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Soda

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Lerna, Illinois

World's Fastest Pop Machine

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

Coca-Cola: forbidden fruit, or a permissible treat?

Why Brigham Young University Had a Secret Cola Vending Machine

The complex relationship between Mormons and caffeinated soda.

Natasha Frost January 18, 2018

Pepsi was the first "capitalist" product sold in the Soviet Union.

When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships

The company had a long, strange relationship with the U.S.S.R.

Anne Ewbank January 12, 2018

Retro bottles released by Coca-Cola for Fanta's 75th anniversary.

How Fanta Was Created for Nazi Germany

The soda was made from apple fibers and a cheese by-product.

Matthew Blitz January 11, 2018

How Did a Lobster Get a Pepsi Logo on Its Claw?

A satisfying explanation is elusive.

Vittoria Traverso November 30, 2017

Pineapple-banana-cherry-coconut-flavored Orbitz.

Orbitz

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

"The Corinth," one of many offerings in John Matthews's 1882 soda fountain catalog.

Victorian Soda Fountains

Once upon a time, getting your carbonation fix required a visit to a monstrous machine.

All hail Cel-Ray.

Cel-Ray

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

Cheerwine, since 1917.

Cheerwine

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

"The kid's got moxie!"

Moxie

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

Boylan's Birch Beer

Birch Beer

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

The Rise and Fall of Fruitopia, the Trippiest Beverage of the '90s

Wherefore art thou, Strawberry Passion Awareness?

Cara Giaimo September 12, 2016

A typically opulent 1880s soda fountain, in a drugstore in British Columbia.

Victorians Drank Soda Out Of Monstrous Gilded Machines

The 19th century saw a soda fountain arms race.

Cara Giaimo July 15, 2016

Watch a Painstakingly Planned Diet Coke and Mentos Fountain Burst to Life

It's one sweet substance plus another creating an even sweeter explosion.

David Doochin July 5, 2016