If you're a coke fan I hate to burst your bubble, but I found these interesting facts you might want to know about before you take that next sip.  Sorry!  OR You're Welcome!  Whichever you prefer.  As for me, I'm a Dr. Pepper drinker so this doesn't apply to me or to most of us Texans.  Sorry again!  Did you know way back when after doing extensive lab research and taste tests they determined Dr. Pepper causes cancer?  But recently after extensive research with yours and mine tax dollars, lab research and surveys from the mall, Harvard scientists have determined that Dr. Pepper is good for you? 

I love to travel, the norther I go the less and less I'm served Dr. Pepper in a restaurant.  Do you know how close I have come to getting up and walking out over this delicate matter?  I have to completely rethink my entire menu selections to fit with a Coke.  After sucking it up, but not before throwing my temper tantrum in the floor, I give in and order a Mr. Pibb. 

Oh, p.s. if you believed the story about the Dr. Pepper research just email me, I have more stories where that came from.

1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.

3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coke into the toilet bowl. Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean.

4. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.

5. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

6. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

7. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

8. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan; wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a scrumptious brown gravy.

9. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.


FYI:

1. Coke Cola (and almost all sodas) contains only water, cheap sugar (corn syrup), phosphoric acid, and artificial ingredients.  The tin can costs more than the ingredients.  The advertising costs more than the tin can.  So does the cost of shipping it to the store, as with the taxes paid by the manufacturer.

2. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It's pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days (except stainless steel).

3. To carry Coca Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly Corrosive materials.

4. The distributors of Coke Cola have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years! Drink up!