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Forrest Gump's soda of choice is sticking around despite Internet rumors to the contrary.Credit: Paramount Pictures
Don't worry, America, one soft drink giant has not purchased and discontinued Forrest Gump's favorite sugar beverage, Dr. Pepper.
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6 things to know about the future of the American dietOver the last day or so, the world's aunts and uncles have been sharing the below image across social media, bemoaning the message that it carried: Coca-Cola had bought Dr. Pepper (64 grams of sugar per 20 ounces) and was discontinuing the beverage.
Setting aside for the moment the terrible quality of the image, unprofessional fonts, grammatical errors, and lack of any official citation of the news, you can understand the concern of fans of Dr. Pepper (250 calories per 20 ounces).
But, happily, for those who love all 23 of those sweet, Dr. Pepper flavors (and 66 grams of total carbs per 20 ounces), the news is not true, as confirmed both by Internet debunking website Snopes and by the producers of Dr. Pepper itself.
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Now, with the news safely in our hands, we can fondly remember all those times that Dr. Pepper was a part of our lives, like being serenaded by Pitbull or that time Gump had like 15 of them and had to pee in front of JFK.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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