Coke as solvent (somewhat OT)

[bittof at attbi.com]

Ahh, Jack, you're perpetuating the distorted Coke myth. To quote an essay on 
urban legends: 
All such claims ignore a few salient points: Coca-Cola  will not dissolve a 
tooth (or a nail, or a penny, or a piece of meat) overnight. Anyone who says it 
does hasn't actually tried such an experiment. Coca-Cola contains acids (such 
as citric acid and phosphoric acid) which will eventually dissolve items such 
as teeth (given enough time), but so do plenty of other substances we commonly 
ingest (such as orange juice). The concentration of acid in these products is 
so low that our digestive systems are easily capable of coping with it.

And to quote a scientific journal: 
May pointed out that the .055 percent level of phosphoric acid was far below 
the 1.09 percent acid content of an orange ... 
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:35:05 -0500
Subject: Re: [P1] need advice on removal of stains from iBook housing
 caused by food or liquids
From: Jack Rodgers <jackrodgers at earthlink.net>
Message-Id: <16C25FDB-31B9-11D7-B879-000393A567F0 at earthlink.net>

On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 09:42  PM, Pat D. Stephens wrote:

> Even tho' this OT, I find rubbing alcohol is a wonderful stain remover 
> for almost any surface...remember those awful purple stains from the 
> label at the meat market?  It works even on them...

Coca Cola is an amazing cleaner and dissolver of rusty nails...

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