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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Amateur. He drinks nothing but pure unadulterated Fresca

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

Unrelated but a few Nando's near me (not sure if it is all of the UK's Nando's) started offering a fanta orange flavoured sauce to replace the regular peri peri stuff on our chicken.

No one I went with last time wanted to try it so I don't know how nice it is but it sounds disgusting!

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 51 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

History trivia: Fanta was invented in 1941 in Nazi Germany, when Coca-Cola Germany couldn't get the original syrup because trade was cut off.

[–] zout@fedia.io 28 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It was not the Fanta that we know today though, and the taste changed a few times during the war.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 minutes ago

The "Fanta we know today" varies a lot from country to country.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Huh. I would particularly enjoy tasting all the iterations.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yep! It's a fascinating story.

[–] oo1 4 points 8 hours ago

fantastic story.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I know about Nazi Germany but when and where was/is Coca-Cola Germany?

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Just the German branch of The Coca-Cola Company.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Companies open subdivisions in other countries. These subdivisions are often responsible for full operations in that country.

Coca-Cola opened a subsidiary in Germany sometime after the end of the first world war. (My Google fu has failed me)

The main company stopped sending syrup to Germany after 1939 or so, but didn't close it's German subdivision. The German plant manager then created Fanta out of ingredients that were available to Germany during the war.

And then after WW2 ended, the main Coca-Cola company regained control of their German subdivision, and adopted Fanta as a brand.

As a note here, Coke was one of a bunch of American companies that were extremely friendly with the Nazis.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Ah this explains why Fanta is so popular in Germany and yet hardly anyone in the states seems to drink it. Every now and then I will get a Fanta from a soda fountain if it’s available.

I’m guessing most Americans think of Sunkist when they think of orange soda?

[–] Lezcubus@ani.social 2 points 8 hours ago

American Fanta is also incredibly different than European Fanta. Orange Fanta in Europe is something akin to a carbonated orange juice. Orange Fanta in America tastes closer to something like orange hard candy.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Honestly, the orange soda that we think of might be Crush, which debuted in 1911.

Tang would also like a word.

But really, the most popular orange based drink, is just orange juice. That or Mountain Dew, which is lemon, lime, and orange plus lots of sugar and caffeine.

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago

This is how orange Julius was invented

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago

Teeth like gods shoeshine

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Just go watch the Celts do anything, they didn't like writing anything down so there's a bunch we can't find out.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Time machine is one way and I can't write without my iPad sorry

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's okay. The iPad will travel back to the future on its own automatically. Only much slower. As we all do

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

I didn't bring it. I brought the fanta

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You can cave your findings very deeply into stone and throw them in a bog!!

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

DID I STUTTER

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 points 16 hours ago

Know what I'd do if i had a time machine?
Two girls at the same time.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes I fantasize about using a time machine to top normal people from dying.

go back and stop Elisa Lam, or stop some random person from getting killed in a dark alley, or talk to someone just long enough to stop them from causing a multi-fatality accident.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

not a bad story for a superhero with time travel powers.

the only consequence is that you will age (normal rate for you), but really fast compared to everyone else, given that you likely go back and forth a lot.

Imagine how hard is it for your family to see you after a week and you look visibly older because you were busy saving lots of people, and you ended up living a few years in a single week.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

good point, I was kind of hoping for a Quantum Leap thing though.

just a near-endless cycle of saving peoples lives.