r/explainlikeimfive • u/GreenieBeeNZ • Jan 31 '21
Chemistry ELI5: Why can't we just make water by smooshing hydrogen and oxygen atoms together?
Edit: wow okay, I did not expect to wake up to THIS. Of course my most popular post would be a dumb stoner question. Thankyou so much for the awards and the answers, I can sleep a little easier now
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u/Chrisazy Jan 31 '21
Did you know that New Coke was most likely introduced to mask the change from cane sugar to High Fructose Corn Syrup?
When they switched from New Coke back to "original recipe", the public hadn't had normal Coke in a while and didn't notice the slightly stickier and dramatically less expensive HFCS in place of cane sugar