Pepsi Facts

Pepsi was named after pepsin, the digestive enzyme. Creator Caleb Bradham believed his 1898 drink aided digestion, though it actually contained papain from papaya rather than true pepsin.

Pepsi-Cola was originally called 'Brad's drink'.

In 1989, the Soviet Union traded Pepsi 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer in exchange for Pepsi products. For a brief moment, PepsiCo had the 6th largest submarine fleet in the world. Pepsi's CEO told the National Security Advisor: "We're disarming the Soviet Union faster than you are."