In the 1980s, two superpowers battled each other for global supremacy.

Across the world, the two Goliaths collided on almost every front.

In the end, it left a landscape littered with millions dead.

Tired of listening to their commercials.

Learn more about the COLA Wars and how they changed economics, culture, and soft drinks

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. I'm going to go and Technically speaking, the Kola Wars actually started in the 19th century.

The original recipe for Coca-Cola was created by John

Cideth Pemberton, who was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War.

He suffered an injury during the war which led to his morphine addiction.

He created Coca-Cola in an attempt to create a painkiller using cocaine.

Yes, that is actually all true, but the story of a morphine addicted Confederate soldier

creating one of the world's most popular products will be left for another episode.

The Coca-Cola Corporation was founded in 1886,

and two years later in 1898,

Caleb Bradham of North Carolina,

renamed the Beverage he created known as Brad's Drink

and called it Pepsi Cola.

I'm pretty sure you'll agree that Pepsi is a far better name than Brad's Drank.

The Pepsi Cola Corporation was created in 1992.

The two companies competed against each other from the beginning.

The truth is that the two products were and are not that radically different from each other.

Even if you have a preference for one over the other.

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