• Do Hanging Bags Of Water Actually Scare Flies Away? | MythBusters

    From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.mythbusters,sci.skeptic on Sat Jan 10 18:46:57 2026
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    The MythBusters team explore the popular belief that a clear bag of
    water bends light in a way that confuses a flyAs compound eyes. Their
    setup lays the groundwork for a controlled experiment to see whether refraction really matters to insects in the wild.

    https://youtu.be/VkMDFbitX28?si=Wt5WTMNMBlm-XcPS

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