A Dying Soldier Invented Coca-Cola. This Is How It Happened.

Coca-Cola is widely known as being a symbol of America. It was created by Dr. John Pemberton — a famous physician in the 1800s. When the Civil War hit, he tossed away his lab coat for a buttoned uniform and joined the army. After getting caught in a direct line of fire, he was given a life-threatening drug to ease the pain for his last few hours. But he miraculously survived and used his near-death experience to build Coca-Cola’s $74 billion dollar brand. Sources: [Dr. John Pemberton] https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://historydaily.org/coca-cola-in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_St... https://books.google.ca/books/about/A... https://books.google.ca/books/about/N... https://books.google.ca/books/about/A... [Asa Candler] https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-... https://www.coca-cola.ca/our-company https://www.coca-colacompany.com/news... https://entrepreneursinamerica.wordpr... https://www.ajc.com/news/the-house-ca... https://books.google.ca/books/about/T... https://georgiahistory.com/education-... [Joseph Whitehead and Benjamin Thomas]    • History and Facts about Coca-Cola!   https://books.google.ca/books/about/T... https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/ha... https://books.google.ca/books/about/T... https://play.google.com/store/books/d... https://www.coca-colacompany.com/news... https://www.thepackagingcompany.com/k... [Ernest and Robert Woodruff] https://www.investopedia.com/articles...    • How BIG is Coca-Cola? | Size, History, Facts   https://books.google.ca/books/about/E... https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/08/us... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://books.google.ca/books/about/B... https://books.google.ca/books/about/C... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar... https://apnews.com/278e02540d242d1dc4... [Coca-Cola] https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://allthatsinteresting.com/coca-... https://books.google.ca/books/about/C... https://books.google.ca/books/about/A... https://books.google.ca/books/about/N... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola https://books.google.ca/books/about/T... https://sapienlabs.org/coca-cola-brain/ https://play.google.com/store/books/d... https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/ha... http://twistedfood.co.uk/war-morphine... https://www.catawiki.com/stories/685-... https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-... https://www.worldofcoca-cola.com/abou...    • The history of Coca-cola   https://www.coca-colacompany.com/cont...    • How BIG is Coca-Cola? | Size, History, Facts   https://www.coca-cola.eu/news/100-yea... https://books.google.ca/books/about/E... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the... https://www.worldofcoca-cola.com/abou... [Vin Mariani] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20... https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/vin-ma...