Though U.S. pharmacist John S. Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in 1886, his bookkeeper, Frank Robinson invented the name. Robinson had beautiful handwriting, and his flowering script is still used today.
Coca-Cola was first marketed as a nerve tonic that “relieves exhaustion.”
The very first Coca-Cola products contained cocaine, about 9 milligrams per glass. It was removed from the drink in 1903. The original Coke was also alcoholic.
Coca-Cola is the most widely distributed product on the planet.
Coca-Cola was officially launched in 1886, making it 130 years old.
Only two countries in the world do not sell Coca-Cola: North Korea and Cuba
John S. Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, was a pharmacist and a colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. After sustaining a war-injury, he became addicted to morphine and believed his tonic would combat his addiction.
Coca-Cola has so many types of drinks that it would take a person drinking one a day over nine years to try them all.
If every drop of Coke ever made were placed in 8-ounce bottles and laid end-to-end, the bottles would reach to the moon and back over 2,000 times.
Coke’s brand is worth over $83.8 billion, which is more than KFC, Subway, and Budweiser combined.
Mexicans drink more Coke than any other country in the world. Mexicans drink about 745 Coke beverages per year. Americans drink about 401 Coke products a year.
Studies have proven that Coca-Cola, especially Diet Coke, is an effective spermicide. However, neither is recommended as a form of birth control.
Coca-Cola has traditionally been considered a wonder cure for everything including hiccups, colic, low libido, and relieving jellyfish stings.
According to Warren Buffet, Coca-Cola has no taste memory, which means, like water, a person will never get sick of it.
In 2004, a Coca-Cola plant in India was forced to close for extracting and degrading groundwater above legal limits and for discharging excessive levels of pollutants into the environment.
The name Coca-Cola refers to two of its original ingredients: kola nuts and coca leaves.
In 2015, Coca Cola was the world’s third most valuable brand, after Apple and Google.
Approximately 96% of the world’s population recognizes the Coca-Cola logo.
A 12-ounce can of Coke has about 39 grams of total sugar, which is about 9 1/3 teaspoons of sugar.
Coke sold 25 bottles its first year. Today, it sells 1.8 billion bottles—per day.
Coca-Cola owns over half of all soft drinks sold.
Coca-Cola’s Facebook page has over 90 million fans.
In 2015, Coca-Cola created controversy when it paid $550,000 directly to the head of an anti-obesity group. After the donation was revealed, the group disbanded.
