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What 7UP was REALLY Meant for is Shocking!
The famous and popular soda currently named 7UP was created 2 weeks before the Wall Street crash of 1929. The insane fact about the soda which was then called “Bib- Label Lithiated Lemon Lime soda” is that one of its 7 ingredients was lithium. In 1948 its name was shortened to just 7UP. The manufacturers marketed it as a mood stabilizing drink. It was actually patented as a mood stabilizing medicine product. Crazy I know but the story and origin gets more unbelievable.
By Sadie Colucci5 years ago in FYI
Jumping in & out of a Lucid Dream
Have you ever experienced the wind in your hair as you sail on a yacht through the Caribbean Sea? Sun beating down upon you as you glide through the calm waters, the top sail is taut & the rigging is holding, all is well until you realize you’ve been sailing in a circle. It’s only made worse when you see the Flying Dutchman quickly approaching your yacht – oh wait, it’s an inflatable rubber dingy now and your oar is the length of a school ruler. It’s only made worse when your pet dog has jumped off & is swimming towards a pink fin, b-lining it straight towards you. You paddle madly only to find that you are moving nowhere, stuck in a gravitational pull which confuses & frightens you at the same time. The answer – you are dreaming, well actually, you were as you’ve awoken to a sweaty-brow with all the bed sheets on the other side of the bed.
By RG Hawkshaw 5 years ago in FYI
Why do we see the world stable even when we move our eyes?
While reading this text, your eyes jump over the line, pause briefly, and then move on to the next jump. Such eye movements — so-called saccades — do not only occur when reading. We humans and other primates perform them two to three times per second, usually without being aware of it. Most remarkable, however, is that we do not perceive the resulting movement of the image on our retina. Rather, the environment appears stable. How can this be?
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in FYI
The Best Reason Not to Eavesdrop on A Sperm Whale
Ocean-going creatures are amazing, top to bottom, from the greatest to the smallest. But one holds a terrible secret. But first, gentle reader, imagine those depths! Waving, skyscraper tall forests of kelp. Acres of colourful coral. Stories of ancient mariners. Peg-legged pirates. The icy Titanic. (Even the one before DiCaprio!) Imagine the cold, deep blackness of Davey Jones locker. Or the blue-tinted waters of the sunny tropics, with sun-sparkled schools of fish. And imagine the legions of predators! Full of sharks. Stingray. Electric eels. Giant squid!
By RJ Ashfield5 years ago in FYI
The Crimson Worm: Blood to Snow
Blood and Snow: The Crimson Worm Nature is a fascinating subject. There are so many intricate aspects that maintains our interests. Our quests for knowledge of the occurrences in the animal kingdom can go on for a lifetime. At every turn there is some discovery about the cycle of life in every species. These interesting facts fill us with awe in the way they work to connect the balance of the animal kingdom.
By Marian Cain5 years ago in FYI
Possibly More Powerful Than The Universe
We all know that Earth is an enormous planet with the population of 7,874,965,825 people. Then, you have our galaxy. How big is our galaxy? We have eight known planets (including Earth) with Jupiter being the largest. We have the Sun. It has the radius of 696,342 kilometers (432,690 miles); that is the size of 109 Earth planets. It is also the biggest star in our solar system. Speaking of stars, you look at pictures of our solar system, and there are so many to count. It would be impossible to count every single star in our solar system and come up with an accurate number. However, after thorough research, scientists believe that there are about two trillion galaxies in the universe. They determine that there is an average of 100 million stars between galaxies, and the number of stars that our galaxy has could be as high as one trillion. So yes, that is a lot of stars.
By Leona Valentine5 years ago in FYI
Scientists Really Did Try to Extract DNA from Amber Like in ‘Jurassic Park’
Many people are enticed by the idea of a real life Jurassic Park, though perhaps without the mass casualties experienced in the movie “Jurassic Park.” Despite the death and dismemberment that occurred, the film nonetheless managed to capture viewers and reignite an interest—dare I say a love?—for those creatures that walked the Earth some 230 million years before us.
By Alyssa Gray5 years ago in FYI
In an Octopus’ Garden
The boat is bobbing up and down and up and down, slamming against frothy waves, as I ready myself to disembark. I’m painfully aware of the near 30-kilograms of gear—air tank, BCD, regulator, weight belt, mask, snorkel, wet suit and flippers—that make out-of-water movements exceedingly difficult for my 170-centimetre, 54-kilogram frame.
By Sarah Comber5 years ago in FYI
Many Things About Earth and Our Solar System You May Not Know
Planet Earth is the best place in the universe to live – so far. Unlike mythical gods of both today and of past ages, the earth is not mean-spirited, capricious, or spiteful. It just is. The fact that earth sustains us with a perfect atmosphere; oceans that support an incredible variety of life, a biosphere that does the same for birds and land animals and us humans along with a moon that provides us with the wonder of tidal seas is remarkable. And, all the more so when you consider the following:
By Michael Trigg5 years ago in FYI
