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In 1996, Orbitz turned a soda bottle into a lava lamp

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Jul 09, 2026
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Bottle of Orbitz drink. Photo by Scott Schiller, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

In 1996, beverage maker Clearly Canadian introduced Orbitz, a clear soft drink filled with brightly colored edible spheres suspended throughout the bottle. The unusual appearance made it look more like a science experiment than a soda, and the company leaned into the co…

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