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2 unusual facts about Diet Coke and Mentos eruption


Diet Coke and Mentos eruption

MythBusters concluded that the potassium benzoate, aspartame, and CO2 gas contained in the Diet Coke, in combination with the gelatin and gum arabic ingredients of the Mentos, all contribute to the formation of the foam.

A Guinness World Record of 2,865 simultaneous geysers was set on October 17, 2010, in an event organized by Perfetti Van Melle at the SM Mall of Asia Complex, in Manila, Philippines.



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