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Soft drinks go by many names—and each one tells a story. From 1800s pharmacies to modern dialect maps, here’s how our favourite bubbly beverages became cultural flashpoints.

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It found soft drinks accounted for 6.9% of the grocery bills of SNAP users. “In moderation, those things are okay,” Gully said. “But drinking them as a primary source of fluids is a bad idea.” ...