Coke Facts:
1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck 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 2 days.
3. To clean a lavatory: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the lavatory bowl and
let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in the coke removes stains from vitreous China.
4. 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.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola
over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the
rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. 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
sumptuous brown gravy.
8. 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
Coke will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from
your windshield.
days. Phosphoric acid also bleaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
2. To carry concentrated Coke syrup, the commercial truck must use the hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years.
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Mexico and Iceland have the highest per capita consumption of Coca-Cola.
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Coca-Cola translated to Chinese means, "To make mouth happy".
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Every second over 7,000 Coca-Cola products are consumed.
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If all the Coca-Cola ever produced were in 6 1/2 oz. bottles and placed end to end they would wrap arount the earth more than 11,863 times.
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The tallest Coca-Cola bottling plants are in Hong Kong. The plant in Quarry Bay is 17 floors, and the plant in Shatin is 25 floors.
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The bottling plant at the highest elevation in the world is located in Bolivia, at 12,000 feet.
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The world's longest Coca-Cola truck is in Sweden. It is 79 feet long with a four-axle trailer.
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The best selling non-carbonated soft drink in Japan is a product of The Coca-Cola Company named "Georgia", a coffee flavored beverage.
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The Varsity Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, has earned the distinction of serving the highest volume of Coca-Cola anywhere. It dispenses nearly 3 million servings of Coca-Cola annually.
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During 1886, sales averaged nine drinks per day (total -- not per person). Most recently, sales of Company products were more than 411 million drinks per day (total -- not per person).
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200 billion servings of Coca-Cola would fill 213,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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In 1894, the first syrup plant outside of Atlanta was opened in Dallas.
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In 1928, sales of bottled Coca-Cola surpassed fountain sales for the first time.
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If all of the Coca-Cola sold in 1994 were in 8-ounce bottles laid end-to-end, those bottles would reach to the moon and back 76 times.
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In 1969, the code name, "Project Arden," was used for the introduction of a new graphic look for The Coca-Cola Company. The result? A consistent identity for packaging, advertising -- everything -- incorporating the signature Dynamic Ribbon.
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Coca-Cola syrup was first shipped in used whiskey kegs and barrels -- but they were repainted red to give them a distinctive mark.
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The greater Mexico City bottler produces the greatest volume of any Coca-Cola bottler on the globe.
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The consumption of Coca-Cola classic in the United States exceeds each of the following: bottled water, juices, powdered drinks, wine and distilled spirits.
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It took 58 years -- until 1944 -- to sell the first billion gallons of Coca-Cola syrup. Today, that billion gallon mark falls every 7-1/2 months.
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Cuba and Panama were the first two countries to bottle Coca-Cola outside the United States.
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