Just when you thought you knew everything....
1. You can put a t-bone steak in a
bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
2. In many states the highway
patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the
highway after a car accident.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a
can of Coca-Cola 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:
Applying 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 sumptuous 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.
10. It
will also clean road haze from your windshield.
11. The active ingredient in
Coke is phosphoric acid. It's pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4
days.
12. To carry Coca Cola syrup
(the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place
cards reserved for Highly Corrosive materials.
13. The distributors of coke
have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!