Five Things You Can Do With A Six-Pack Of Coke
Today, May 8th is the 125th anniversary of Coca-Cola. It was originally sold as a patent medicine by pharmacist John Styth Pemberton in Georgia. Pemberton was a Confederate soldier who was wounded in the Battle of Columbus, Georgia in 1865 and saw others around him becoming addicted to morphine. He thought by creating a medicinal drink, he might be able to help people. His first carbonated beverage, known as Coca-Cola came from use of the coca plant and the kola nut. Cocaine was not used in the recipe. While Coca-Cola is a great drink, there are plenty of other things you can do with a six-pack of this tasty, refreshing beverage. Here is a list of five useful things you can do with the six-pack (after you drink one of them). Read more...
Categories: Home and Living Tags: carbonated beverage, coca cola, coke, John Styth Pemberton, soda, soda pop
The Origins Of Our Favorite Soda Pops
Some people refer to them as pop, soda pop, sodas, or just plain coke. They are carbonated beverages that are often sweetened with sugar or corn syrup. They've actually have been around for centuries. Started by medieval Arabic chemists as a way of curing diseases, soft drinks made their way to Europe by the 1200s where a popular beverage known as Dandelion & Burdock was sold in Britain. Today, we all know the names of our favorite pops. Here are five of the most popular found here in the United States and the origins how they came to be. Read more...
Categories: Home and Living Tags: 7-Up, 7up, coca cola, coke, diet coke, diet pepsi, Dr. Pepper, mountain dew, pepsi, pepsi-cola
Five Uses For Coca-Cola
Emails have been circulating the internet for years about how bad Coca-Cola can be, but Coke also offers a lot of good qualities (other than drinking). Who knew there were so many uses for Coca-Cola? This is a list of everyday uses for Coke that will make you want to keep a case of it around the house - just in case! Feel free to add in any other uses that you find for the use of Coke, as well. Our readers love to find out all they can: Read more...
Categories: Home and Living Tags: 7-Up, carbonated beverage, carbonation, citric acid, cleaning clothes, cleaning windows, coca cola, coke, coke glaze, de-skunking, Dr. Pepper, pepsi, pepsi-cola, pop, soda pop, sugar, Uses For Coca-Cola
Five Great Product/Commercial Wars
If you are like me then you enjoy watching commercials for one product that rags on their rival product. I honestly enjoy these commercials because a lot of the time they are funny. Today I saw one of the Verizon Wireless commercials that talks bad about AT&T and it got me thinking, what are the best product battles in recent memory. Well, here is my list. Read more...
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