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Dyler Turden Donating Member (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 06:54 PM
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Did you know Fanta Orange was put out so Coke could keep a Nazi foothlold in the market?
http://www.archive.org/details/The_Corporation_
At about 20 min. into the 2nd reel It's well worth watching the entire film.

Commentators include Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore.
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Puregonzo1188 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 06:55 PM
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1. Yes I did. I saw The Corporation many years ago. Great film.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 06:55 PM
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2. Quite a few American companies did business in Nazi Germany under other brand names.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 06:56 PM
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3. Yes, I read Being Red by Howard Fast.
At least that's the first place I think I learned this fact.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 06:59 PM
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4. European Fanta and American Fanta are two very different things.
American Fanta Orange is really just a run of the mill orange pop. European Fanta Orange is much more similar to the French Orangina in that it's made of juice, carbonated water, and sugar. They also have a lemon one that is a lot like the pelligrino lemon soda.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 07:01 PM
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5. Orangina, Lilt and Tango.......
Yum.....

Can't have frites & mayo without one of them.
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RZM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 07:02 PM
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6. I think the European one tastes less sweet as well
Haven't had one in about 10 years, but I remember noticing it was less sweet than your average soda.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 07:11 PM
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7. Not quite.
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/fanta.asp

"So where does all this leave the question of who or what invented Fanta and why? The truth is simple, even if it doesn't run trippingly off the tongue: Fanta was the creation of a German-born Coca-Cola man who was acting without direction from Atlanta. This man wasn't a Nazi, nor did he invent the drink at the direction of the Third Reich. Rather, in an effort to preserve Coca-Cola company assets and protect its people by way of keeping local plants operating, he formulated a new soft drink when it became impossible to produce the company's flagship product."
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