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Japanese YouTube star covers himself in Mentos, jumps in a bathtub of Coke Zero

Last summer, Japanese YouTube star Hajime covered himself in hundreds of Mentos, then took a bath in 350 litres of Coke Zero.

Despite the results not being as explosive as we’ve come to expect from the candy-cola combination — instead of a violent eruption, the coke just foamed and fizzledthe video of his bath-time experiment is now going viral, perhaps for his bravery more than anything else.

Hajime is hardly the first to experiment by putting himself in harm's way with Mentos and Diet Coke.

The Epic Meal Time guys attempted a similar experiment — but instead of a bathtub, they used a dunk tank — for their FYI show, Epic Meal Empire, last season.

Watch a short clip from that stunt below. (Or watch the entire thing at FYI here.)

One Diet Coke-Mentos fail — the best? Worst? — made America’s Funniest Home Videos.

Lesson learned: If your bottle rocket is fuelled by Coke and candy, stand back.

Watch the Mythbusters’ Adam and Jamie try to explain the science behind the phenomenon below:

Have you ever played mad scientist and attempted this experiment at home?