The Accidental Invention of Coca Cola #TrueStory #Invention

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00:00What if the world's most famous drink was invented by accident?

00:03And what if its creator didn't even get to taste it?

00:051886, Dr. John Pemberton, a wounded war veteran and struggling pharmacist,

00:10was desperate for a cure, for pain, for poverty, for purpose.

00:15In a cluttered lab, he mixed coca leaves and cola nuts, hoping to create a miracle tonic.

00:20But he got the ratio wrong. It was supposed to be bitter.

00:23Not this bitter. But he drank it anyway.

00:25And boom, something clicked. The pain faded away and his heart raced.

00:29He scribbled down the recipe, Pemberton's French wine coca,

00:32but then prohibition hit and wine was no longer an option.

00:35So he reworked the formula, added sugar and carbonated water,

00:38and just like that, Coca-Cola was born.

00:40But he sold the rights to it for cheap and died,

00:42believing he decreated a fizzy drink that no one would ever care about.

00:45Here's the thing. You can't make this story up.

00:47The accidental invention of Coca-Cola is one of the greatest business blunders of all time.

00:51Stay tuned for more stories of genius and tragedy.

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