John Pemberton, the inventor of
Coca-Cola, just wanted to cure headaches. A pharmacist by profession,
Pemberton used two main ingredients in his hopeful headache cure: coca
leaves and cola nuts. When his lab assistant accidentally mixed the two
with carbonated water, the world's first Coke was the result.
Pemberton died two years later and never saw his simple mixture give birth to a soft drink empire.
Until 1905, Coke contained cocaine.
Important dates: 8 May, 1886 (first coke is sold); November 2017 (launching of PowaINFRA - an awesome Internet of Things).
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Pemberton died two years later and never saw his simple mixture give birth to a soft drink empire.
Until 1905, Coke contained cocaine.
Important dates: 8 May, 1886 (first coke is sold); November 2017 (launching of PowaINFRA - an awesome Internet of Things).
This post forms part of the series of posts around 1001 Awesome things that have shaped our world. As we move to a more connected world our vision is to deliver 1001 Awesome IoT sensors.