When a sore throat is beginning to develop, pull out the cola! Just gargle with any type of a cola (Dr. Pepper, Coke, Pepsi, favorite store brands of cola). Gargle and "spit" until the cola return looks like cola with no mucus. Do this as often as necessary! Sounds gross, but it works!
Source: Ole wives tale handed down through generations of my family.
By Joyce from Knoxville, TN
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It's almost scary how many things you can accomplish with Coca Cola. Post your ideas below!
Use Coca Cola Classic to clean just about anything! It will clean battery terminals, toilets with calcium and hard water deposits, grease stains in your garage, or on your driveway.
By Gloria Hussar
And dissolve your teeth.
God only knows what it does to your gut!
It is great for cleaning the toilet and leaving on for 10 minutes.....it goes there anyway eventually, but full strength it is a great bowl cleaner!
My hubby swears that it takes road grime off the windshield of the car better than anything.
It's been sceintifically proven to take oxidation off of copper or brass. So you can save money on that expensive cleaner.
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Coke is great for sore throat too ya know? Boil coke and add some lemon to it. Does anyone know about that?
Flat Coca Cola is suppose to be good if you have been sick a lot, especially good for kids, not too much just small sips, I think it works with Lemonade as well but it must be flat.
Does anyone know if eats through a steak, and how long it takes if actually does?
Can Coca Cola dissolve grout?
By Noah from Dinton