Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Snopes, you gotta love ’em
Today, a patient told me I could make Mountain Dew glow in the dark by combining it with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. He referenced this YouTube video.
I’m still enough of a chemist to realize that soft drinks don’t fluoresce, so I checked the last word in urban legends: Snopes.com. And, guess what: it’s bull.
I bet the Mountain Dew people love that viral video. Sells lots of Dew. But I bet they’re less enamored of the rumor that Mountain Dew shrinks your nads.
D.
Although… tonic water does fluoresce under blacklight. Looks cool, like your gin and tonic came straight from the Mos Eisley end of the cantina.
Which really is about the only reason I can think of to drink gin.