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Lithium and 7-Up (2015x155)

: 20, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Green Coca-Cola... and 5 other everyday myths https://youtu.be/EmUo-TEP2FU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Coming Banana Apocalypse https://youtu.be/pCpmtI6oDLM?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: The lemon-lime flavored soda, 7-UP was created by Charles Grigg of the Howdy Corporation in 1929 and first launched two weeks before the stock market crash that spurred the Great Depression… Timing! It was originally named “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda”, and included lithium citrate in its formula. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/7-up-used-to-include-psychiatric-medication/ Sources: http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=53&articleid=20121109_15_E3_NEWYOR126032 http://www.7up.com/ http://www.mariettasodamuseum.com/7up_facts.htm http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/why-was-coca-cola-originally-made-with-cocaine-and-why-does-coke-contain-kola-nuts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_citrate http://www.snopes.com/business/names/7up.asp