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In order to make a diet soda (at least one people would popularly drink), a sugar substitute was needed. The first such artificial sweetener, saccharin, was discovered by accident. In the late 19th century, Constantin Fahlberg, after a long day working at the lab of the famed chemist Ira Remsen in Baltimore, Maryland, was at home eating dinner when he picked up a roll and bit into it. The roll was incredibly sweet.
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http://books.google.com/books?id=DTkFAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=zero-calorie+ginger+ale+called+Glamor&source=bl&ots=M39AUIu8B6&sig=Z0sn7PQLLSHzGpFGmv7N9aDZCgM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X7cXVPnuBpKRyASPkYGIDg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=zero-calorie%20ginger%20ale%20called%20Glamor&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=4jIOEZ5F9fAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Encyclopedia+of+junk+food+and+fast+food&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e68XVPGXL8K2iwL-_YG4Bg&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=No-Cal&f=false
http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/magazine/articles/28-1-the-pursuit-of-sweet.aspx?page=1
http://www.charmcityhistory.com/2013/04/a-sweet-baltimore-discovery-at-johns.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_soda
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304579404579236630401881844
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Cola
http://tarek.kakhia.org/books_eng/Sugar_Substitutes.Tarek_Kakhia.pdf
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/sweet-nothing%E2%80%94-triumph-diet-soda-0
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