Atlantans live in the hometown of the world ’s well - known brand : Coca - Cola . That sweetened , zingy soda dada will never misplace a Pepsi Challenge inside the border ( particularly with whiskey ) . That being said , there ’s probably a passel you still do n’t have intercourse about the elixir created by John Pemberton , commodified by Asa Griggs Candler , and wipe out by everybody that ’s ever lived . Crack a bottle and catch up on some lesser - known Coke fact .
Keanu Reeves owes his acting career to Coke
Back before he was Ted , Neo , Sad Keanu , or the homeless guy inPoetic Justice(seriously),he was in a Coke commercial message . His character take part in a cycling race , fall in second , and reacts to his majestic dad offering him ATL ’s favourite flaccid drink by saying , “ A Coke ! , ” ( in a very Steven - Avery’s - nephew - like way ) . His last line – “ My DAD ! ” – come after someone ask who trained him ( to fall in second ) . But somehow it all seems fondly doofus - y , signify “ very Keanu ” , and thanks to the work that add up after this break , he ’s now rich and noted enough to buy the world a Coke .
Coke is a tasty way to stop an asthma attack
Your prescription inhaler is probably the unspoiled method acting for counteracting chronic respiration problems . But if it ’s not handy – or even if it is – Coke tastes right smart well ! Caffeine has been launch to open up the airways when asthmatics are wheeze or otherwise own hassle getting air . And since each 12 oz can has 34 atomic number 12 of the hoopla , you have an exculpation to keep chugging until you catch your second winding .
Coke’s stock has more than doubled in the last 10 years
As beverage selection have broaden and the grocery for potable liquids has expanded into things we did n’t even have sex could be ingested , The Coca - Cola Company has diversified to admit some level of ownership in a destiny of your other favorite brands . Do you like Keurig , Odwalla or Simply Orange ? So does Coke , and they know you love all four , because they have the receipts . Therefore , a $ 20 share in 2006 is worth around $ 45 today , at least at press time . It might be a good time to purchase , since Coke ’s likely going to Cuba before long , but that ’s just what Fidel Castro differentiate us , and you make love how he is with money .
Coke invented Santa Claus
If you acknowledge St. Nicholas as a plump , blanched - hirsute , long - whiskery member of the Bloods , you have been watching way too many episodes ofGangland . Santa likes to wear red because it was a manner trait he was contribute by an artist name Haddon Sundblom , who was commissioned by Coke to draw him that way for the first time ever . Sure , St. Nick “ exist , ” but it was a Coke ad that cement the epitome we ’ve come to bear . The real motion is , would Santa wear blue if Pepsi got to him first ?
Coke owns Georgia
That ’s not just a clever double entendre . Coca - Cola has a line of descent of canned Japanese coffee bean beverages named “ Georgia , ” name after our state . Since 2009 , it ’s been available here in the US , but only in Asian supermarkets .
Coke money basically built Downtown Chattanooga
ATL ’s Georgia Aquarium was inspired by battle of Chattanooga ’s Tennessee Aquarium , which was built a few years prior and sits on the boundary of the Tennessee River , next to the Tennessee Riverwalk , not far from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga . These projects began and were helped greatly by the more than $ 50 million in financing financial backing from John T. Lupton II , whose grandfather establish the JTL Corporation , which set about the undivided rights to bottle Coca - Cola from Asa Candler … for $ 1 … in 1899 .
Coke may or may not have a tiny bit of alcohol in it
You ’ll drown before getting a bombination from Coke – it ’s still very much classified as a non - alcoholic beverage . Still , Huffington Post publisheda news report in 2012 , quoting enquiry from the National Institute of Consumption ( it ’s French ) , that said that Coke and 18 other democratic easy drink brands were 0.001 % inebriant per l . Coke says the alcohol could possibly fall from one of its secret ingredients , but one of the company ’s website say “ alcohol is not added as an ingredient and no fermentation take space . ”
New Coke was actually a big money maker for Coke
You may be too young to think back “ New Coke , ” but it was a remixed , dulcorate version of the original Coke formula that everybody already loved , which they got rid of entirely to launch the update . lease ’s just say it got old quickly and has been get it on as one of the biggest marketing failures of all metre . However , in the six months after the ship’s company killed the New and brought back the Classic , sales go through the roof , more than replicate Pepsi ’s sales during the same period . THEN Coke release Coca - Cola Cherry correctly after , which was simply utter genius .
Factory error Coke cans sell for thousands
This fact is somewhere between the “ Perri - Air ” fromSpaceballsand the ultimate win for whoever actually accomplish for a Coke when they have bronchial asthma . Every once in for a while , a Coke can is accidentally sealed without anything inside but aviation . If you happen to find one of these , you could speedily make up to $ 10 atomic number 19 – judging by preceding and current eBay auction sale . Hopefully you never see one and cursed out your gas place salesclerk after returning it for a refund .
Kim Jong Un gets no Coke
At one time there were only two countries in the populace where you could n’t buy Coca - Cola : Cuba and North Korea . And even then , as anybody who ’s ever smoked a Cuban cigar can tell you , it wasn’tthathard in CastroLand . But now that we ’re friends again , it ’s only the so - called Hermit Kingdom that ca n’t drink from the fount of the world ’s giving brand . peradventure stop firing off so many random missiles , dude .
Coke pumps from the heart of Mexico’s former president
Before Vicente Fox rose to the acme of political power in his nation , he was a Harvard business schooling grad beat back a Coke legal transfer truck . He stuck it out and rise through the ranks to pass Coke in Mexico ( and ultimately all of Latin America ) , preside over the company at a clock time when it became Mexico ’s top - selling easy drink . He even get hitched with a Coke receptionist .
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Mike Jordanliked New Coke waaaay better than Crystal Pepsi . He also like Coke floats , and hopes one day Coke will make beer . Tweet him at@michaelbjordan . Notice the profile pic .
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