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In an attempt to win a small court battle, PepsiCo, Mountain Dew’s parent company, has made a bizarre statement about mice dissolving in the drink before consumption. It’s exactly what it sounds like. One mouse allegedly didn’t fully dissolve in a can of the citrus drink, sending them to court.

Experts called in by PepsiCo’s lawyers offered an explanation for why it couldn’t be true: the Mountain Dew would have dissolved the mouse, turning it into a “jelly-like substance,” had it been in the can of fluid from the time of it’s bottling until the day the plaintiff opened it, 15 months later. However, countering experts say drink would still contain the dead mouse, which Pepsi has failed to deny. In addition, there is always that small percent of any statistic that shows otherwise. If 100 people eat pizza every day, there will still be at least a couple days when one of those people decides not to eat pizza. 

Forget about the legal disputes, is Mountain Dew crazy enough to dissolve mice carcasses? And what does that do to your intestines? Is Mountain Dew’s classic slogan “It’ll tickle your innards” the world’s most sickening understatement?

Even though no published studies have been done on how rapidly Mountain Dew dissolves mice, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the neon green soda can eat away teeth and bones in a matter of months and would likely do a number on a small rodent.

Yan-Fang Ren of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, who has studied the effects of citric acid on bones and teeth, agrees with PepsiCo: “I think it is plausible that it could dissolve a mouse in a few months, but dissolving [the mouse] does not mean it will disappear, because you still have the collagen and the soft tissue part. It will be like rubber.”

Research shows that drinks such as Mountain Dew and Sprite erode tooth enamel around six times faster than colas such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi. That’s because Coke and Pepsi contain phosphoric acid which gives it a tangy taste, while citrus drinks such as Mountain Dew and Sprite contain citric acid to do the same job.

When Fraunhofer’s teem soaked human molars in Mountain Dew for two weeks (a time period comparable to about 13 years of normal beverage exposure), they calculated the teeth lost more than 6 percent of it’s volume.  

Citric Acid in Mountain Dew would eat away a mouse’s bones in a similar manner as it erodes teeth, breaking down the chemical bonds that hold the tissue togeather by infiltrating them with positively charged particles and the acid can also “combine with calcium in the bones, taking it away quicker,” Ren stated.

Your stomach and intestines are built to withstand a variety of acidic digestive juices. For people with a healthy digestive tracks, a little extra acid from the drink, which passes through quickly, shouldn’t harm your stomach like it does your teeth. Mountain Dew does contain orange juice, however, it contains no vitamin C. You should minimize contact with teeth by taking large gulps rather than small frequent sips, then washing your mouth out with water. Or you could just use a straw.

An Illinois man sued Pepsi in 2009 after he claims he “spat out the soda to reveal a dead mouse,” he then sent the mouse to Pepsi, who destroyed the remains.

Documents from the Virginia Department of Agriculture show that the government is trying to reclassify People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as an “euthanasia clinic” due to their high number of killings of healthy, adoptable animals compared to animal shelters in the area. The organization doesn’t own or operate a single rescue shelter in the world, nor do they provide services which greatly benefit animals in communities.

Since 1998, PETA has killed more than 25,840 animals, while adopting only 3,135, or 85.9%. Within the past few years, they have been known to murder 90-98% of animals in their care.

The organization has also been criticized for their funding. The organization spends less than one percent of it’s multi-million dollar budget on efforts that help animals, but rather:

• $50,000,000 to terrorist group ELF in 2003 for a firebombing that, according to a San Diego Fire Captain, “could have killed someone.”
• $2000 to ALF’s David Wilson “to support their program activities”. According to the FBI, ALF is a “serious domestic terrorist group.” PETA’s president/founder Ingrid Newkirk publicly admits, “I will be the last person to condemn ALF.”
• $27,000 to Roger Troen for the burglary and arson of the University of Oregon
• $7,500 to Fran Stephanie Trutt for the attempted murder of the president of a medical laboratory.
• $5,000 to Josh Harper, an advocate of arson, for attacking Native Americans on a whale hunt by throwing smoke bombs, shooting flares, and spraying their faces with chemical fire extinguishers.
• $45,200 to Rodney Coronado for the firebombing of Michigan State University, and as evidence found by police show planned break ins and burglaries with PETA’s co-founder Alex Pacheco. After being released from jail, he taught young students of schools how to make a bomb from a milk jug. A few days later, ALF criminals tried to burn down a McDonald’s restaurant in Chico, California, using a firebomb that matched Coronado’s recipe. A month later, PETA’s founder Ingrid Newkirk referred to him as “a fine young man.” Late last year, he was caught urging terrorists to burn buildings down.
• $25,000 to Coronado’s father.
• $1,500 to the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) in 2001 for the legal defense of Craig Rosebraugh, an ELF spokesman.

One of the biggest criticism PETA faces is their funding of terrorist groups. The FBI even refers to PETA as “one of the most serious domestic terrorism threats in the U.S. today” because of their promotion, funding, and support of crime and terrorism.

For an entire list of reasons not to support PETA, click here.

Starting November 1st, Coca-Cola is temporarily reversing the color of their cans. The white can shown below is part of their new campaign to help protect the arctic habitat of their winter mascot, the polar bear.

The world’s largest beverage company will initially donate $2 million to the campaign. It will then match up to a million dollars that Coke drinkers are expected to donate through text messaging.

The Coca-Cola Foundation has donated more than $451 million in support of community initiatives worldwide. Just this last Tuesday, the company donated more than $1 million USD toward relief efforts in eastern Turkey after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the area Sunday. The very next day they pledged $500,000 to the Atlanta Women’s Foundation to support economic empowerment initiatives impacting Atlanta’s women and girls.

Nicola Kettlitz, president of Coca-Cola Ltd., said “We’ve done this for many years and it’s a part of who we are. We understand that without sustainable communities, we really do not have a business. It cannot just be greenwashing, We need to do it (action to protect the environment) and then maybe say it, but to do it is an important aspect.”

Coke hopes that since the arctic is warming, and two-thirds of all polar bears now live in Canada, that their funds will help scientists to understand what the environment will be like in the future so we aren’t rushing last minute to protect the animals. They also hope the money will help protect the communities affected.

Florida has accidentally made it illegal for humans to have sex.

Last week, the state finally got around to banning bestiality, but, there was a mistake with the language used in the new bill, specifically that it bans sex with “an animal” …By definition, humans are animals.

Here’s the act’s summary: “An act relating to sexual activities involving animals; creating s. 828.126, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal; prohibiting specified related activities; providing penalties; prividing that the act does not apply to certain husbandry, conformation judging, and veterinary practices; providing an effective date.”

Congrats Florida, you have just become America’s most boring state!