**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
PS. If you’re like me and consume a ton of content, check out my AI-powered research app Bearly.AI (https://Bearly.AI) that boosts:
• Reading (instant summaries)
• Writing (copy editing, grammar, auto-gen text)
• My dopamine levels on every sign-up (like a glass of 1886 Coca-Cola)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883795463208961#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
If you enjoyed that, follow me for other dope threads and check out my Saturday business newsletter including:
• Why is Linkedin so cringe?
• The psychology of Apple packaging
• The Michelin Guide system, explained
trungphan.substack.com/ (https://trungphan.substack.com/)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883793559015424#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
In 1988, Coca-Cola confirmed its relationship with Maywood (then owned by Stepan Co). As recently as 2003, it imported 385,000 lbs of coca leaves to "decocainize" as extract for Coca-Cola.
The street value as cocaine was $200m (some sold for medical use and the rest destroyed).
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883789318574080#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
The US soon banned cocaine and, in 1922, it blocked coca imports.
Coca-Cola was ready and its lobbyist negotiated a special exemption. A New Jersey-based firm called Maywood Chemical Works was permitted to import coca leaves (mostly from Peru)
Maywood's #1 customer? Coca-Cola.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883786311270401#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
While cocaine was out, Candler wanted to protect the "Coca-Cola" trademark and the name had to remain "descriptive" (the drink needed traces of the coca leaf).
So, he created a powder for the formula with "decocainized" coca leaves and kola nuts and called it "Merchandise #5".
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883782490251264#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
In the early 1900s, there was only 1/400th of a grain (65mg) of cocaine per oz of Coca-Cola syrup.
But critics blamed the drink for cocaine addiction and stirred racist fears that it was leading to Black crime.
To deal with the bad PR, Candler took out the cocaine in 1902.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883777926840320#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
By 1891, Atlanta businessman Asa Candler had bought the formula for only $2,300.
Candler’s teamed revved up marketing and Coca-Cola blew up over the next decade (including a bottling business). However, the drink's cocaine content was a major issue at the turn of the century.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883774890184704#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
Pemberton dropped the wine and reformulated a drink around the coca leaves and kola nuts. Hence the product "Coca-Cola", which was launched in 1886.
He sold the formula — which included a ton of sugar — as syrup to fountain soda shops.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633883771232722947#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
left the fingers and hands out on purpose
nitter.moomoo.me/weirddalle/status/1617240690290839553#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/weirddalle/status/1617240690290839553#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633727918865264640#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
This was the final straw that broke my AirPods back
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633717939299057665#m
Introduce yourself with 7 books:
1\. Hamlet (Cliffs Notes)
2\. King Lear (Cliffs Notes)
3\. Romeo & Juliet (Cliffs Notes)
4\. Othello (Cliffs Notes)
5\. A Midsummer’s Nights Dream (Cliffs Notes)
6\. Macbeth (Cliffs Notes)
7\. Rich Dad, Poor Dad (1st Edition)
nitter.moomoo.me/krishnanrohit/status/1633618015987302400#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/krishnanrohit/status/1633618015987302400#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633654385367724035#m
**RT @TheWeedCFO:**
The Federal Government is actively driving companies into the Cannabis Black Market.
How? Its tax policy.
Let me explain (1/8)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TheWeedCFO/status/1633639194319831041#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
Apple didn’t even need to demo this product to know it works trungphan.substack.com/p/app… (https://trungphan.substack.com/p/apple-demos-vs-amazon-memos)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633604469081653249#m
Apple finally fixed the problem of losing your AirPods. Just bought a few of the new products (life changer).
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633603422250500096#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
Rolex ads are not about the features lol
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633589473849262082#m
Over the past decade, the portion of US population that smoked halved from 20% to 10%. In that span, the total operating profit for Altria was $103B.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633587900066709504#m
not investment advice (NIA), ep 102
— Chris Rock special
— Netflix vs. HBO
— The miracle obesity drug
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/64o… (https://open.spotify.com/episode/64oTFAG5YSf2WvqnP8onC5?si=J_JqXtwfSbSf1mTkCEIYdg)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633517752718864386#m
**Response to @TrungTPhan:**
Carrie Moss!
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633513144822956033#m
amazing story of cold calling for a job
nitter.moomoo.me/jj\_redick/status/1633509441030037508#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/jj_redick/status/1633509441030037508#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/TrungTPhan/status/1633510227353157633#m