Editing Princeton, Minnesota (section)

=="Coke Geysers" world record attempt==
The Princeton High School Student Council organized a community effort to break the world record for simultaneously erupting [[Soda and candy eruption|coke geysers]] on May 27, 2011. The record of 2,854 bottles was set in October 2010 in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Most Mentos and soda fountains|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Most-Mentos-and-soda-fountains/65374.htm|access-date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Guinness World Records}}</ref> Hundreds of students participated, with a goal of setting off a series of 3,000 geysers,<ref name="KTHV Television">{{cite web|title=Students go for world record with Mentos, Diet Coke|url=http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/158933/70/Students-go-for-world-record-with-Mentos-Diet-Coke|publisher=KTHV Television|access-date=May 27, 2011}}</ref> a figure they exceeded with 3,051 total simultaneous eruptions. But ''Guinness World Records'' personnel did not officiate the event and never made the record official.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://unioneagle.com/2011/05/3051-bottles-erupt-in-record-attempt/ |accessdate=27 May 2011 |newspaper=Princeton Union-Eagle |title=3,051 bottles erupt in record attempt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531045859/http://unioneagle.com/2011/05/3051-bottles-erupt-in-record-attempt/ |archive-date=31 May 2011}}</ref> Students say the idea grew from a plan for a graduation prank into a way to put their small town on the map.<ref name="KTHV Television"/> A video<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO90m9M9Aro | title=Diet Coke and Mentos World Record!!! - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> of the attempt was broadcast on Minnesota NBC News affiliate [[KARE 11]] and edited by a YouTube user named Physics314Nerd.