I didn’t even know Mountain Dew HAD caffeine elsewhere in the world, until I moved to San Francisco for a few months in 2000. Oh, the glorious, caffeinated Mountain Dew, how I missed it so when I moved back to Canada! I was pretty thrilled when they brought it to Canada, finally, though I’ve mostly weaned myself off pop in general these days, sadly.
Also, I had no idea that we could get codeine OTC here. Neat.