Coca Cola is enjoyed all over the world , and about 1.6 billion gallons are sold every year , in over one hundred and sixty countries . The drink was invented by Dr John Pemberton in Atlanta , on  May / 8/ 1886 , but it was given the name Coca-Cola by his partner  Frank Robinson . In the first year  only nine drinks a day were sold .
The business was bought by a man called Asa Candler in 1888 , and the first factory was opened in Dallas , Texas , in 1895 . Coca-Cola is still made there . Billions of bottles and cans have been produced since 1895 . 
Diet Coke has been made since 1982 , and over the years many clever advertisements have been used to sell the product . It is certain that Coca-Cola will be drunk into the twenty first century and beyond.
Many  people don’t like Coca-Cola . They say it’s only a chemical junk that gives you nothing for your money . They say that , at first, the product was just a cough syrup , and that it was made with leaves of the Coca plant , from which you can make cocaine too . In fact , in the 19th century these plants were used to reduced coughing because of their anaesthetic effect on chest muscles . Today such products have been replaced by other kind of chemicals , safer and more powerful .
Well, here you have some information about the world’s most famous drink .
Note:You can find many documentaries and movies about Coke on the web.