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77 - Coca-Cola

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Can Coca-Cola Really Help a Headache?

Pemberton invented Coca-Cola and marketed it as a brain tonic that would cue headaches, relieve exhaustion and calm nerves. Part of his motivation to sell actually came from his expensive continuing morphine addiction. Pemberton: "If you're wondering, take a punt. Could end terribly"

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