Coca Cola
Hey Ma,
On this date in 1886, John Stith Pemberton invented coca cola. He was a pharmacist who's intention with the elixir was to cure headaches and calm nervousness. He marketed the beverage as 'delicious, refreshing, exhilarating, invigorating' and touted as a 'valuable brain tonic' that would cure headaches, relieve exhaustion and calm nerves. Another interesting tidbit is that the original formula supposedly called for 8.46 mg of cocaine. Wikipedia says the average "dose" of the street drug is 20-30mg. hmmm just enough to get you addicted?
John Pemberton died two years later, plagued by heath problems and addiction to Morphine and Opium. He sold the rights to the formula before his passing and his family did not reap the rewards of this significant invention.
Should be filed under DUMBASS.
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