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By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends since 1997

Mentos + Coke = Death

Friday November 10, 2006
Dropping Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke can result in a sticky geyser several feet high.Shades of Little Mikey! An email rumor inspired by the Mentos-and-Diet-Coke video craze of last summer claims that two Brazilian boys died after consuming the volatile combination of Mentos mint candies and Coca-Cola. We know that dropping Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke results in a foamy geyser several feet high. Could the same thing happen in your stomach? Read more...

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