Mentos and Diet Coke

Mentos and Diet Coke are a pretty cool mix. Apparently this was shown on Letterman back in 1999 but it has really caught on only recently. Reg and I have tried it and it works.

Here's a basic example of mentos and diet coke...


Now if you put the lid on before it fizzes up, you create a lot of pressure, which can be turned into a rocket, like so...


Here is the world's biggest mentos geyser...the beginning is boring but the end is cool.


AND THESE GUYS ARE THE KINGS. They don't want people posting their stuff to youtube, so please check out the videos on their website. You won't be disappointed.
Experiment #137 (the original)
Experiment #214 (the domino effect)