Diet Coke and Mentos

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2009-07-07T13:33:46Z

9news/Eepybird.com

2002

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Diet Coke and Mentos <p><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZwyMcV9emmc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZwyMcV9emmc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p> <h2>About</h2> <p>Diet Coke & Mentos eruption (a.k.a Coke Geyser) refers to the popular practice of dropping some mint Mentos candies into a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke, which causes the soda to foam at a rapid rate and spew into the air. While other carbonated beverages or similar candies may be used for the experiment, the combination of Diet Coke & Mentos is commonly regarded as the best recipe for maximum output. Due to its spectacular and cost-effective nature, DC&M eruption has become a popular subject topic on internet video sites as well as in the mainstream media.</p> <h2>History & World Records</h2> <ul> <li>In 2002, Physics teacher Steve Spangler appeared on a News9 segment (<span class="caps">KUSA</span>-TV) and demonstrated the eruption; He appeared once again with the same experiment in 2005, dousing one of the anchors in Diet Coke. The footage was subsequently uploaded on News9 website, where it eventually turned into a viral video.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In 2006, the video was further popularized when Eepybird.com promoted a video in which Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz recreated the fountain display seen in front of the Belliagio hotel in Las Vegas using a timed series of eruptions.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>By Septemper 2007, “Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments” video reached the 10 million+ view counts.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Meanwhile, setting world records for the most simultaneous DC&M eruptions some became a new challenge for groups of enthusiasts; here’s a brief history of DC&M-related world records since 2007:</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In May 2007, original world record by Circle R Ranch with 504 simultaneous eruptions was established.</li> <li>In July 2007, a new record set by Books Are Fun with 791 simultaneous eruptions and over 29 feet of output.</li> <li>In April 2008, a new record set by Belgian students (Ekonomika) with 1,360 Mentos geysers.</li> <li>In May 2008, a new record set by Louisville High School students with 1,800 simultaneous geysers.</li> <li>In June 2008, current world record set by Latvian business students with 1,911 simultaneous geysers.</li> </ul> <h2>Popularity<br /> <img src="http://www.google.co.uk/trends/viz?q=coke+and+mentos&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sa=N" alt="" /></h2> <p>One of the reasons this phenomenon became so popular is the fact that it is so safe to do, and very cheap to set up, so anyone can do it themselves and post a video on Youtube. There are many attempts of this all over Youtube and elsewhere on internets as well. It has even been demonstrated in schools.</p> <h3>The most famous video:</h3> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKoB0MHVBvM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKoB0MHVBvM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h3>“Nobody’s Watching Diet Coke & Mentos”- parody of the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment:</h3> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pJsDfLndlKU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pJsDfLndlKU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h3>Diet Coke an Mentos in the mouth:</h3> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lFf-kW1E0Tc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lFf-kW1E0Tc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h3>Myth busters episode:</h3> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LjbJELjLgZg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LjbJELjLgZg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>

2009-09-04T16:13:48Z

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