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The History of Dr. Pepper

Inventor Charles Alderton was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 21, 1857. He started experimenting with this idea in 1885 and kept notes on what combinations he had used. In 1904 Dr. Pepper made its global debut at the World's Fair Exposition in St. Louis. There are several stories and theories about how it came to be called Dr. Pepper.

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