A short list of fun facts about my second favorite beverage*:
Diet Coke was born in the USA on July 8, 1982.
Diet Pepsi (1964) is actually older than Diet Coke, which is a prime
example of the old adage
"first is the worst; second is the best."
Diet Coke is called "Coca Cola Light" in the EU and it (unsurprisingly)
tastes better there. I wish I could import a bunch of Coca Cola Light
and just keep it in my basement,
💸but that sounds cost-prohibitive.💸
Diet sodas have been controversial for as long as I can remember,
especially aspartame, the artificial sweetener in DC, and I do
not care. The Atlantic recently published
an article
about how maybe Diet Coke is dangerous, but so is everything else in
America. Our drinking water is full of microplastics — if my body is
basically made of plastic anyway, what's the harm in a little aspartame
sprinkle on top? yum.
