[To Wit!] Pop rocks

[sidebernie]

The retro candy confection known as Pop Rocks are made by bubbling carbon dioxide through a solution of molten sugar (mixed with some color and flavorings), which traps the gas as the sugar hardens. It was invented in 1956 as a potential mix-in for Kool-Aid, but didn't work very well and so sat on the metaphorical shelf until the 1970s, when

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[bill_sheehan]

I never knew that!

But I do know that if you wash them down with Coke, you'll explode.