Coca-Cola wouldn't have existed without American prohibition

Coca-Cola was originally created by John Pemberton, an injured Confederate Colonel, who wanted a substitute for his morphine addiction. He called it French Wine Coca, a nerve tonic. When Atlanta passed prohibition legislation in 1886, Pemberton had to redo the formula, basically to make a non-alcoholic version of his tonic. He named the drink Coca-Cola, the drink we all know and love.