Diet Coke & Mentos Experiment | MythBusters | Discovery

[@Moakmeister]

These were the comfiest episodes, where they got the chance to do something really simple and fun.

[@Ibetyouwillreportmebcursoftaf]

Well said... I feel comfy watching these still

[@starzach8209]

I can't get enough of the failed Coke rocket experiments. LOL.

[@ColbiGodlove]

lol that part of kerie reminded me of old times, i was like 8 yrs old on limewire and found that clip lmao

[@truthbetold2567]

By far the most least expensive episode they ever shot.

[@Sh-epard]

I missed them alot, there is no way to watch MB again in italian (tried time to time to check). But as getting used to watch and read stuff in english, it's a fair trade for them. Oh the nostalgia as a kid watching this series, can't wait for dive into it again!!!

[@m1garandisthebest]

"Its all over the net" something no one says anymore

[@michaelmay5453]

Sure they do, I've seen it written all over the net. :P

[@calumcookson740]

I saw it when I surfed the net earlier

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Makes sense..."the net" is controlled by like five companies nowadays.

[@michaelmay5453]

@@calumcookson740 *surfed the web :P

[@michaelmay5453]

@@WalkerRileyMC Which would those companies be? Asking as a Swede...

[@borntoclimb7116]

I remember diet coke vs mentos in the early days on yt, memories.

[@thepineappleburster4439]

seeing it being tried in every school cafeteria too

[@HazeyDayzz420]

Rip grant🙏

[@leanneharris3191]

Loved watching these guys. They made science interesting. And they loved blowing stuff up!

[@tendrel_sound]

the shop is going to have a real Ant problem after this

[@muggsylauer2683]

How about fixing the aspect ratio? Everything is too wide.

[@capttom144]

SpaceX on a budget 🤣

[@alexpryor2398]

Musk wishes he was Mythbusters cool.

[@uriituw]

Why’s the aspect ratio so messed up?

[@Salamandra40k]

I would guess that they originally shot the show in "widescreen," and then trimmed it down for 4:3 in post to send to any TV networks. Either way, both 4:3 and widescreen are not the same as today's modern 16:9 standard aspect ratios. To make "widescreen" width fit a 16:9, its got to cut the top and bottom out of the frame.

[@thefareplayer2254]

That’s how things looked back then.

[@uriituw]

@@thefareplayer2254 I doubt it.

[@Damoinion]

@@Salamandra40k Pretty much on the button. If I swap out to one of my old 19" non-widescreen monitors, it looks fine.

[@charlescox290]

But this video was posted a month ago. They have inexpensive software that can convert these videos. Surely Discovery can afford to fix it.

[@GamerDave1974]

They must have been so sticky at the end of this episode LOL

[@ImpendingJoker]

That is why diet soda is used. No sugar thus, no sticky.

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

@@ImpendingJoker OK. So, no bugs then???

[@ReclusiveMountainMan]

So drinking a ltr of diet soda and popping a few mentos would be a bad idea...

[@urakirby5]

no, I imagine it would not stay carbonated in your stomach. no carbonation no reaction

[@Eloraurora]

Didn't they test an exploding stomach myth in a different episode?

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

@@Eloraurora Yeah, they did - it didn’t do much! Stomach acid + timing dunked it! 😅

[@Eloraurora]

@@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 I thought I remembered that episode. And possibly some subsequent complaints that having it floating in a plastic ribcage gave it too much room to expand without bursting, but I was a bit skeptical of those.

[@russellpeffer7736]

Keep your sense of wonder and excitement for this world guys. People seems to lose it over time. Keep exploring and learning

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great video...👍

[@IUsedToFermentThings]

When comparing the co2 content in the cola and the plain carbonated water, they neglected to check the pressures of both bottles. It could still be simply the carbonation but the water just has less.

[@jonlusk2786]

What's funny is me and my BFF did this in the early 90s with sprite instead thinking that we were just adding sugar to the sprite and trying to drink it without it coming out of your nose

[@PyroBear1776]

First exposure I ever had to mythbusters, way back when I was in 5th grade.

[@DankBlank]

I did this for my 2013 6th grade science project after i couldnt give a hypothesis as to why marshmallows expand in certain atmospheric conditions.

[@Dr_LK]

The 2 in CO2 is a subscript not a superscript!

[@dragonflower50]

They’re going to have so many ants!

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

Or Bees, Hornets & Wasps!

[@hankrhill324]

Definitely one of the best FHM issues

[@williamjones7163]

I worked at a grocery store. I was checking out a customer that had some diet Coke. Me beimg the clutz I am dropped the 2 liter bottle of soda on its top. The top broke sent that bottle three registers over. Nobody got hurt and the fact it was diet coke things got wet but not syrupy sweet wet.

[@brycevo]

This was one of the first episodes I saw

[@jasonbanks5940]

The fact I used to use my allowance to purchase two liters and mentos to do this🤦🏾‍♂️

[@flock2fang]

Kari - every guys first red head crush.

[@marcpeterson1092]

Eye candy. She doesn't really do much.

