The Coca-Cola brand was established 131 years ago in Atlanta. Since then it has become one of the greatest brands in the world with a great backstory. Thus take a sip from your coke and read all about the 10 things you probably didn't know about Coca-Cola.
1. Space Usable in Space
You can drink a coke all around the world, but in space not so much. That is why Coca-Cola has created the first soda that can be consumed in space. They created the Coca-Cola space can in 1985 and tested it successfully aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
2. Coca-Cola's Recipe is Still a Secret
The recipe of Coca-Cola is maybe the best-kept secret in the world. Never in a 131 years history of Coca-Cola did the secret revealed. When you see the picture bellow you think it is a safe of a bank or a casino, but it is the safe of Cola-Cola where the secret recipe is saved. Coca-Cola Takes their secret recipe very serious.
3. Coca-Cola Originally Developed as an Alternative for Morphine
The creator of Coca-Cola, John Pemberton, was a former colonel in the American Civil War and had been left injured and addicted to morphine. He created Coca-Cola as an alternative medicine and so registered as French Wine Coca Nerve Tonic. Pemberton claimed that it cured headaches, impotence, and indigestion. Although it has been established that isn't true, it can help with stomach blockish.
4. The Only Two Countries where Coca-Cola isn’t Sold are Cuba and North Korea
Cuba has been under a trade embargo since 1962, despite the negotiations becoming more fluid under former President Obama the Embargo remains. Coca-Cola can’t be taken into Cuba officially. North Korea is a whole different story, they live in their own ‘anti-American bubble’. All the American beverage are unlikely to be seen in a North Korean supermarket.
5. The Brand Coca-Cola has Over 3500 Different Beverages
After the original Coke was created, the more followed, such as the Diet Coke and Coca Zero. But, Coca-Cola didn't stop, as you can now drink Coka with vanilla, cherry or orange flavour. Fun fact: if you try one beverage every day it will cost you 9 years to try every drink under the Coca-Cola name.
6. Coca-Cola Created the Current Image of Santa
In the twenties, Coca-Cola began advertising around the Christmas holidays. They used various images of a bearded, red-suited man as we now as Santa of today. This looks very normal now, but at that time it was the very first time Santa was represented in that way.
7. Coca-Cola is Worth More than Budweiser, Pepsi, Subway and KFC Combined.
Some brands that are globally very big, but compared with Coca-Cola they aren’t that big at all. With an estimated value of 73.1 billion euro, Coca-Cola is the third biggest company in the world.
8. Coca-Cola is Very Useful for Cleaning Purposes
Many people know this already, but it’s worth to mention. Coca-Cola is a great cleaning tool. It removes rust very easily and makes your toilet spotlessly clean. Simply submerge a rusty item in Coke and easily scrub the rust of the next day.
9. The ‘Cola’ Part of the Name Comes from a Nut
The kola nut, found in Africa and has a lot of medicinal effects. The nut also contains caffeine.
10. Coca-Cola has a Special Arrangement With the DEA
Many people know that Coca-Cola contains an ingredient from cocaine: the coca leaves. Coca-Cola has a special agreement with the Drug Enforcement Agency, due to this agreement they can import dried coca leaves for their production. That is why Coca-Cola was called "coke" in the past and even now.
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