Random Facts You Probably Never Thought About...Until Now - Part 2

1. Random (some may even say "useless") facts -- some you may know and others, maybe not...until now. Mel Blanc, who was the voice of Bugs Bunny disliked raw carrots and found it impossible to speak immediately after chewing and swallowing them. He used raw carrots for the iconic Bugs Bunny crunch, as other vegetables didn't produce the same sound, and he would spit the carrots out after each bite to be ready for the next line of dialogue. This led to the rumour that he was allergic to carrots, which was not true. Are you or do you know anyone who is allergic to carrots (which is a real, but uncommon allergy)?

2. When 7 Up was first on the market (In 1929), it was named Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda- a much less catchy, though more descriptive name. The 'lithiated' in the name came from the soda's ingredient lithium citrate, a compound used to treat patients with mental health problems like bipolar disorder, depression or mania. The soda went through a name change to 7 Up Lithiated Lemon Soda, before finally settling on just 7 Up, and a formula with no added lithium. As far as the name 7 Up, some soda fans claim that it is derived from the 7 ingredients used in the original recipe, others from the soda having a pH of 7 (which is not true), and others think that the 7 originates from the lithium in the original formula, as this element has an atomic mass of ~7. Did you know 7 Up originally contained lithium?

3. We've all heard that there is no English word that rhymes with "orange", right? Although this one is the most famous, there are actually a lot of other words that have no English rhyming word, such as month, silver, purple, ninth, pint, wolf, spirit, opus, chimney, dangerous, woman, marathon and discombobulate. These are called refractory rhymes—that is, a list of words in the English language that rhyme with no other English word. Did you know these words actually have a name?