As far as I know, we are talking here about Coca-Cola syrup, not the
carbonated mixed final product...
Antoine
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> > I know this sounds funny, but when I was a kid, a heating repair man
came
> to
> > my house and had to remove rusted screws from a stove. He brought a
glass
> > bottle with a very dark fluid in it and used that on the screws, and it
> > worked, they came loose. After this guy retired, and since I was a
friend
> of
> > his son, he told me what this wonder product was: just plain Coca Cola!
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> This doesn't sound funny at all. Many years ago my science teacher had the
> class conduct a similar experiment.
> A rusty nail was placed into a glass jar containing Coca Cola. Within
hours
> the rust was gone, and within weeks the nail also vanished (and NO it was
> not removed by Human Intervention). Makes you wonder what it does to your
> gut.
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> I also heard a myth involving a Coke worker falling into a vat and he
wasn't
> seen again. Maybe a little way out but the nail story is true.
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> Regards
>
> Adam North
> RNZAF Police Ret.
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