One of life's bigger questions was answered by J's science project in 4th grade: Will soda pop blow up balloons? The answer is yes, especially when you shake the bottle after putting the balloon on the bottle and, to the extent you can control it, pop will also blow up a balloon (and usually blow it right off the bottle) if you add Mentos to Coke just before you put the balloon on the bottle. We also found that certain types of pop will do a better job of blowing up a balloon than other types of pop will do, but I have forgotten which ones worked best. The pictures shows what the bottles and balloons looked like the day AFTER we ran the experiment.
Quirks and all, it was good fun!
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