close up of open soda cans - Krit Of Studio Omg/Getty Images ... Fast forward to the 1960s, when the pull-tab revolutionized beverage packaging. You could just pull the tab right off the can ...
Older soda and beer drinkers will remember the pull-away tabs that you'd either throw on the ground or drop into the can itself, hoping it wouldn't cut your lip when you went to take a sip.