While myriad zero-sugar sodas are popular today, they are relatively new in the soda industry as a whole. TaB soda (no, not tap soda), which was introduced by the Coca-Cola company in 1963 ...

Pour one out for Coca-Cola’s original diet soda. The company announced on Friday that they would be retiring Tab, as well as a number of other “underperforming products,” by Dec. 31.

The soda can tab is more than meets the eye. In its resting state, the tab is what engineers call a "second-class" lever: the force you apply only moves one way, like a wheelbarrow. When you ...