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.
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
Man Covers Himself with Mentos, Jumps into Bath of Coke
