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The BrainFood Show

The Twisting, Turning Tale of the Invention of Dr Pepper

The BrainFood Show

Cloud10

Education, History

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

When the sun scorches the earth, when incandescent air burns your lungs, and especially when that glucose curve dips at 10, 2 and 4 in the afternoon … well, there is nothing better than grabbing an ice cold bottle of a very special soft drink- its purple-ish label covered in beads of cooling moisture. I am, of course, talking about the first major soft drink to be invented in America: Dr Pepper, beating Coca Cola by one year and Pepsi by eight, all the way back in 1885! Coincidence that this was the same year Doctor Emmet Brown and Marty McFly were having their little adventure? We’ll leave it to you to decide. Non-Americans may have only a very vague idea of what Dr Pepper is, considering that it is not as ubiquitous as Coke or Pepsi. And we can even exclusively say that our glorious and unheralded third partner in our endeavors here on TodayIFoundOut in a phenomenal human by the name of Dhruv Sapra only recently tried Dr. Pepper for the first time on August 3 of 2023. But our viewers in the US are surely very familiar with its distinctive packaging and taste. Our friends in Texas in particular share a special bond with Dr Pepper, as they can revel in pride knowing that the drink was invented in their very own Waco. Or can they? The fact is that the origin story of Dr Pepper is steeped in lore and legend, marked by contradicting versions and no conclusively confirmed facts, and may not have been invented in Texas at all. What follows is going to be us attempting to sort out that mess, while also in the process, for reasons that will soon make sense, diving into the fascinating reasons why 18 is considered the age we become adults, whether two people really are the only individuals who know the full recipe for Coca-Cola, and much, much more! So let’s dive into it, shall we? Author: Arnaldo Teodorani Host: Simon Whistler Editor: Daven Hiskey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Visit vanta.com slash go to sign up for a free demo today. That's va.mcom slash G-O. When the sun scorches the earth, when incandescent air burns your lungs, and especially when that glucose curve dips at 10-2 and 4 in the afternoon, well, there is nothing better than grabbing an ice-cold bottle of a very special soft drink. It's purple-ish label covered in beads of cooling moisture. We are, of course, talking about the first major soft drink to be invented in America, Dr. Pepper, beating Coca-Cola by one year and Pepsi by eight all the way back in 1885. Non-Americans may have only a very big idea of what Dr. Pepper is, considering that it is not as ubiquitous as Coke or Pepsi. But our viewers in the US are surely very familiar with its distinctive packaging and taste.

3:09.5

Our friends in Texas, in particular, share a special bond with Dr. Pepper as they can revel

3:13.5

in pride knowing that the drink was invaded in their very own Waco.

3:16.7

Or can they?

3:17.7

The fact is that the origin story of Dr. Pepper is steeped in law and legend, marked

3:22.0

by contradicting versions and no conclusively confirmed

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