8 Internet Challenges That Went Wildly Out of Control (3 of 5)

4. NyQuil Chicken

A perfect storm of neon color, faulty judgment, and kitchen hubris. Boiling medicine concentrates its active ingredients and releases fumes you shouldn’t breathe, let alone ingest. The result isn’t chicken that makes you wanna nap, it’s a chemistry disaster waiting to happen. If your recipe starts in the pharmacy aisle, you’re not cooking—you’re auditioning for a Darwin Award poster.

5. Cinnamon Challenge

“Just swallow a spoonful of cinnamon” sounds like a prank invented by someone who’s never met saliva. Powder that fine doesn’t go down, it detonates into a cough cloud that you then inhale. Cue choking, lung irritation, and occasionally serious complications. Cinnamon rolls are delightful. Dry-scooping spice is a fast-track to sounding like you swallowed a desert.