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1. Did you know that if you put a nail into soda and let it sit there for a few
   days it will disappear. Try not to drink it after.
   
2. Also, if you have rust spots from chrome car bumpers, don’t worry it can
   be removed. Just use soda.
   
3. In certain states in the US, the highway patrol officers carry two gallons
   of coke with them to remove blood from the highway after car accidents.
   
4. A tooth will dissolve in a cup of coke in 24-48 hours.
   
5. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl.
   Let the Coca-Cola sit for one hour, then flush clean.
   
6. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines
   of their trucks for about 20 years!
   
7. One person said the delivery guy that used to bring coke to
   her unit said they had to change the tubes that took coke from
   the cylinder to the machine, because it ate through them after a while.
   
8. Another person said he used coke to dissolve concrete that
   had hardened inside a water pipe he was laying for a new house.
   
9. More than 15 billion gallons of pop was sold in 2000, in the United States.
   
10. This shows how much CAFFEINE is in each soft drink:
    Coca Cola - 45 mg
    Pepsi - 39 mg
    Dr Pepper - 40 mg
    Mountain Dew - 54 mg
    
11. The carbonation in all soft drinks causes calcium loss in the
    bones through a three-stage process, which is:

A. The carbonation irritates the stomach.
B. The stomach “cures” the irritation the only way it knows how. It adds the only antacid at its disposal: calcium. It gets the calcium from the blood.
C. The blood, now low in calcium, replaces its supply from the bones. If it did not do this, muscular and brain function would be damaged.

12. Soft drinks soften your bones (actually, they make them weak and brittle) in three ways.
13. Roughly one can of soda has 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55mg of Caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colours and sulphites.
14. The sugar in the soda (other than diet) increases hunger.

Information got from www.google.ca

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