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Erik Williams · Friend and youth ministry partner · November 9, 2026
The Diet Coke and Mentos rage had just begun. It was fairly early in the youtube days. I had only published one video at that point. Andy was in town and we decided to make some videos. We did the Diet Cok and Mentos and I was floored that it actually worked. Then we decided to tray other sodas to see how well those worked. None were as good as the Diet Coke. We did fill a 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke with Mentos and put the cap on it. Andy then threw it on the ground. Nothing happened so he kept throwing it. It exploded and almost hit a car that was driving past us. We were soaking wet with soda. One of many crazy adventures! The picture is a screengrab from my youtube channel. So it is very pixelated from. 20 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up1DoY8Cfwg