Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Alan Rock's Trivia

On May 8, 1984, during the final season of a popular ABC-TV show, an episode aired in which two characters got married. Who -- and who? A: Joanie and Chachi got married on "Happy Days".

May 8, 1886, at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, John Pemberton made the first batch of a new health tonic flavored with coca leaves. The mixture flopped as a tonic, but did pretty well as a soft drink. What do we call it? A: Coca-Cola.

Fun Fact: In Louisiana it's against the law to gargle in public.

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