[@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree]

Y'know, assuming you were into women.

[@FoulPet]

​@@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree you like penguins?

[@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree]

@@FoulPet Nah. I like MEN! BIG, MUSCULAR MEN! WITH LONG, HARD, THROBBING CO-

[@hfordfett809]

​@@FoulPetwho doesn't?

[@ViaticalTree]

Why did you distort the footage?🤦‍♂️

[@urakirby5]

clearly to avoid being copywrite claimed (joking)

[@michelefritchie6198]

I thought that if you mixed hydrogen and oxygen, it would produce water.

[@MsHojat]

Requires adding energy. H2 and O2 separated contain more energy than H2O molecules, but it's very common in chemistry that there is an additional activation energy bump to overcome before dropping down to that lower energy state.

[@michelefritchie6198]

@@MsHojat Thank you for explaining that!

[@chanheosican6636]

At first I thought it may be the phosphoric acid. However it may be a reaction between the preservatives in the diet cola and foam. It is interesting. Diet sprite does have H3PO4. Pressure foam and CO2 may be why.

[@TracyC-nj2tq]

Whenever I drink soda, I always wind up burping like Porky Pig. You know, "Buh-bee, buh- bee, BURRRRRP!"

[@OGRH]

Salt, the freshmaker!

[@adamgh0]

"I was just doing this photo shoot with FHM and it seems to coincide with an internet phenomenon." Yeah, dudes googling Kari Byron pics.

[@AwkwrdPrtMskrt]

Guys shaking Coke bottles?

[@austinfailz]

I think to TRULY bust this myth, someone should've had to drink a 20oz bottle of soda, then ate four "Mentos - the FRESH maker!" (Unless you spew soda and stomach contents, then maybe you won't be all that fresh.)

[@nugboy420]

Wtf random clip of pringles haha

[@76tennboy]

I didn’t know who the two guys were apparently eepybirds but they were one of the only PG rated videos. I downloaded on my super old flip phone with almost no cellular activity probably 20 years ago ago. 😂

[@christophermitchellsr9492]

i first seen this an told a friend about it they said i was full of it till they tried it an said they not one were right (mtyhbusters) but it was outright fun one great eppsode in a long line of them in a great show .

[@quicksilversea5210]

where did the chips come from?

[@Pyrela]

Chip Jesus.

[@Watch_over_us]

Chippy ki yay

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

@@Pyrela That person might need a new keyboard, like me!

[@TechNextLetsGo]

Jlaservideo proved you could make a jet pack with it. You need a huge tank and hose hooked up

[@andreworders7305]

So what in diet soda is accelerating the reaction?

[@Blackpheonix99]

Gosh... I hate how i cant help but find Kari Byron so insanely attractive. Ever since i was a kid 😅

[@jayjones1500]

They definitely added her for better ratings😂❤

[@Lee-nq2ys]

What about the temperature of the beverage? What about the size of a sugar crystals? Powdered sugar in stevia are going to react completely different. Unfortunately scientists are not cooked so they fail this test due to their lack of real world tests.

[@davidyoung3286]

But what’s in diet cola to propel the pop

[@jasonrogers1576]

That's not diet Coke. The bottles they're using have red caps, that's regular Coke. Diet Coke has gray caps.

[@odpopcorn586]

Nice

[@sicsempertyrannis3251]

Diet Dr Pepper would have to be king. I had a 2 liter roll off my truck seat into the floor board and it was like a hand grenade

[@streetguru9350]

Damn Kari.

[@chadjones1266]

I like how the narrator can say the name

[@tylerj7825]

Adam Savage is the only person to look older when he was younger.

[@77Fmydog]

i remember getting my hands on that exact FHM mag just for her photo i always loved intelligent girls even as a kid

[@clearcreek69]

I didn't see that issue of FHM

[@BS-vx8dg]

I want to know how much they accelerated global warming with this episode.

[@SongOfStorms411]

This clip is such a microcosm of this show. Pretend that they’re going to investigate something vaguely scientific. In reality, off camera producers figure out all the science, and the idiots on camera spend their time blowing stuff up instead.

[@davidsusskin1545]

Dropping "SWEET&LOW" into a bottle of SELTZER has the same effect.

[@andreworders7305]

Easy way to vacuum all the air out of soda if you ever wanted that for some reason

[@JuanchoCaballero-oy2pn]

I love thay they didn't explain why this happens.

[@dcon1023]

wow a tv program with intelligent ....interesting.. and fun people..Who would have thought? They were great.

[@buttznstuff6510]

Reminds me of how in middle school, we had this really fun chemist come by to present every year. He’d do all sorts of things, like how one year he fired a small canon in the gym with a cork as the cannonball (and he chose me as a volunteer). But anyways, the relevance here is that every year he’d do exactly this, except he’d always do the same joke where he pulls out a pack of mentos before saying “nah, I’m not using that, these are good snacks on the road. We’re using dry ice instead”. The results were pretty similar to the results the Mythbusters found with salt. The gysers always went nearly to the ceiling of the gym!

