Coke and Mentos

A new Guinness World Record was set June 19th 2008 in Latvia for the most simultaneous Coke and Mentos explosionss. The students at the Business University Turiba in Latvia celebrated their school’s 15th anniversary by setting off 1,911 Coke and Mentos geysers at the same time by dropping a Mentos candy into the bottles. The Guinness World Record is official and was registered by the Adjudicator of the Guinness World Record book - beating out the previous record held by held by 1,499... Read Full Story

Around 1,500 students kitted out in waterproof ponchos have created the world’s largest Coke and mentos explosions. The students, from Belgium, tried to out-fizz the previous record for so-called Mentos fountains by simultaneously putting Mentos mints into bottles of the soft drink. The resultant chemical reaction shot hundreds of streams of carbonated soda into the air. The explosive record-breaking event was held in Ladeuzeplein square in Leuven, Belgium. [Source] Read Full Story

Add this to the list of world records that you didn't even know existed. A group of 1,500 students in Belgium set out to break the previous record for the largest number of Coke-and-Mentos fountains simultaneously generated. And of course the first thing I thought upon reading of this attempt was, There was a previous record-holder? What next, a Coke–Mentos reality show? Hey, kids. Didn't your mothers teach you not to waste food? —Mellow Monk Go to the Mellow Monk tea page... Read Full Story

Viral video has created an entirely new marketing strategy for a different generation. The Diet Coke and Mentos exploding “science experiment” was an underground phenomenon viewed millions of times and then repeated across the country on many play grounds and in many parking lots with budding scientists dropping Mentos mints into a 2-liter Diet Coke bottle to create a 30 foot fountain of Diet Coke spewing out the top. In fact, becoming viral videos of the viral video. Leave it to kids to run... Read Full Story

Now that is amazing. What a cool record to be a part of, I wish I was there to check it all out. Around 1,500 students kitted out in waterproof ponchos discovered exactly what happens when you drop a mint sweet into a bottle of Coca Cola, in an attempt to break a world record. Read Full Story