April 23, 1985

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1985 the Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula. New Coke was not only unsuccessful, it was despised and hated, which resulted in the resumption of selling the original version. Because Coca-Cola dumped the New Coke experiment and went back to the Old Formula, God called off the “Rapture”, Odin rescinded the start-up of Ragnorak and Cthulu calmly sank back beneath the icy wastes of Antarctica. The world learned that you do not fuck with the Old Formula.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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