Mikola Kondakow of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, invented the pull tab version for bottles in 1956 (Canadian patent 476789).
A memorable (if controversial) lyric from the song was "I can make a Sprite can disappear in my mouth."
It is built around two cylinders (hence the "2" in 2GM20) of 75 mm in diameter and 72 mm in stroke, adding up to 0.635 liters in displacement: each cylinder is roughly the size and volume of a 300ml soft-drink can.
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In June 2010, Air Berlin launched its own line of beverage cans after becoming the first customer for Ball Packaging Europe's technology co-operation with Tonejet.