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Science finally figured out why Mentos hate Diet Coke
After thousands of viral YouTube videos and one Weezer music video, scientists have finally given us an explanation as to how the mysterious Diet Coke and Mentos reaction happens.
Tonya Coffey, a physicist at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and her students “tested the reactions between Diet Coke and fruit Mentos, mint Mentos, and various ingredients such as other mints, dish-washing detergent, table salt and sand. They also compared reactions using other fizzy liquids such as caffeine-free and sugary colas, as well as soda water and tonic water,” says ABC News.
Coffrey’s findings show that the rough surface of the Mentos creates nucleation, a process which forms millions of carbonated bubbles over a very short period of time. This, in conjunction with low surface tension created by the content of Diet Coke, the gum arabic coatings of Mentos, and the quickly sinking action of the dense Mentos all lead to a cascading effect on the carbon dioxide of the Diet Coke creating the soda geyser.
But if you were watching 'Mythbusters' in 2006, you already knew this. After thousands of viral YouTube videos and one Weezer music video, scientists have finally given us an explanation as to how the myst... more -
Weezer mashes up memes in new video
Weezer has been pushing out singles left and right, encouraging members of the Weezer.com community to send in song ideas, lyrics, etc. All in all, the band seems to embrace the tubulous wonders of teh Interwebs. Their latest video, for the single "Pork and Beans" is proof positive that the boys of Weez love them some memes. Weezer has been pushing out singles left and right, encouraging members of the Weezer.com community to send in song ideas, lyrics, etc... more
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World record: explosion of soda
This is truly creative and astonishing. Enjoy!
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With Some Food in Short Supply, Belgium Students Get Wasteful
Thousands of Belgian students participate in a soda and Mentos fountain record attempt.
A student association in Leuven, Belgium, arranged the record breaking attempt at a historical square in the city.
1360 students simultaneously placed a tube of sweets into a bottle of soda to create the fountains.
The mixture shot into the air covering the revellers in sticky fluid. The concoction of sodas and Mentos became popular on the website YouTube after two men, known as EepyBird, from the USA posted videos of them making the fountains.
The EepyBird website says the coke and mentos cocktail works because of a process they call 'nucleation' where the carbon dioxide in the soda is attracted to the mentos, creating enough pressure to form geyser-like fountains.
The two men, Fitz Grobe and Stephen Voltz who describe themselves as mad scientists were present at the event and said it was an 'astonishing' experience. Thousands of Belgian students participate in a soda and Mentos fountain record attempt. ... more -
Most Mentos and soda fountains Guinness World record
Mentos® and the performance artists of Eepybird have made Mentos Geyser history in Cincinnati with a big splash. Eepybird, with the help of about 500 Greater Cincinnatians equipped with the new "Mentos Geyser Loading Tube," launched the largest number of Mentos Geysers ever to be set off all at once in one location, setting a world record. The new world record set was 504 Mentos Geysers. Hundreds of other Mentos fans watched the amazing event at Cincinnati's landmark Fountain Square.
More about story : http://www.worldamazingrecords.com Mentos® and the performance artists of Eepybird have made Mentos Geyser history in Cincinnati with a big splash. Eepybird, with the he... more -
1,360 students in Leuven, Belgium, set Mentos/Diet Coke fountain record!
It is the kind of experiment which gets even older kids excited about science.
Students in the Belgian city of Leuven have set the new world record for most Mentos fountains by launching 1,360 simultaneous geysers.
After they each dropped a tube of the mints into a bottle of Diet Coke, Ladeuzeplein square became a sudden sea of foaming soda yesterday, with carbonated streams shooting up to 29 feet high.
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More at link. One word of advice - perhaps you should avoid eating Mentos and drinking Diet Coke at the same time... It is the kind of experiment which gets even older kids excited about science. ... more -
Slo-mo Mentos
It's what happens when you put Mentos in a soda very slooooowly.
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When legendary internet crazes become art
The Dramatic Prairie Dog (nee chipmunk), Techno Viking, Tom Cruise's Scientology video and other iconic internet memes have all been turned into art by Czech painter Jeremiah Palecek.
Being the professional, devoted artist that he is, Palecek's even put brush to canvas and recreated Britney Spear's infamous genital flashing incident but he's in no doubt as to the validity of his work in this high art world we live in:
"While I wouldn’t compare this painting with Courbet’s “Creation of the world” I do think that she is at least kind of funny." The Dramatic Prairie Dog (nee chipmunk), Techno Viking, Tom Cruise's Scientology video and other iconic internet memes have all b... more -
Mentos + Beer = ????
Okay, everyone's seen what happens when you put mentos into diet coke, dr. pepper and all sorts of sodas. What about beer?
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