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Tag results: Soda

Crack One Open

How the modern-day aluminum beverage can was made safer and more eco-friendly by one man’s invention—a riveted tab that opened the can, but stayed attached.

The Year Canada Recalled Pop

Resurfacing that time, in the summer of 1979, when the Canadian government recalled every large soda bottle on the shelf because the bottles would literally explode when shattered.

Crashing The Soda Wars

The story of Virgin Cola, Richard Branson’s bold attempt to take on Coca-Cola and Pepsi at their own game. Of course it failed, but it did so stylishly.

Feelin’ 7UP

The marketing history of America’s favorite lemon-lime soda, 7UP, proves that sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.

Bottles and Cans and Just Clap Your Hands

About ten states have bottle deposit laws—measures designed to get you to bring your bottles back for recycling. Why aren't they more common?
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