November 19 is National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day. And for most people, the first carbonated beverage with caffeine that comes to mind is Coke.
In 1971, Coca Cola used the idea of world peace to sell their product, assembling a bunch of idealistic-looking young people on a hillside in Rome. Ironically, they are lip-syncing the song about teaching the world to sing. Read the full story behind the commercial here.
Coca Cola commercial, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” (1971)
By coincidence, November 19 is World Toilet Day, which is fitting, since Coke is a diuretic.
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My hub and I were just saying this past weekend that they should show this ad each Christmas.
I think I usually see the one with the bells arranged in the shape of a tree ringing out “We wish you a Merry Christmas.”
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