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MAGIC BUBBLES:
9 facts about soda
Soda Birthday? There is such a holiday! The 1. Sweet soda is associated with obesity.
bubbly drink was patented on April 24, 1833 in You cannot get enough, but while the calorie cops usually
the USA. However, the first soda was made about do not take into this into account, and a small can of cola,
half a century earlier by the British naturalist, meanwhile, contains at least nine teaspoons of sugar. The
philosopher and theologian Joseph Priestley.
results of individual studies suggest that lovers of this sweet
Priestley made many experiments, for example,
he described the process of photosynthesis and
determined that graphite conducts electrical
current. It was he who discovered the oxygen.
While observing the process of brewing, a scientist
empirically found that bubbles of carbon dioxide
give the drink a special and pleasant sharp taste.
sparkling drink adds an average of one kilogramme per year
to their weight. Interestingly, in some US states, the sale of
soda in schools is prohibited – so the authorities are trying
to combat childhood obesity. And regular use of this sweet
soda harms your teeth, especially if you rinse the drink in
your mouth (as some are in the habit of doing).
2. In some countries it is believed that a warm
or settled cola is an excellent remedy for ...
And yet the ‘official’ date of the appearance of indigestion. In fact, of course, it has no effect. But there
the pop is considered to be April 24th. ‘Around is a disease from which soda really helps: sometimes an
the World’ shares nine educational facts about undigested lump of vegetable fiber is formed from eating
sparkling concoction.
some vegetables and fruits, especially unripe persimmons, in
the stomach. It can cause discomfort, and the bubbles helps
to dissolve it.
3. On the shelves of post-soviet countries
supermarkets, the lemonade ‘Baikal’, created back
in the USSR, can still be found. The drink went into production
in the early 1970s as an answer to the American stake, and
everyone immediately fell in love with it. The composition of
‘Baikal’ was outstanding – it included the extract of St John’s
wort, licorice root and eleutherococcus, as well as essential
oils of eucalyptus, lemon, laurel and fir. The recipe of ‘Baikal’
did not become secret (unlike the American competitor), it
was bought by some foreign manufacturers. There was also
Sayany lemonade with an extract of the mountain grass
Levzei. It is no longer so easy to find this drink, especially
since patent disputes are going on around the name.
4. Soviet soda was actively involved in
geopolitics. And all thanks to the pharmacist Mitrofan
Lagidze from Tiflis – he invented the tarragon-infused
lemonade, supplied lemonade to the imperial court, and even
regaled the Iranian Shah. Already in Soviet times, special
flights with lemonade for the party elite flew from Tbilisi
from the Water of Lagidze plant to Moscow twice a week.
It was Lagidze's soda that was presented on the tables for
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