Wednesday Night Open Thread

Ever tap a Coke that’s been shaken? You know, to stop it from spewing all over the place? It works. But do you know why? (Spoiler: I knew.)

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Yeah, I ran a rather unscientific test on that a while back, and came to the same conclusion.

What’s on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? Or just talk about? It’s Wednesday Night Open Thread.

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12 Comments

  1. Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith show, was born December 14, 1902, in New York City. If you’ll excuse me now, I need to take that apple pie out of the oven.

  2. A distant relative got his BS in aeronautical engineering some years ago. They ran an experiment to measure the internal pressure by measuring relaxation in a soda can after you open it using strain gages. Their results were 75 psi, which agrees with the theoretical number for the pressure required to dissolve carbon dioxide in water at room temperature.

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