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Boy Eats Mentos with Coca-Cola, Dies

Email rumor claims two boys in Brazil died after eating Mentos and drinking Coke (or Diet Coke) at the same time.

Description: Email rumor / Urban legend
Circulating since: Nov. 2006
Status: False
Analysis: See last page


Email example contributed by F. Lee, Nov. 8, 2006:

FW: Do not drink Coka-Cola and eat MENTOS together

Last week a little boy died in Brazil after eating MENTOS and drinking COCA COLA together.

One year before the same accident happened with another boy in Brazil.

Please check the experiment that has been done by mixing Coca Cola with MENTOS........

Be careful with your Coke or Pepsi



Photos document an experiment designed to create an explosion by mixing Mentos and Diet Coke
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Email text: Last week a little boy died in Brazil after eating MENTOS and drinking COCA COLA together. One year before the same accident happened with another boy in Brazil.
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Many videos posted on the Web show that mixing Mentos and Diet Coke can indeed cause the beverage to 'explode' out of the bottle.
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