Freezing Mentos in icecubes to make explosion labeled hoax, pranksters cry everywhere

The folks at Steve Spangler Science have finally shut and bolted the door on the famous prank that if you freeze Mentos inside icecubes and place them in Coke a crazy explosion will follow.  Everyone knows that if you put a Mentos by itself in a cup of Coke a chemical reaction will occur.  However, the sneakier ploy of freezing them inside icecubes and then dropping them in Coke, waiting for them to melt and create a mess does not work.  Check out the video above to see for yourself and find out why.

[Via Gizmodo]

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