Bottling, And The Invention Of Santa Claus Various Coca-Cola bottle design’s through the years, with the oldest (from 1894) third from the right. Candler was mostly focused on selling Coca-Cola syrup to the pharmacies and fountains that had always been Coca-Cola’s main distributors. The first attempt at actually bottling the product was an informal arrangement with a Vicksburg-based distributor in 1891. Eight years later, the first Coca-Cola bottling plant was set up in Chattanooga by another independent distributor, who bought the rights to do it for one dollar.

Though Massachusetts pardoned most accused witches in 1957 and 2001, Elizabeth Johnson Jr.'s name was left off the list. Wikimedia CommonsA depiction of a young woman thought to have “witch’s marks.” In 1693, 22-year-old Elizabeth Johnson Jr. of Andover, Massachusetts, was accused of being a witch. For centuries, that accusation stood. Now, a group of 13- and 14-year-olds want to make sure Johnson finally gets justice. “To right a wrong, it’s worth doing,” said Carrie LaPierre, who introduced Johnson’s story to her eighth-grade civics class at North Andover Middle School.

Dylan McDonnell used ingredients like sycamore figs, Israeli golden raisins, frankincense, and 3,000-year-old yeast to brew a beer that was once consumed in ancient Egypt.ABC4Nicknamed Sinai Sour, Dylan McDonnell’s beer is slightly salty with notes of apricot and a floral aftertaste. Countless people developed new hobbies during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Some people started knitting, for instance, while others started baking bread. And Dylan McDonnell, a Utah man with a passion for beer, decided to try to brew it just like the ancient Egyptians did 3,500 years ago.

Unsatisfied with the state of her burrito bowl, 39-year-old Rosemary Hayne responded by throwing it in the face of a 26-year-old Chipotle employee. Kristoffer Tripplaar / Alamy Stock PhotoRosemary Hayne threw her burrito bowl at a Chipotle worker during a dinner rush in September 2023. On Sept. 5, 2023, an Ohio woman assaulted a Chipotle employee by tossing her burrito bowl in her face. Now, a judge has handed down an unusual punishment: working a fast food job for 60 days.

Supposedly a powerful ancient demon, Zozo torments those who contact it through Ouija boards. But is this malevolent force from the spirit world or from our own minds?When Darren Evans wrote about his horrifying experience with the Ouija Board demon named Zozo in 2009, hundreds of people claimed that the same thing had happened to them. The Zozo demon, Evans claimed, had come to him multiple times in various states. The demon sometimes pretended to be a different spirit, lied or tried to convince Evans that it was someone else.

Scary Prehistoric Animals: Thalattoarchon Image Source: HNA Thalattoarchon is the new kid on the block, having only been discovered a few years ago and first officially classified in just 2013. It was an ichthyosaur, another group of marine reptiles commonly and incorrectly believed to be dinosaurs. Thalattoarchon were 28-foot-long apex predators whose massive jaws allowed them to hunt prey almost as big as they were. With this beast only being discovered five years ago, it begs the question: What other unimaginable prehistoric creatures’ remains now sit beneath the ground and the sea, waiting to be discovered?

Scary Mythological Creatures: Kraken Pierre Denys de Montfort/Wikimedia CommonsA kraken grabs hold of a ship, preparing to pull it under the sea. In the 18th century, the Norwegian bishop Erik Pontoppidon insisted that the Kraken was no myth. The fisherman of Norway had seen it first-hand countless times, usually on hot, summer days. “Our fisherman usually affirm that when they row out several miles,” Pontoppidon said, “that the Kraken is at the bottom of the sea.

Rare 12th Century Samurai Sword Found In Attic TwitterThe kohoki blade pulled from the attic of the Kasuga Taisha shrine. A rusty blade pulled from an attic decades ago was just revealed to be one of the oldest Japanese samurai swords in existence. The sword was found covered in rust, in the attic of the Kasuga Taisha shrine in Japan. Though the discovery of the sword actually took place in 1939, it was only this year that the shrine’s officials realized what the blade actually was.

These fascinating Bill Gates quotes illuminate the spark of innovation, the foundations of success, and the promise of the future.Bill Gates is no stranger to innovation. From founding Microsoft to endeavoring to eradicate polio and AIDS, here are twenty-one Bill Gates quotes that will inspire you to take action and change the world: "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."David Paul Morris/Getty Images "

RMS Olympic (the nearly identical sister ship of the Titanic, 1919.Wikimedia Commons The Zealandia in Sydney, Australia, 1914.Wikimedia Commons HMS Polyanthus, circa 1917-1918.Wikimedia Commons RMS Olympic, 1915.Wikimedia Commons The RMS Mauretania arrives in New York City, bringing troops home from Europe after World War I, on December 2, 1918Library of Congress USS Alloway, San Francisco Bay, 1918.Wikimedia Commons World War I troop ship SS Empress of Russia, 1918.Wikimedia Commons British destroyer HMS Badsworth, 1941.