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red dog 1

(30,805 posts) Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:46 PM Monday

Coca-Cola cans from 1936.

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(Coca-Cola discontinued using cocaine extract as an ingredient in 1929)

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Coca-Cola cans from 1936. (Original Post) red dog 1 Monday OP

Oh wow,.... it looks like a retail brake fluid can for the car. magicarpet Monday #1

Exactly... Although Emory University Hospitals (with big Coca Cola $$ endowments) used to use hlthe2b Monday #2

Those type of cans were quite common in beer also MichMan Monday #3

magicarpet

(18,122 posts)

1. Oh wow,.... it looks like a retail brake fluid can for the car.

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Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:48 PM

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hlthe2b

(109,408 posts)

2. Exactly... Although Emory University Hospitals (with big Coca Cola $$ endowments) used to use

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Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:07 PM

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Coca-Cola enemas in some cases--they may still do so for osmotic effects. I'm not saying it doesn't work and would be inappropriate in some instances, mind you, but it does seem unusual at a minimum. And with the original cocaine formulation, it would be like adding caffeine to the mix (which also works, btw).

So, brake-fluid-confusion? Well...

MichMan

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3. Those type of cans were quite common in beer also

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:33 PM

Monday

Highly coveted by beer can collectors now and referred to as "cone tops"

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