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TIL that Coca Cola was invented by a Confederate veteran who developed a morphine addiction as a result of the Civil War. John Stith Pemberton started mixing different drug cocktails and eventually found a cocaine based variant he enjoyed quite well

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 2:44 pm

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Short_Name3603 says:

April 28, 2022 at 2:44 pm

Would expect the guy with stith(stiff) in his name to invent viagra.

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Lone_Biologist says:

April 28, 2022 at 2:44 pm

Ironically it was Pemberton’s son who died of a drug overdose too. Likely the result of losing his share of the coca-cola profits after Asa Candler owned the company

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