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Coca-Cola, initially called Pemberton's French Wine Coca, was developed while Pemberton experimented with alternatives to morphine and cures for addiction.

Most historians now agree Coca-Cola was formulated in Columbus but it was first mass-produced in Atlanta, which claims to be the home of Coca-Cola, Gardiner said. The concoction was renamed when Pemberton began selling it as a cola rather than a medicinal elixir.

Pemberton sold his secret formulas before his death because his continuing war-wound pain and addiction left him bankrupt. Pemberton's grave in Linwood Cemetery in Columbus is typically covered in bottles of Coca-Cola left by visitors paying respects. A Harvard Dialect Survey conducted in measured usage of terms like "soda" and "pop" and how they were used by region. Click here for the full results. A group of New Yorkers recently hated on Cracker Barrel after trying it for the first time, and Southern Twitter was real quick to come for 'em.

In a video shared by Food Insider, a group of New Yorkers recently had an experience most Southerners have before they can even walk -- they ate at Cracker Barrel for the first time. The video, which was was billed as "millennials try Cracker Barrel for the first time," consisted of four people trying some of the Tennesse chain's most popular dishes -- Chicken 'n Dumplins, country fried steak, loaded hash brown casserole and mac 'n cheese.

The foursome was quick to find fault with the appearance of most of the dishes although one of 'em was wise enough to know that looks can be deceiving. They called the dumplings "sad," said the mac and cheese was fast food-quality and claimed the country fried steak was a heart attack waiting to happen.

Among the responses, Southerners were quick to point out how New Yorkers can't be trusted when it comes to Southern food given what they think barbecue is -- bless their hearts. It's also worth mentioning that there's a whole lot more on the menu worth trying. Not New Jersey. You can see the video below, and you can read the Twitter comments here. That's why when someone doesn't treat Southern food with the respect it deserves, we can't help but feel like a crime has been committed.

With that in mind, we decided to ask our followers on the It's a Southern Thing Facebook page what they consider to be a crime against Southern food, and we got more than 17, replies. They range from the obvious like unsweet tea to the controversial like sugar in cornbread to the downright obvious like putting cast iron in the dishwasher.

You can read 26 of the submissions below, and you can read all of them on our Facebook page. She said they tasted better. I told her that they were no longer grits. If you want to make a dish that needs a roux, take the time to make a roux the correct way and give it the TLC it deserves.

It's the law. Scroll To Start Quiz. It was a long time ago. Not at all. Who remembers that? I'm sure it was when I was a kid. I barely remember last week. RC Cola. Diet Dr. Jolt Cola. Soft Drink. Fizzy Drink. Potato Chips. Root Beer. Cream Soda. Anything citrus. What flavor is Dr. I'll pick that. Cotton Candy. Moon Mist. Ice cold out of the bottle. It doesn't matter to me. On ice, in a glass, with a straw. Right from the can. Every single day. Not very often at all.

Maybe once or twice a week. If it's around I drink it. If not, I'll drink something else. There's even talk of a cherry-flavoured Coca-Cola energy drink coming to the US in The change was so unpopular, they announced a return to the original formula just a few months later.

The retro formula resurfaced earlier this year in collaboration with Netflix's Stranger Things and was described as being sweeter and less fizzy. But it was discontinued as quickly as it was launched, disappearing from shelves by the end of to make way for Black Cherry Vanilla Coke. Much to the delight of the Coca-Cola-loving public, it returned for its anniversary in But, despite its popularity, it was discontinued in and replaced with Coca-Cola Zero Sugar — a new formula intended to taste more like Coca-Cola Classic.

It was apparently given its catchy name in reference to the French word for blood: sang. Its intended audience was savvy, sophisticated over 30s , but it never took off with them — or anyone for that matter. The plug was pulled on the energy-boosting drink a few years later. This fruity flavour was first launched in New Zealand in and revived again after 10 years. In an unexpected development it crossed oceans, with a zero-sugar version arriving on shelves in the UK in , much to the delight of die-hard Coca-Cola fans.

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