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5 Things You Didn't Know About Pop Rocks

Despite the fact that it's been 15 years since your last pack, you still think about Pop Rocks. How do they fizz? Do they actually puncture your stomach? What happened to Little Mikey?ve got the answers to all those questions, along with the cool backstory on their creator, who played an even bigger role in your childhood than you thought. Take a handful of Blue Razz -- or Pumpkin Patch Orange, if you're a seasonal hoarder -- and learn some science. Also, you're totally fine to have a soda with them.<br><br>

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5 Things You Didn't Know About Pop Rocks

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  1. AND DIDN'T STOP THERE THEY WERE ACCIDENTALLY INVENTED BY A CHEMIST HE GOT HIS BIG BREAK ON A TAPIOCA SUBSTITUTE CARBON DIOXIDE GIVES THEM THEIR POWER MIXING THEM WITH COKE WILL NOT MAKE YOUR STOMACH EXPLODE 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT POP ROCKS When Mitchell retired, he had over 70 patents to his name. And while Pop Rocks were his buzziest invention, he also had a hand in Cool Whip, quick-set Jell-O, and Tang. Astronauts and karate chimps everywhere are forever in his debt. 5 2 3 4 1 Though it's been constantly squashed since the '70s, the tale of "Little Mikey" dying in a freak Pop Rocks accident still persists to this day. It's a particularly ridiculous rumor not only because the guy who played Little Mikey in those Life cereal commercials (John Gilchrist) is very much alive, but also because the science makes zero sense. As the Mythbusters dudes proved with a pig stomach in their very first episode, consuming a six-pack of soda and a six-pack of Pop Rocks might cause some serious fizz, but it won't produce enough gas to bust your gut. Pop Rocks are basically just sugar gasified with carbon dioxide. When they come into contact with moisture, the candy part dissolves and the gas is released, kicking off all that crackling. Carbon dioxide is also used in soda, which is part of the reason that whole death by Coke and Pop Rocks rumor got started. You technically have a tapioca crisis to thank for Pop Rocks, since a WWII shortage of the stuff jump-started Mitchell's career. America was having a hard time getting its hands on tapioca as the war escalated -- pretty much all the supply lines were through Asia, and they had been severely disrupted by that pesky intercontinental conflict. Pop Rocks are the brainchild of William A. Mitchell, a research chemist who worked for General Foods for 35 years. But Mitchell only stumbled upon the candy by chance. He was actually working on an instant soft drink when he accidentally mixed the first Pop Rocks prototype. Buy pop Rock in canada

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