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October
14, 2002:
Interesting Facts about Coca-Cola
Interview
with Michael Witzel, co-author of The
Sparkling Story of Coca-Cola
Mike
Carruthers:
Coca-Cola. It's become more than just a soft drink-it's a piece
of Americana.
Michael
Witzel:
It all started way back in 1886. The first glass of Coca-Cola
was served at Jacob's Pharmacy and that was in Atlanta, Georgia.
Michael
Witzel, author of the book The
Sparkling Story of Coca-Cola.
And the
man responsible for the original syrup, the formula, was John
Spitz Pemberton, and he was a pharmacist. He came up with different
concoctions and Coca-Cola really was his best.
And it's
true that Coca-Cola once contained cocaine.
There
was cocaine in Coca-Cola in the early days and that's why the
combination of the cocaine and caffeine gave such a really good
pick-me-up. By 1906, though, every trace of cocaine was removed.
One of the
amazing parts of the Coca-Cola story is the valuable collectibles.
Of course
there's the vintage calendar girl images and calendars that
really kicked it all off, way back when. There's trays, clocks,
blotters, bottles. Anything and everything you could think of,
you can find with the Coca-Cola logo on it.
And the
formula for Coca-Cola is very top-secret.
It supposedly
resides inside a special security vault at the Trust Company
of Georgia, and no one can really go in there and view the document
without the board's permission.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net,
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's "Something You Should Know".
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