Had to look this up. Dr. Pepper was formulated in Waco Texas by a pharmacist named Charles Alderton, for the soda fountain in the drugstore where he worked. Some say his employer, Wade Morrison, named it after a Dr. Charles Pepper, the father of an old girlfriend. But the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco has been unable to confirm this story.

My mom told me Dr. Pepper was made from prune juice, which I guess is party true about the original formula.

…or that Dr. Pepper’s degree might be in herpetology or Renaissance literature.