[@RealILOVEPIE]

Pop rocks, salt and diet coke. You're welcome.

[@mattfeyer8476]

I saw this in 2006. What's up the repeat?

[@larrylem3582]

They failed to explain why diet soda works better than regular soda or soda water. They skipped to making rockets.

[@johnwilliams7738]

in the full episode, they test the other ingredients out! part of it is the artificial sweetener.

[@theguardian6464]

And nothing happened when I tried soda water.

[@TurboFrend]

Bro, y'all edited so much out of these episodes! So much just got cut for literally no reason whatsoever!

[@andreworders7305]

So what about pop rocks?

[@Lee-nq2ys]

Reverse cavitation

[@malcolmdean6899]

Ahh her fhm shoot. drool Worthy.

[@chrisruffino5168]

This asked the question WHY and WHAT is the reason diet works the best. But didn't answer the questions.

[@JosefDerKaiser]

Watching the actual episode I think they came to the conclusion it was the aspartame VS the sugar in regular soda.

[@grahamhume5953]

Who else paused it at 7,08?

[@TheBuddha337]

So diet, because more sodium? They never confirmed why diet.

[@zachmoyer1849]

yeah idk why they cut that part out but it is because of the artificial sweetener

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

@@zachmoyer1849 That is what I was wondering. Anything with Aspartame. Personally, I can't have diet drinks because of Sugar Substitutes.

[@JamesOfToya]

Guess what the most replayed section is? Of course!

[@Itsmytest]

I remember diet coke and mentos. So does every square inch of my bathroom when I thought I could contain it in the bathtub. (You can't)

[@Beanbag109]

The amount of CO2 is different in each soda. Some soda water types actually say, small, medium or large bubbles. It’s a factor of the amount of dissolved CO2 in each liquid. Diet Coke, is actually on the very large bubble size.

[@prollins6443]

Same reason it made me belchy every time I drank it!

[@SCP-Dr_Bright]

"lemon flavored soda" "what am i allowed to call it? a plasma sword?" it's hilarious they have to tip toe around the names in fear of a lawsuit

[@jwolfe01234]

They used generic terms during the experiments but the voiceover used the terms Diet Coke and Mentos, so clearly they got clearance after their main shoot but before airing. The stuff you mention wouldn't have been worth clearing, especially since they'd already recorded it.

[@zachmoyer1849]

i always wondered if they regretted covering everything in sugar water when they had a perfectly vacant lot they could have done it in lol

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

Especially the one inside the garage.

[@kingibarra23]

I don’t understand to the true purpose of this Experiment..

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

Watch other episodes of MythBusters! You'll understand it.

[@wildanimals4kdocumentary]

😃😃

[@cejannuzi]

I sure didn't notice any attempts at explaining why the diet coke works the best. So much for science.

[@GW71093]

They did at one point. Maybe it was a different episode. I remember them testing all different components of the Diet Coke to figure out what causes it.

[@chrisc6857]

@@GW71093It actually was in this episode. Whoever put this video together left out a lot.

[@presleyfleckmotorizedbikef4285]

I think if you took those mentos and ground them down with salt mixed with it I bet you would have an extreme soda reaction

[@jasonbates2687]

on the web, charmingly archaic

[@GamerDave1974]

I've done the same thing with just plain old simple sugar...too my surprise lol

[@uriituw]

Too what?

[@GamerDave1974]

@@uriituw What are you, dense? Use the context of the video compared to my comment to answer your own question!

[@uriituw]

@@GamerDave1974 Too many surprises for you?

[@briandstephmoore4910]

What a brain blast amiright grant oh wait…

[@buomar9129]

You could’ve used a wheel turning by soda and generate electricity!

[@edwardchance2543]

Even though she is a vegan I miss Kari

[@theclonelieutenant5976]

Really?

[@edwardchance2543]

@@theclonelieutenant5976 she was super cute. Why did the vegan cross the road? .... to tell you that they are vegan

[@Moakmeister]

She’s a pescetarian, which is absolutely not vegan

[@tomrogue13]

What does her being vegan have to do with anything?

[@borntoclimb7116]

​@@edwardchance2543 lol who cares about vegan or not

[@alexandermikhailov2481]

OK, CO2 is a vital component. Sugar is not as the diet soda shoots way higher. What is the other vital ingredient? Colorant? Compare diet Sprite with diet Coke. The mystery and the myth remains...

[@cejannuzi]

At first I thought the reaction was something chemical, and it would come down to some specific ingredients in diet coke. But the reaction is a physical one, and one theory is that particular make-up of diet coke is most conducive because it has a lower viscosity.

[@JustinMiales]

This video is 25 years old

[@TheLazyLabrador]

Mythbusters premiered in 2003.

[@BoomiestBomb]

*18

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

Anyone else feeling old, right now?

[@RichardMcdonald-cg5yu]

If your not first your last

[@prodBrainShot]

words of ricky bobby himself, mr catfree down there says hes first too

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Second

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Third

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Fourth

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First

[@robertzuk6218]

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[@QUICKBOOKS1]

All of them are.