The original Pepsi-Cola recipe was available from documents filed with the court at the time that the Pepsi-Cola Company went bankrupt in 1929. The original formula contained neither cola nor caffeine.
Breaking is a martial arts skill that is used in competition, demonstration and testing. During promotion testing, many styles of martial arts require that students demonstrate their skills by executing breaks; the difficulty of a required break depends on the rank for which the student is testing. Failure to execute a required break is often sufficient grounds for failure of a promotion test.
Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday that, in Christianity, commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ.
Hanukkah (Hebrew: ?????????, also romanized as Chanukah), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.
Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration held in the United States honoring universal African heritage and culture, marked by participants lighting a kinara (candle holder).
Worldwide, interpretation of [the Winter Solstice] has varied from culture to culture, but most cultures have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around that time.
When Gap was founded in 1969, its targeted customers were younger generations (hence the name of the store, which refers to the generation gap of the time.
A1 is a steak sauce and condiment for use with meat or game dishes. Rock musician and singer Meat Loaf is the current spokesman for the steak sauce, appearing in TV commercials for the product, to promote its new slogan: “A1 – Makes beef sing.” In his commercial for the product, the slogan is “Makes Meat Loaf sing.”
Meatloaf is a meat dish consisting of ground meat (usually ground beef or a combination of ground beef and lamb, or pork), which is formed into a loaf shape and baked or smoked. The loaf shape is formed by either cooking it in a loaf pan, or forming it by hand on a flat baking pan.
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage names Meat Loaf and Meat Loaf Aday, is an American rock musician and actor.
Chuck Norris facts are satirical factoids about martial artist and actor Chuck Norris that have become an Internet phenomenon and as a result have become widespread in popular culture. The facts are normally absurd hyperbolic claims about Norris’s toughness, attitude, virility, sophistication, and masculinity.
The Honda Ridgeline is a mid to full size sport utility truck produced by the Japanese automaker Honda. Although the Ridgeline is more aptly classified as a sport utility truck, this recently-introduced category is not well known with consumers.
Afternoon tea is a light meal typically eaten between 3 pm and 5 pm. The custom of drinking tea originated in England [and] various places that belonged to the former British Empire also have such a meal.
“Rapper’s Delight” is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first song to feature rapping, it is the first song made by a hip hop or rap group, and is generally considered to be the first true hip hop release, followed closely by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s “Superrappin”. In July 2009, Evian Water used the song in their roller-skating baby commercial, “Evian’s Roller Babies (Live Young)” which is especially popular on YouTube with over 3.7 million hits in a week.
Roller skates are devices worn on the feet to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels, consisting of a boot with four wheels with ball bearings, arranged in the same way as those of a typical car. The first patented roller skate was introduced in the year 1760.
Evian is a French brand of mineral water coming from several sources near Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva. In popular culture, Evian is portrayed as a high-end and pricey bottled water, making it popular among Hollywood celebrities.
Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited (KTB, ?????????????, ????) is the second-largest bank in Thailand. The company holds assets worth approximately US$28 billion and maintains a branch network of over 500 domestic branches and 12 international locations, including Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Taipei.
In cooking, a chef’s knife, also known as a French knife, is a cutting tool used in food preparation. Today it is the primary general-utility knife for most Western cooks.
A bill is a document requesting payment for an order previously supplied. Presentation of a bill is common practice on the part of restaurants, credit card companies, utilities, and other service providers. Common reasons for failure to pay a bill on time or at all include disorganization, forgetfulness, health problems that leave the customer out of commission to make payment, dispute of the charges on the bill, or difficulty in affording the bill.