TIL in 1990, Coca-Cola ran a promotion in which some cans had prizes inside instead of Coca-Cola. To make the cans feel like normal cans, they also contained chlorinated water with a foul-smelling substance added to discourage drinking. The promotion ended after 3 weeks due to negative publicity.
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Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn of the Boston Beaneaters flipping off the cameraman. Oldest known photograph of someone giving the finger (1886).