Watching what happens when you boil Coca Cola may make you swear off soda forever

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

A YouTube host who calls himself CrazyRussianHacker decided to find out what happens when you boil the contents of a bottle of Coca Cola.

Once all the water evaporates, what once was a soft drink appears to turn into a thick black sticky tar.

The amateur scientist says most of what's leftover is sugar, along with a few other ingredients.

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