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Wow! This 1890s Coca-Cola Ad Shows That It Was Actually A “Brain Tonic”!

Wow! This 1890s Coca-Cola Ad Shows That It Was Actually A “Brain Tonic”!

Aayushi Bhargava
Source: Twitter | @HistoricalPics

Soft drinks have earned a poor reputation over the years for being unhealthy. However, if we go long back to the 1890s we’d learn that Coca-Cola was actually a health drink! This ad classifies it as a “brain tonic” that “relieves mental and physical exhaustion” and is “specific for a headache”.

Huh! If only…