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In which war did John Stith Pemberton serve before developing Coca-Cola?

  • World War I

  • American Revolutionary War

  • American Civil War

  • Spanish-American War

Answer

John Stith Pemberton served in the American Civil War before developing Coca-Cola. He was severely wounded during the war and became addicted to morphine, which led him to create Coca-Cola as a patent medicine to help control his addiction.
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