Coke Card 267

Coke Trivia:

1. A Mexico City bottler produces more Coca-Cola than anyone, anywhere.

2. More than 5 billion bottles of Coke were consumed by military personnel during WWII. (At the start of the war, the sugar used in the syrup for civilian consumption was restricted down to 50% due to rationing. This lasted through Aug. 1947.)

3. Coca-Cola has been associated with the Olympic Games since the summer of 1928.
In the 1880s, Coca-Cola’s original formula was sold as a medicine for headaches and other ills, and did actually contain traces of cocaine. By 1903 the drug was so controversial that the company starting using only “spent coca leaves” and stopped advertising Coke as a cure for ails.

4. By the 1950s, service stations were selling more Coca-Cola than motor oil.

6. The first batch of Coca-Cola was mixed in a 30 gallon brass kettle hung over the backyard fire of “Dr.” John Pemberton.