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wW4W TIL Pepsi became a military power in 1989 after Russia could not pay them in rubles. Russia paid with diesel submarines and a few ships instead.
mA7v TIL that for a short period of time, Pepsi had the 6th largest fleet of submarines in the world thanks to a deal they struck to sell their drink in the USSR.
wrlP TIL In exchange for Pepsi products, Russia gave the company 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer making Pepsi become, for a few days, the 6th largest military power in the world by number of diesel submarines.