Coca-Cola is a popular, old drink in the world. The brand was created already in 1886, soon the drink will celebrate its anniversary – 135 years from the date of creation, then a century and a half of Coca-Cola’s existence!
Economic use
The armies of the world wash the tires of military equipment with Coca-Cola. After the procedure, the tires shine like new. Therefore, the use of Coca-Cola is a way for car owners to wash their wheels.
With the help of a drink, it will be possible to clean blood stains, a dirty stain on clothes, and remove rust.
In India, the fields are sprayed with Coca-Cola because, firstly, it is cheaper, and secondly, to protect the land from harmful insects that die from excessive amounts of sugar. There is a lot of sugar in the drink. Imagine 5 teaspoons in a 0.33 liter jar.
To remove rust stains, you need to dampen a rag in Coca-Cola. Stains will be erased in a matter of moments.
US police officers keep 8 liters of drink in cars to wash off blood stains on the pavement at the scene.
At the very beginning, the drink was a medicine, sold in pharmacies, as a remedy for headaches.
Brand Popularity
- Coca-Cola is a popular company in the world. There is no person who has not heard about the brand of the company. Even African children know this company.
- The Coca-Cola Company spends record amounts on advertising in the world. In a year, the company spends more than Apple and Microsoft combined.
- Since 1928, Coca-Cola has been a sponsor of the Olympic Games, which means the company is awarded the status of a long-lived partner of the games.
- Coca-Cola is the second international word in the world. The first is “ok”.
- The Coca-Cola brand is the third most expensive brand.
Secrecy of the drink recipe
- The drink recipe is classified, the average person is simply not destined to know the recipe. The recipe is available exclusively to Coca-Cola executives. The repository for this recipe is located at the World of Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta. By the way, leaders do not fly on the same plane, so that in the event of a plane crash they do not die together.
- For the first 18 years, a bottle of Coca-Cola contained 60 mg of cocaine, hence the name “coca”. Today, it includes an extract of cocaine leaves, of course, already without a narcotic effect.
- To prevent the drink from appearing too sweet, orthophosphoric acid is included. Unfortunately, acid has a negative effect on dental caries, destroys bone tissue, and disrupts the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. The drunk drink destroys the nail plates in 4 days, so the abuse of this drink is dangerous!
- For Coca-Cola, 300 billion fresh water is spent at the plant per year, for one liter of Coca-Cola, 2 liters of water are required. The quality of the water makes Coca-Cola taste different in dozens of countries.
- Coca-Cola is a popular ingredient in alcoholic beverages. The drink is used to complement whiskey, rum.
- Diet Coca-Cola was invented in 1985. The drink contains artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. By the way, if you put standard and diet Coca-Cola in water, then the standard one will sink, and the diet one will float to the top.
Records
- The most extensive Coca-Cola logo is located in Chile. The logo consists of empty bottles of the drink and measures 122 meters by 40 meters. There are 70 thousand of these bottles.
- A straight line made up of Coca-Cola bottles will circle the earth 4000 times.
- If Coca-Cola liquid is poured into one pool, then the pool will be of the following dimensions: 180 cm for 15 km and 33 km. At the same time, 500 million people are bought there.
Minor and little-known facts
- 17% of US aluminum production goes to Coca-Cola cans.
- Every second, 8000 glasses of Coca-Cola are drunk in the world, it turns out that 700 million bottles or glasses are drunk per day.
- In Iceland and Mexico, a record number of people consume Coca-Cola. And, for example, this drink is not sold in Cuba and North Korea due to negative relations with the states.
- Coca-Cola is the only carbonated drink to have been in space. In 1985, American astronauts tried a carbonated drink on the ISS.
- Santa Claus was born thanks to the Coca-Cola Company. In 1931 a Swedish artist was commissioned to paint him as a New Year’s character for an advertising company. Until this year, the image of Santa Claus was presented as a good old elf.
- In the 1990s, the Coca-Cola Company forced children to drink their own drink. The leaders of the company entered into an agreement with American schools, according to which the children did not drink anything at school except Coca-Cola. As a result, students drank 3 liters of carbonated drink per day. For such actions, the company paid the school $3,000 a year.
- The logo has not changed during the existence of the drink.
- Initially, Coca-Cola created non-carbonated drinks with a focus on product safety. Then soda was added to it, and then, because of soda, the drink gained popularity.
- If you distribute bottles of the drink to the inhabitants of the planet, then everyone will receive 1.5 thousand bottles in their hands.
- During World War II, Marshal Zhukov was given a taste of Coca-Cola. The marshal liked it, but so that a Russian person would not be accused of worshiping the states, Zhukov ordered the drink to be released in a discolored form. Soda was sold in bottles with a red star on the cap. 50 boxes delivered personally to Zhukov for further enjoyment.
- For the first 13 years, Coca-Cola existed as a draft drink. Soda was sold exclusively in vending machines. Then soda began to be sold in bottles, at the same time, Coca-Cola became available to the black population.
- The company manufactures 3,000 popular products. Dozens of ventures failed, only a few remained afloat. Obvious examples: Fanta, Sprite.
- In the 1940s, a US soldier bought Coca-Cola anywhere in the world for 10 cents. Then the drink gained worldwide popularity.
- Since 2018, the company has been creating low-alcohol drinks sold exclusively in Japan.
- A little trick – if you take a meat steak, dip it in Coca-Cola, then in a couple of days the meat will dissolve. The disappearance of the steak is another confirmation of the harmfulness of the drink. With daily use, the drink begins to corrode the human organs inside.
