11-08-2003, 06:12 AM
I was just watching this show, and they test out urban legends and stuff by getting all scientific. They made a cannon out of a log tonight, and tried to see how long it would take to make it, trying to disprove a Hungarian legend. They disproved part of the legend that said it could be drilled out overnight, using tools of the era, but this thing worked. They shot a tennis ball and a hand carved cannon ball out of it. They also had a segment on the belief that body piercings attract lightning. That was pretty cool. It's on the Discovery Channel, check it out.