything.

@rylanyoung2018 3 месяца назад

@@vitaminalm that's insane lmao

@Salamandra40k 3 месяца назад

Making these replies here so that people see them- its possible that this edit was the only surviving edit that discovery could find in original condition. You can tell by the fact that the music and sound effects are still placed and balanced properly without the narration- this was simply the final version before the narrator was added on the very top of the audio, and because its so old, discovery probably lost the original complete master.

@ClamperDrew Месяц назад

How is the myth busted? Benjamin Franklin was a pretty smart guy, who said he was touching the thing?

@xyuv6769 3 месяца назад

Such an awesome experiment

@michelefritchie6198 3 месяца назад

That looks like paper twine. Franklin would've used hemp twine. Yes, I know this is 8 years old! Just saying.

@asmbeers Месяц назад

The trio was more entertaining than Adam and Jamie.

@SmerrillS 10 дней назад

why did they edit out the narrator in some scenes?

@RippieFarmer 2 месяца назад

Imagine if they mentioned how much amps their test volts were carrying. Anyone who works with electricity knows it isn't the volts. It's the amps that kill.

@robertboydston5834 2 месяца назад

It's scientifically impossible to fly a kite and not have a massive smile

@boomer3150 2 месяца назад

Underrated comment.

@DMBLaan 17 дней назад

Without the VO, this feels wrong and hard to follow even

@antoniomogavero9717 3 месяца назад

What happened to the narration(VO) and the aspect ratio if this is how Discovery + is then I wont buy it! Should have paid the VO the royaly sounds like

@jeepdude7359 Месяц назад

I would have some serious trust issues using a water hose in there.

@borntoclimb7116 3 месяца назад

I miss the narrator

@RonBaker456 29 дней назад

So funny a TV show tried to cover all the permutations on this one. Fun stuff but nowhere near the realm of actual science.

@neilperry2224 3 месяца назад

GW, Used do his experiments in the buff

@Eric-gi9kg 3 месяца назад

Not an engineer nor an electrician.. but I have a serious problem with this experiment. Specifically in the pictures (history books, etc), shows Ben not holding the string, but rather a type of cloth that's attached to the string. Secondly, how do people who literally get hit by lightning survive? 3rd.. It's been proven multiple times that lightning doesn't travel from sky to ground.. it's the opposite... Ground to the electrified clouds.

@CameronSalazar2113 3 месяца назад

I agree this test Is flawed in so many ways they even showed the photo where the key has a second string or cloth and the ring attaching them is the key creating a gap where the only path the power can go through is the key not around the key. -0- not ->-O-

@o-redstoothbrush7916 3 месяца назад

guess they haven't heard of the Bagdad battery.

@anon9640 3 месяца назад

Grant :(

@auro1986 3 месяца назад

videos with such questions only make foreigners from other countries except america think that americans hate their own country and it's easy to destroy america

@stevedavis5704 3 месяца назад

I was taught that Ben was one of many people who tried this experiment and he was the first person to survive it and be able to do it again. So not so much a great scientific genius who thought it up but the first to live long enough to write a scientific paper on it.

@WalterCobb-sn1hp 3 месяца назад

But you also keep forgetting that he might also had rubber gloves because he's also mess when he actually electrocuted a turkey. Do you research more people?

@uriituw 3 месяца назад

What happened to the aspect ratio, the color and the narration?

@james_medlin 3 месяца назад

Probably removed for copyright purposes? Just a guess though, which is why they have music playing the entire time. So there’s a change in the material itself

@Salamandra40k 3 месяца назад

Made this reply more than once so hopefully people see it- its likely that this edited version without the narrator was the only version discovery could get that wasnt lost. This cut clearly had the original music and sound effects, but just no narration, meaning it wouldve been the cut BEFORE the final, aired cut of the episode. Its so old that they probably either got rid of or somehow damaged the original, complete, aired cut for television. As for the aspect ratio, its the same reason- you watched these on old CRTVs made for 4:3. Upscaling them to fit widescreen or 16:9 modern aspect ratios changes the resolution and picture. Simple as.

@Chibi1986 3 месяца назад

No Robert Lee = No go for me.

@gl15col 3 месяца назад

I take it the narrator wanted too much pay for replaying this. Too bad, really miss him.

@Salamandra40k 3 месяца назад

Its likely not about payment, because new videos have the narrator- this version was likely the only surviving edit discovery had access too in original quality. The sound effects and music are still present and properly balanced in the audio. The original, completed master of the aired episode must just have been lost

@spiderzvow1 3 месяца назад

probably not. copyright laws are a nightmare

@sengsavanghansana8374 3 месяца назад

As an electrician, i believe it's the amp that kills U... Not the volts. A person can have volts to fry U but amps can stop it heart.

@spiderzvow1 3 месяца назад

its a mix of both. volts is penetration. amps is force

@midwestweirdo666 Месяц назад

It's a well established text that Ben Franklin didn't discover electricity. It was known about for centuries. It was even harnessed in primitive batteries before he was even born. I know it's one step shy of treason as an American to insult Ben Franklin but he wasn't the brilliant inventor that history books make him out to be. Everything he's credited with was around before he even was.

@o-redstoothbrush7916 3 месяца назад

supposedly he made his son hold the string

@spiderzvow1 3 месяца назад

sounds like a politician

@Bhaderwahwalaofficial 3 месяца назад

First comment😂😂

@Chilluv 2 месяца назад

This version just shows me how unnecessary the excessive narration was

@sirhamalot8651 Месяц назад

Thank you for cutting the annoying narrator.

@sven135 3 месяца назад

This is so stupid. Without a narrator it feels like watching my dog pissing and wondering how he manage to piss himself every third time. Stop uploading videos.

@ralphhanks5869 3 месяца назад

You find your dog pissing interesting but not the video? Strange.

@Salamandra40k 3 месяца назад

Said this repeatedly so hopefully people will see- its likely this is the only cut that discovery could find in original quality. The complete, aired episode with the narrator was likely just lost or damaged. This pre-final cut still has the original background audio and music, so it was clearly not editted recently to upload here. And, yes, losing the original masters of media is a common thing, especially for television and movies.