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TIL New Coke actually performed better than Classic Coke and Pepsi in taste tests. The new drink flopped anyway, apparently because Coca-Cola underestimated customers’ emotional attachment to the Classic Coke flavor, irrespective of which one performed better in a double-blind test.

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