Committee for the Proper Nomenclature of Carbonated Sugar Water

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Pop

Soda

Coke

  • The treaty of Tordesillas, signed by Spain and Portugal in 1494, agreed to divide the world into the half that would call carbonated drinks "pop" and the half that would call it "soda." The purpose behind the treaty was mainly to make sure that nobody called it "coke."