Elon Musk Says He'll Buy Coca-Cola Now

After snagging Twitter for $44 billion in a bizarre hostile takeover on Monday, billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk has announced a new target: Coca-Cola.

In yet another eccentric tweet, newfound Twitter owner Musk today said that he planned to buy Coca-Cola next "to put the cocaine back in".

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Soon after, Musk posted a screenshot of a previous tweet where he said "Now I'm going to buy McDonald's and fix all the ice cream machines,"

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And jokingly responded to himself with "Listen I can't do miracles ok".

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Known for his outlandish statements, Musk's reputation on Twitter precedes him far before he bought the company.

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Cocaine-laden coca leaves used to be a primary ingredient in the carbonated soft drink's formula, back in the nineteenth century, when the substance was still considered medicinal

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However, as the drug became stigmatised and Prohibition hit the US, cocaine was removed from Coca-Cola's secret formula and instead replaced with decocainised coca leaves.

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