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Pop Rocks + Coca-Cola = Instant Death
"Don't eat Pop Rocks with Coke; you could explode like that kid in the Life cereal ad!" The mother of all food myths occasionally surfaces despite zero evidence that Pop Rocks, invented in 1956, can blow up humans. The best summary of this legend is on Snopes; look for the phrase "survived his childhood unexploded."