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Have you ever heard of brominated vegetable oil? Unless you're one of those obsessive label-readers like myself, odds are high that you've never thought twice about specific kind of oil before. Well, I have some bad news for any fruit-flavored soda-lovers: your drink of choice contains flame retardant. More »
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Coca-Cola has certainly learned its lesson about trying to highlight the plight of the polar bear. Just a month after its debut, the company is phasing out its mostly-white holiday cans, which were meant to draw attention to how global warming is threatening polar bears (and Coke's contribution of up to $3 million to the World Wildlife Fund for conservation efforts). More »
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A growing body of evidence indicates that there's a reason it's so hard for so many people to just stop eating junk food— it's just as addictive as illegal drugs. This changes everything. Chocoholism is real, and it's no laughing matter, Cathy cartoons. All those songs you thought were coded odes to heroin and cocaine? Actually about cake and potato chips. There cheese goes. There cheese goes again. More »
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Coca-Cola would like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. It's just one of the megacompanies that's expanded its insurance policies to cover the sex-change operations of employees. And it's a growing trend. More »
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When Coke was confronted for promoting sugary Vitaminwater as a health beverage, their reaction was basically, "What? You morons actually believed that?" (We're paraphrasing.) More »
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• Not only does George Clooney not have a clothing line, he is so offended by the notion that he would have one that he's testifying against three guys who claimed that he was launching a line called "GC Exclusive."

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• The inevitable Aniston perfume is, oddly, not titled Desperation and Loneliness but, instead, "Lola V" - which sounds like the name of a Hollywood baby. That she'll never have! [Life&Style]
• Celine Dion, meanwhile, presents yet another scent: "Pure Brilliance." [WWD]

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Deborah Anderson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University's School of Medicine, had heard the urban legend that Coca-Cola could be used as a contraceptive. So she and her team decided to test it in a lab. They found that not only is Coke a spermicide, but that Diet Coke (for some reason) works best. The team won an Ig Nobel Prize, the annual award given by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine for oddball but often surprisingly practical scientific achievements. "We're thrilled to win an Ig Nobel, because the study was somewhat of a parody in the first place," says Dr. Anderson, who adds that she does not recommend using Coke for birth control purposes. Mountain Dew, on the other hand… Kidding! [MSNBC] More »
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