Coca-Cola, one of the most iconic and successful brands in the world, was founded by John Stith Pemberton in 1886. Pemberton, born on July 8, 1831, in Knoxville, Georgia, was an American pharmacist and chemist. He served as a Confederate Army lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War and later suffered from a combat wound that led to his addiction to morphine. Seeking an alternative to morphine, Pemberton began experimenting with various ingredients, ultimately creating…