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Did you ever wonder how 7Up got its name? Ex-advertising and merchandising executive, C.L. Grigg spent several years testing eleven different formulas of lemon-flavored soft drinks. in 1929, he introduced Seven-Up, then a caramel-colored beverage. 7Up is actually a blend of seven natural flavors and early advertising promoted it as an uplifting tonic for our physical and emotion ills: "7Up energizes-sets you up-dispels brain cobwebs and muscular fatigue." Fortunately, its advertising has since improved.

How did they keep beer cold in the saloons of the Old West? In the 19th century, beer drinkers didn't drink it as cold as they do now. In cold areas of the West, saloons used to gather ice from frozen lakes in the winter and store it in ice houses where the blocks of ice were insulated with sawdust. When there was no ice, they would fill a cistern with water from cool mountain streams to store and cool barrels of beer. Beer in the Old West didn't need to be as cold as it does today--beer then was not artifically carbonated like today. Slight, natural carbonation only required the beer to be cool to be refreshing and tasty. Modern beer with its artificial carbonation needs to be very cold to hide the sharp taste of excess carbon dioxide.

What exactly are we smelling when we enjoy the "new-car smell?" It's just that--new car stuff! The "new-car smell" is a combination of aromas generated by fresh primer, paint, plasteric materials used on instruments panels, around the windows and on door trim panels. Plus, there's the new carpeting, new fabrics, leather, vinyl, rubber, adhesives and sealers. The combination of all these materials creates this unique smell.

Why can't you buy macadamia nuts in their shells? The shells are too hard! It takes 300-pounds-per-square-inch of pressure to break its shell.