130 years ago pharmacist John S. Pemberton invented a "nerve tonic" to "relieve exhaustion". His bookkeeper, Frank Robinson came up with the name Coca~Cola and also created the flowing script for its now globally recognizable logo.

Of course, I didn't know any of that when I started drinking frosty cold Cokes. I just knew they were sweet, fizzy and the perfect thirst quencher for a hot summer day. Here are 3 more fun facts that I just discovered about my favorite soft drink. Did you know...

• If you filled the original 8-oz bottles with every drop of Coke ever made and laid them end to end, they would reach to the moon and back — over 2000 times!  
• Drinking one product per day, it would take over 9 years to try every single beverage that Coke makes today —including its energy drinks, juices, etc.
• Coke is the most widely distributed brand on the planet. People drink about 2 billion servings of Coke brand beverages every day. 

Over the years, Coke has changed its formula, its advertising, and more. But somehow it always circles back to the original soft drink we grew up on. So raise your glass to Coca~Cola — still refreshing and delicious after all these years.