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Sodas have fascinating histories behind them. Coke originally had cocaine in it, Dr. Pepper was named for the father of the inventor's fiancee, and 7-UP had lithium in it!

Once you did the reveal, I immediately recalled an old commercial featuring Black American comedian Orlando Jones where he walks around saying "Make 7-UP yours!" (not knowing, apparently, about "up yours" being an insult...).

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No wonder they had prohibition with the soda industry around

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