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A case of classic Coke legends that never seem to go flat.
by Snopes Staff, May 2, 1999
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For more than a century, Coca-Cola has been marketed into ubiquity, its iconic advertising reflecting a mythos of American life. And its influential position in our culture has seeded a special set of legends that seems to search for the secret ingredient that could launch a global success. Enjoy.
By Snopes Staff
May 2, 1999
Legend holds that the original Coca-Cola formula contained a significant amount of cocaine.
April 17, 2000
Using Coke as a spermicide has been part of contraceptive lore at least since the 1950s.
May 2, 1999
Rumor has it the shape of the Coca-Cola bottle was mistakenly based on the cacoa tree seed pod.
April 5, 1999
Did Coca-Cola translate its name into a Chinese phrase meaning 'bite the wax tadpole'?
May 19, 2014
The real question should be: Are soft drinks being used effectively as pesticides?
May 2, 1999
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Nov. 18, 1999
Coca-Cola's formula is not really so much of a secret that only two men each know half of it.
Nov. 20, 2000
Nearly all carbonated soft drinks contain carbonic acid.
July 28, 2004
Coca-Cola once recalled an advertising poster due to an overtly sexual image hidden within it.
May 2, 1999
Did Coca-Cola's inventor mix his syrup with soda water because a drugstore clerk made a mistake?
