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TIL PepsiCo stopped distributing the 1990 Pepsi Cool Cans after a number of people complained that the Neon version of the can spelled the word "SEX" when two were stacked on top of each other and aligned a certain way. A spokesman stated the supposed hidden message resulted from "pure coincidence".

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