Coca-Cola is caustic. You can use it as an agent to unclog drains. You can also enlist Coke to help lift stains from your toilet bowl. Just pour a couple cans of the stuff in your toilet and let it percolate for an hour so be before scrubbing and rinsing. In theory, exposure to enough fresh Coca-Cola for an extended period of time will dissolve a copper penny.
And I was told by a concrete
finisher you can sabotage a concrete pour by slipping a bit of Coke in the
mix. “The concrete won’t set,” the finisher
told me. I didn’t ask if he ever put
this to a test.
Coca-Cola has an interesting
history, too. By interesting, I mean
dope is involved.
A pharmacist from Atlanta,
Georgia, named John Pemberton first concocted Coca-Cola in 1885. Pemberton’s original
recipe contained cocaine in the form of an extract of the coca leaf. The “Coca” half of the beverage’s name is a
reflection of this ingredient. The “Cola” tag is derived from the kola nut
(which contains caffeine).
The first generation of Coke
was marketed as a ‘temperance drink’ and intended as something marginally
medicinal. Temperance drinks were proposed
as non-alcohol options for beverages with a kick.
At present, Coca-Cola is the
world's most popular caffeinated soft drink.
I must admit, I would like to
try a glass or two of the first-generation Coca-Cola.
—Mitchell Hegman
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