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At one point Pepsi had the sixth biggest Navy in the world. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-pepsi-briefly-became-the-6th-largest-military-in-the-world-2018
by paulie_a 7y ago
At one point Pepsi had the sixth biggest Navy in the world.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-pepsi-briefly-became-the-6th-largest-military-in-the-world-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-pepsi-briefly-became-the...
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe Knights [edit:] Hospitaller briefly had a decently sized bomber fleet after WWII, as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta#Air_force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Ma...
- JorgeGT 7y agoNote, Knights Hospitaller, not Templar.
- ceejayoz 7y agoWhoops, got 'em mixed up. You're right.
- morpheuskafka 7y agoTrue, but the whole reason this worked is that they were a sovereign international personality separate from Italy, not just a private Italian organization.
- toast0 7y agoThey needed that Navy for the Cola Wars.
- benibela 7y agoThe East India Company probably also had a big Navy