Pub trivia: Soft drinks
Soft drinks
From cola, ginger beer and lemonade to sparkling water, iced tea and fruit punch, there are many soft drinks on the market. But none of them - and this is very important - none of them contain booze. They're still quite nice though.
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Fact
Fanta owes its existence to Nazi Germany and World War Two. When the conflict broke out, Germany had problems importing Coca-Cola syrup from the States. This sudden lack of Coke led an enterprising businessman to invent Fanta to fill a gap in the market, and the drink achieved global success as soon as the war was over.
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Fact
The wrongest soft drink ever made has to be Kidsbeer. The beverage equivalent of candy cigarettes, it's a Japanese cola-style drink, aimed at children, that has been chemically tinkered to look like beer - complete with frothing head. The best part is the advertising strapline: "Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink."
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Fact
Coca-Cola was created in 1886 but the oldest internationally known soft drink is Dr Pepper, first sold in 1885.
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