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Re:In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006) by nwah1 on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:09PM (#15962326)
7-Up started as a lithiated soda. The atomic mass of lithium is just under 7.
Re:In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006) by Turing_Machine on Thursday December 21, 2017 @09:54PM (#15984903)
Yup. It's interesting how many modern drinks came from medicinal origins. Original formula Coca-Cola, of course, famously had a healthy dose of cocaine. Tonic water still has a bit of quinine in it, but originally it had much more, and was consumed as prophylaxis against malaria. Then there were various "bitters" and "digestifs" that had purported health benefits. Jägermeister has a whole witches brew of herbs and roots in it. And so on.