COCA COLA VS PEPSI - THE WILDEST WAR IN HISTORY?

In 1989, a soda company bought 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer from the Soviet military. For a few weeks, Pepsi had the sixth-largest naval fleet on the planet. This isn't a conspiracy theory — it actually happened. And it's just one chapter in the most absurd, expensive, and fizzy war in corporate history. In this deep dive into the Cola Wars, we unpack 120 years of espionage, sabotage, exploding hair, marketing meltdowns, Cold War power moves, and the time Coca-Cola almost destroyed itself in just 79 days. 📌 IN THIS VIDEO: ✦ Why Coca-Cola REJECTED buying Pepsi — three times ✦ The blind taste test that broke the industry ✦ Why "New Coke" lasted exactly 79 days ✦ The pop star whose hair caught fire on a Pepsi commercial ✦ How Pepsi briefly owned a Soviet naval fleet ✦ Why you can find a Coca-Cola in places that don't have clean water ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 — The 17 Submarines 00:30 — 120 Years of Commercial Murder 01:10 — Two Pharmacists, Two Empires 02:10 — The Pepsi Challenge (1975) 03:15 — New Coke: 79 Days of Hell 04:53 — Michael Jackson Burns 05:35 — How Pepsi Got Its Soviet Navy 06:50 — The Real Business Is Logistics 07:35 — Pepsi's Smartest Move 08:10 — What the War Looks Like Today