Maine performers show the world how make geysers with candies, soda

July 1, 2006 AP -- Maine performers show the world how make geysers with candies, soda

Stephen Voltz, left, and Fritz Grobe, both of Buckfield, Maine, create a geyser effect from a combination of diet soda and Mentos mints, Thursday, June 29, 2006, during a taping of "Late Show with David Letterman", in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

(AP) -- Americans have a new way to celebrate the Fourth of July: Drop Mentos candies into 2-liter bottles of Diet Coke and watch as the soda shoots skyward. For the messy technique, thank Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz.



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