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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days ago

TIL farmers in India have a cheaper pesticide solution: Pepsi or Coke. It may be old news to you, but I thought it was a joke.

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TIL farmers in India have a cheaper pesticide solution: Pepsi or Coke. It may be old news to you, but I thought it was a joke.

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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days ago
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Farmers tackle pests with colas
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    No, you didn’t because they don’t. Birds don’t explode when fed anything that produces gas as they will simply vomit. This lie is up there with lads who “did some cow tipping in their day”. Stop spreading misinformation.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/15TM4CDpDGHSq08nWHF3h89/seagull-urban-myths-fact-or-fiction

    https://www.birdclinic.net/avian2.htm

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      I saw them die and I stopped the guy by reporting him. I didn’t lie.

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        I imagine it must be some other mechanism of action? I find it hard to believe that the CO2 in that bit of coke could cause its stomach to expand to the point of explosion, but it does seem likely that there are some other ingredients in soda that are very harmful to birds

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          It’s just mildly acidic sugar water. There’s not enough of anything is an entire can of coke to kill a bird. Unless this bread was soaked in a fast acting poison, this story is 100% bullshit.

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