TIL John Pemberton died a pennyless morphine addict after selling the rights to his alcohol-free morphine alternative, 'Coca-Cola', a formula he said "some day will be a national drink".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pemberton



Submitted December 22, 2014 at 10:26AM by churnice http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2q1gid/til_john_pemberton_died_a_pennyless_morphine/