7-Up was invented in 1929 by Charles Leiper Grigg. Its original name was ‘Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda’. This name didn’t stick for long, main reason is because nobody could remember the name. You’d have to write it down.
If you asked for some in a shop, finally managing to get it all out and they said ‘Sorry we haven’t got any’, how much would that piss you off!
It was soon changed to ‘7-Up Lithiated Lemon Soda’, then in 1936 it was shortened to just 7-Up. So thats 30 letters, down to just 3 :)
Oh and while were on the subject of 7-Up... You might have heard a rumour about the red dot in the 7-Up logo is there because the inventor was albino and have red eyes... this is false. There are photographs of him, and he isn’t albino.
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