Coca-Cola, based in Atlanta, says its current 20-ounce contour bottle made its U.S. debut in 1993.

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Some current book favorites include how to build a ship in a bottle, how to make a stealth piano bench, and how to make Pie-Eyed Meat Pie.

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At the Blue Bottle Coffee locations in San Francisco and Oakland, the current seasonal fruit buckle features none other than bergamot under its crumble topping.

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One false positive and each pill bottle would have to be examined by hand--no improvement over current bar-coding technology.

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