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Birthplace of Pepsi-Cola

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In honor of the soda's 100th anniversary, the local bottling company opened the Birthplace of Pepsi-Cola in the same corner store where teacher-turned-pharmacist Caleb Bradham brewed his first batch of "Brad's Drink." He later renamed it Pepsi-Cola, began marketing the syrup to other soda fountains, and a conglomerate was born. This old-fashioned pharmacy shop feels like a museum, with its reproduction of Bradham's fountain and exhibits of memorabilia and gift items.

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