Watch 'Mega Factories-Coca-Cola'

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New Delhi, July 06, 2011

Did you know that Coca Cola operates in over 206 countries across the globe, a reach wider than that of United Nations. Coke is consumed by 99% of the global population with people drinking whooping 1 billion + cans in a single day. Very few people know that 'Coca-Cola' is the most recognised trademark, recognised by 94% of the world's population and is the most widely recognised word after "OK".

And all that the brand does is manufacture highly condensed concentrate! Coca Cola was invented on May 8, 1886 by Dr John Styth Pemberton, a pharmacist, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as a medicine to cure headaches and it first went on sale in Jacob's Pharmacy, Atlanta, Georgia. Surprised?

Join Nat Geo’s Mega Factories this Thursday at 10 pm and find out how your favorite uber cool cola is manufactured across 900 bottling plants, using a formula which is the most closely guarded secret of beverage world. Understand how the company ensures that Coca-Cola tastes the same everywhere. Watch in amazement at the process with which 2200 cans and 800 bottles are filled every minute with the black liquid everyone seems to love. All this an many more amusing facts about Coca-Cola right at the comfort of your home; courtesy the crew at National Geographic.

8 July 2011, Friday @ 10 PM

Nat Geo Investigates: - Against All odds - Buried Alive

What happens to you if you were buried under 6ft of snow or stuck in a cave for 16 hours? Or trapped 1000ft underwater? If you think you would probably be dead, then you are under-estimating the potential of the human body. Unravel the myths and reality around the survival threshold of human body.

Learn exactly what our body is capable of withstanding only on Nat Geo Investigates, Against All odds, this Friday at 10 pm and be witness the true courage showcased by ordinary people under unbelievable circumstances. Right from a construction worker who gets buried for 16 hours under 5 feet of dirt by a trench cave in to the diver who is trapped in a small air pocket more than one thousand feet inside an underwater cave. And guess what? They all survived.

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