Finally she stopped because her hiccups were so bad she couldn't breathe.
I would say that it can also cure hiccups but, frankly, a glass of water should do the same thing, as the chemicals in coke don't offer any special "anti-hiccup" magic.
Curious travellers can see these gassy hiccups in lakes across Canada's Banff National Park, or in the Arctic Ocean off Siberia, where researchers have found gargantuan gas bubbles as large as 900m across.
Sure, there are the fortunate few from whom the journey has thus far been smooth sailing, but for the vast majority of us, there are fits and starts, hiccups, confusion, mistakes, wrong turns, U-turns, graceless moments.
The study wasn't without its mild hiccups: according to the paper, 'unacceptable taste and mild stomach discomfort were the common complaints.
Finally she stopped because her hiccups were so bad she couldn't breathe.
