New Coke to Return This Summer to Make ‘Stranger Things 3’ Even More ’80s

The infamous soda will be available “via a (very) limited promotional run to bring to life one of 1985’s biggest cultural moments – both on and off screen,” Coca-Cola says

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Things are gonna get dark when “Stranger Things” returns with its third season on July 4 — and we’re not even talking about what’s happening in Hawkins, Indiana.

In was announced Tuesday that Coca-Cola is partnering with Netflix to journey back to one of the darkest chapters in our nation’s history: the birth of New Coke.

The infamous soda sparked outcry when Coca-Cola changed its formula for Coke in the summer of 1985 in what is now considered the biggest marketing mistakes of all time, according to the AP. New Coke lasted just 79 days before the original recipe returned.

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