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Before we go, here’s your random trivia of the day:

We’ve all heard the (true) story that Coca-Cola was named for one of its early ingredients: cocaine. Pepsi-Cola, on the other hand, reportedly took its name from the word “dyspepsia,” which means indigestion, on account of the founder’s claim the soda could cure an upset stomach. However, rumor has it that the company was actually named because it contained pepsin, a digestive enzyme.

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