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TIL that Coca-Cola bottled in Cleveland, OH never switched to high-fructose corn syrup, they have always used natural sugar. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

It's a quality control issue with the water supply used. Corn syrup has bacteria-killing properties to it, but Coca-Cola wanted to stick with cane sugar instead. In 1985, the FDA tested the water supply of all of the cities with bottling plants, and Cleveland was the only city with a water supply suitable for producing Coca-Cola without corn syrup.

This is because Cleveland had a unique water purification system still active to this day, where the water is boiled in order to remove any impurities and kill bacteria. It's known as the Cleveland Steamer. It's actually really cool, but I'm on mobile now so I can't link. Search "cleveland steamer videos" and you should be able to find footage. Definitely worth checking out, there's nothing in the world like it.


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Do not google Cleveland Steamers.

This is NSFW if you are not familiar with the term.