Happy Birthday to you....

Mar 29, 2006 09:52

From the Writer's Almanac"On this day in 1886, John Pemberton perfected a headache and hangover remedy he had cooked up over a fire in his backyard. It contained coca leaves and extract of kola nut, and he advertised it as an "Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage." He had been making something called "Pemberton's French Wine Coca," but ( Read more... )

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blue_buddha March 29 2006, 17:38:19 UTC
Damn. I didn't know that. I guess it's my turn again. Did you know...

Diet Coke is just "Coke 2" with aspartame instead of sugar?

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cyborgirl42 March 29 2006, 22:41:08 UTC
really? but C2 tastes so much better! there's that much aspartame in diet Coke? eww.
pondering things you don't know...

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