I was kind of wondering if it was true. Is it? (I hate coke)
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No truth to the urban legend whatsoever.
They do some fascinating things with Diet Coke and Mentos on the Mythbusters show -- you can find the episodes on You Tube. But there is no way you're going to explode. As a previous poster said, chewing the Mentos alters the surface properties that enhance the reaction. In addition, the saliva reacts with the coating, as does the acid in your stomach, nullifying the violence of the reaction.
The worst that would happen to you would be some serious belching.
They do some fascinating things with Diet Coke and Mentos on the Mythbusters show -- you can find the episodes on You Tube. But there is no way you're going to explode. As a previous poster said, chewing the Mentos alters the surface properties that enhance the reaction. In addition, the saliva reacts with the coating, as does the acid in your stomach, nullifying the violence of the reaction.
The worst that would happen to you would be some serious belching.
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Technically it would explode (at least you'd throw up) if you were to swallow the mentos without chewing it at all. Coke 'explodes' because the tiny pores of the mentos' surface contribute to the release of all the carbon dioxide in the coke. There actually is no chemical reaction. A normal person would chew mentos before swallowing it, destroying those tiny pores.
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Totally not true!
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The mentos will fizz, but your stomach won't explode.
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no
there isnt anything in mentos that would react with sth in coke to explode .......
there isnt anything in mentos that would react with sth in coke to explode .......
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Fake!
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yep some guy died