From: Dale Rosema (ihsproto@ameritech.net)
Date: Thu Apr 18 2002 - 23:04:06 EEST
Why does Diet Pepsi float and Regular Pepsi sink even though they are both 12
oz. cans?
"David K. Leigh" wrote:
> <SNIP>
> >. . . made a comment about how much more the regular cans of Pepsi weighed
> compared to the Diet
> > Pepsi.
>
> So, which weighs more: ten pounds of cotton or ten pounds of iron?
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <AHastbacka@aol.com>
> To: <rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:41 PM
> Subject: Off Topic Factoid on Sugar Consumption
>
> > How many of the members of this list drink their coffee with 10 packets of
> sugar?
> >
> > At first, this appears to be an absurd question--but a 12 oz can of
> regular Pepsi contains 41 grams of sugar, which is more than ten four gram
> packets of sugar. So if you want to sweeten your coffee to the same level as
> a can of Pepsi, you would need to add more than ten packets of sugar.
> > If you drink one can of Pepsi each day, you will have consumed
> approximately 33 pounds of sugar during a one year period.
> >
> > Al Hastbacka
> >
> > PS
> >
> > The reason this topic came up was that one of our employees, who had
> delivered Pepsi in a previous job, made a comment about how much more the
> regular cans of Pepsi weighed compared to the Diet Pepsi.
> >
> >
> >
> > For more information about the rp-ml, see http://rapid.lpt.fi/rp-ml/
> >
>
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