Conspiracy Debunked Pop-Culture Physics

Mentos in stomach causes violent explosion

Mentos effect requires specific beverage and scale; harmless in stomach

Swallowing Mentos with Diet Coke causes a violent explosion in your stomach.

The viral Mentos-Diet Coke reaction requires specific conditions and large scale. In the stomach, partial digestion, dilution, and scale differences prevent dangerous reactions. Swallowing Mentos is safe.

Believed 2000–2020
Year Revised 2010
Why Changed Oversimplification
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

7/10
7/10

Sources

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