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

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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 PhotoDiane Bondareff)
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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