Man Covers Himself with Mentos, Jumps into Bath of Coke

While developing his vaccine for polio, Dr. Jonas Salk bravely injected himself with an early prototype. He survived and eventually gave to humanity the life-saving fruits of his genius.

In that same pattern of self-experimentation, this Japanese language video shows a man taping Mentos candies onto his own body, then jumping into a bathtub filled with Coca-Cola.

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That the reaction of Mentos and Coke is known to scientists makes the effort all the more intrepid. Skip to the 4:31 mark to see this researcher’s brave leap into danger.

-via BuzzFeed