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Which war did John Stith Pemberton serve in before developing Coca-Cola?

  • World War I

  • World War II

  • American Civil War

  • Spanish-American War

Answer

John Stith Pemberton served in the American Civil War, where he was severely wounded. He became addicted to morphine as a pain medication and developed Coca-Cola as a patent medicine in an effort to control his addiction.
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