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BONUS: John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of Coca-Cola - History Daily
May 8, 1886. American pharmacist John S. Pemberton sells the first glass of Coca-Cola at a pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, a drink he originally bills as a cure-all tonic.
This week - here's a cross post from History Daily, presented by (not that) Lindsay Graham.
In this episode we jump ahead a very little bit to when soda fountains and health elixirs are both starting to travel across the country to change America's beverage landscape forever.
Listen in to hear where and why Coca Cola got its start.
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