Here's a mistake I often see people making on Facebook.  They assume that if they read it on the social media website, well then it must be true.  A famous quote I often find myself inspired to read is: 'The problem with quotes found on the internet is that they are often not true' - Abe Lincoln.

Today I was scrolling Facebook...I get paid to do it.  When this 'BAN COKE PRODUCTS BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT ISIS' hoopla came up in my newsfeed.  Immediately, I thought that's false.  Which, led me to investigate.  According to snopes.com this is an outdated claim.  They asked Coca-Cola about this and here's what they had to say about it:

This is not one of the 1,000 Share a Coke names available in the U.S. It is a popular name in the Netherlands and was used in their 2014 campaign among 2,500 of the most common Dutch names. It is unfortunate that it took on another meaning while the campaign was in market. The name is no longer available in the Netherlands.

Just to be really really sure...I looked at the other names on the bottles in this picture.  The next name that stands out is 'Govert'.  Hhhmm.  So I looked up 'Govert' and here's what I got:

Govert's language of origin is Dutch (Dutch...like in the Netherlands). Govert is of the meaning 'heavenly peace'.

So there ya have it.  Coca-Cola is NOT suggesting that we 'Share a Coke' with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.  Let's use our rationalization portion of our brain a little more before clicking that infamous 'SHARE' button.

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