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more about #mentos more comments → Gary_7vn: Ice from glaciers fizzes naturally. There may be some transportation issues. more » Gary_7vn: If you substitute teh mentos with C4, and the soda with fuming nitric acid, the results are much better. more » BlueBeard: You all realize that icecubes are largely clear, right? And that you would see the mentos long before it melted and probably not drink a tainted cola... more » anderlan: 1. freeze ice cubes in a mold so that there is half a sphere taken out of one of the faces of the cube. So, a half-sphere raised in the bottom of an ... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Now, what would happen if you clogged up a toilet, filled it full of diet soda, and then saran wrapped it with a hole just big enough to drop mentos? more » jokono: Dangit! DANGIT! DAMMIT! NOTHING GOOD EVER WORKS OUT! I HATE you. more » Barry99705: Those paper salt packets work pretty good though. more » GlenTen: Why must we all insist on using the latest gags. What's wrong with a nice, old-fashioned prank like whoopie cushions, vampire teeth, or staking burn... more » nutbastard: even if you could avoid having the mentos being physically compromised, since the ice will not melt uniformly, it will result in a small amount of sur... more » guineapirate: For some reason I hate those guys. I've never seen them before, but I hate them. At least it provides a good example of why you should be careful on ... more » bobdobbs: Off to try freezing salt in ice... more » satoru: I wonder if you spritzed the mentos in oil then dipped them in corn starch would that help in preserving the mentos long enough until the ice melts. T... more » Geisrud: Dry ice more » Biscuitcleaver: That's a pretty good segment. Quickly divulging what different versions of a mentos would do in carbonated liquids. more » GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: Easy solution. Take the Mento, and surround it with some plastic wrap/wax paper, with the top of the tuft sticking out of the top of the cube. That ... more » -
#pranks
Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
Sorry, would-be pranksters: freezing Mentos in ice cubes and then putting them in soda doesn't cause the soda to fizz up. But why doesn't it work? More » -
#mentosandcoke
Frozen Mentos and Coke Parlor Trick
You've either seen the Mentos and Coke experiment on YouTube or you've destroyed your kitchen trying it yourself. Wired has come up with a parlor trick that'll surprise your friends with a delayed explosion time: Mentos, frozen in ice cubes. More »
