Fun facts about Coca-Cola
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Interesting
Coca-Cola is one of the most popular soft drinks in the world. In fact, over one billion cans of Coca-Cola are consumed every day. But this magical drink can be used in many more ways than just an ordinary cold refreshment.
- Coca Cola was first invented by a pharmacist name John Pemberton as a medicine to cure headaches.
- Coca-Cola is called “Coca-Cola” because of the original ingredients used in the medicine, Coca leaves and Kola seeds. Wine was also added in place of sugar similar to the coke we drink today.
- When Mentos is added to Coca-Cola, the carbon dioxide in the coke will be rapidly released, causing the coke in the bottle to burst out. Diet coke works the best.
- Coca-Cola can be used to help cure jellyfish stings.
- Coca-Cola can also be used as a cleaning solution, cleaning anything from rusty pans to dirty toilets. It can also be used to remove odor.
- If you accidentally got gum in your hair, rinse it in coca-cola and the gum will come of very easily.
- Coca-Cola usually have the phrase “Original Formula” near the bottom of their cans/bottles, but it is not actually “original”, since in 1985, a portion of the sugar in Coca-Cola was removed and replaced by high fructose corn syrup, causing an altered taste as well as causing the coke to become unhealthy.
- Did you know that Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.
- Coca-Cola was the first ever softdrink in space.
- If all the Coca-Cola ever produced were in contour bottles and laid on end they would reach the moon and back 1,323 times.
- Although Coca-Cola is enjoyed ice-cold around the world, in Hong Kong it is sometimes served hot as a remedy for colds!
- The contour bottle took its shape from the Caocao seed pod of the Caocao tree.
