Mythbusters: they routinely demonstrate how our intuition on these matters is wrong. Or demonstrate that things we're sure about are sometimes not quite right:

Mythbusters: they routinely demonstrate how our intuition on these matters is wrong. Or demonstrate that things we're sure about are sometimes not quite right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E408JigEcFI#t=298s http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E40... (Fast forward to 5 mins) 300-foot fall into water will definitely kill you. Some do survive the actual jump and impact into the bay. Some (very rarely) are even recovered and survive the entire ordeal.