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1989: The year soda company briefly became a naval superpower (www.historyskills.com)
submitted 3 months ago by grid11@lemy.nl to c/interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjssQKiXrqo

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's why the dude John Leonard was hoping for a Harriet. Maybe an old Soviet warship would have sufficed for 7,000,000 Pepsi points if they still had one in storage.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Ranking by weight of their products in the sea they are much bigger than some western naval force.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Here is the episode about it from the Lions led by Donkeys podcast:

https://youtu.be/9RH1UczarjM