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    Why is the soda named 'Dr. Pepper'?

    Question #19404. Asked by Charles. (May 26 02 11:44 PM)


    Friar Tuck

    		There appears to be lots of different answers on the web to this one. http://www.drpep.com/history.htm will give you one of them

    May 27 02, 5:53 AM
    Son of The Household Cavalry

    		http://hometown.aol.com/imapepper2/hs/history.htm gives the history

    May 27 02, 5:55 AM
    satguru

    		It was simply named after its inventor of that name. It was originally sold in his drug store in Virginia and was picked up by a customer, who started selling it in 1885.

    Mar 16 04, 7:40 PM

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