Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
> (Calarachne) wrote:
>
>>Is it true that Coca-Cola originally had cocaine in it? And how does
>>the shape of the original bottle hint at that?
>
> http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cocaine.asp
> http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/bottle.asp

Cool! The bottle shape makes sense, 'cos cacao's cocoa too, which is
pretty close to coca, spoken or written.

There's a third one in the mix, coconut, which also was cocoanut ... but
which is irrelevant in this case, since it doesn't have ridges.

Kola nut of course looks nothing like the bottle.

Hetta

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