diet coke + mentos = KABOOM!

oh the wonders of science!!! (with a bit of research..ehem) did you know that dropping a few mentos (the original one. dont mind the photo, it's fruity) into a bottle of diet coke can trigger an eruption. if i have known this earlier, i sure would have made a lot of my old school enemies cry! oh...sweet revenge... nyahahaha

Per Wikipedia:

"When Mentos is dropped into soda, the gelatin and gum arabic of the candy dissolves and breaks the surface tension. This disturbs the water mesh, so that it takes less work to expand and form new bubbles. Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pits all over the surface. These tiny pits function as nucleation sites, perfect places for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos enters the soda, bubbles form all over the surface of the candy. The Mentos quickly sinks to the bottom, releasing carbon dioxide as it comes into contact with carbonated liquid along the way. The sudden increase in pressure pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle."

sweet!