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stomach coke and mint explosion?

We've all seen the Your Tube video of a coke bottle when a mint is added and it blows up. If someone drank some coke then ate a mint would it not upset the person? Would their be any explosion internally or any other damage? I'm trying to stop my son from doing this just in case it does lead to an internal explosion!

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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  • Jonah
    9 years ago
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    I've seen a youtube video on this. It is dangerous, don't do it.

    The fool went and drank half a bottle of soda, and swallowed some mentos. What happened was he threw up the explosion, and when he turned around, you can see the bottom of his pants were soaked as well, presumably from a butt explosion. This is dangerous, and can rupture the stomach, esophagus, and intestines.

  • Darkdsk
    9 years ago

    there's no way that could happen

    the cola and mint is because of all the gas in the bottle causing it to expand and burst

    the stomach already has loads of gases inside, there is no pressure in the stomach to for it to explode

    nothing will happen :) dont worry

  • TheZgia
    9 years ago

    no. mythbusters tested it out and it didnt work

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