Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 02, 2014
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The Echidna oozes milk for its young out of pores in its skin because it has no nipples. The Flashlight fish of the Pacific has a pouch under each eye filled with light emitting bacteria! 7Up soda was first introduced in 1928 as a hangover cure containing the mood stabilizing drug lithium- an ingredient long since removed!
Space_cat almost 11 years ago
If you miss the Lithium just move to Santa Fe, because of the huge veins of lapidolite underground the ground water is loaded with it!
bluegirl285 almost 11 years ago
Aren’t 7-Up and Sprite still considered effective hangover treatments today?
James Hopkins almost 11 years ago
Amazing about the echidna. I thought all mammals had nipples.
edclectic almost 11 years ago
Regarding all three factoids: that’s gotta be uncomfortable!
elysummers almost 11 years ago
It’s still a pretty fair hangover cure.
Kiba65 almost 11 years ago
Back in my drinking days,thank God there over, I would come home and open a 7up and let it sit all night to go flat, when I got up for work it was pure sugar. Seemed to work!!
aimlesscruzr almost 11 years ago
The atomic weight of Lithium is just under 7. I wonder if that’s where the name came from….
Ikemeister almost 11 years ago
Also from Wikipedia:Monotremes (from the Greek μονός monos “single” + τρῆμα trema “hole”, referring to the cloaca) are mammals that lay eggs (Prototheria) instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials (Metatheria) and placental mammals (Eutheria). The only surviving examples of monotremes are all indigenous to Australia and New Guinea, although there is evidence that they were once more widespread. Among living mammals they include the platypus and four species of echidnas (or spiny anteaters); there is debate regarding monotreme taxonomy.
Phil721 almost 11 years ago
if you drink the 7up instead of the booze, it’s quite effective.
Lamberger almost 11 years ago
Lithium is not a depressant. It flattens mood oscillations (swings). Dosage is adjusted to bring the mood oscillations into a desirable range. And additional drug(s) are usually required to adjust the level of the new “average” to some desirable level between manic and major depression.
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 11 years ago
groan!!!!!!!!!…change your avatar it’s scary!!!!!!!!
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 11 years ago
I never heard of the flashlight fish before and I love 7 Up I drink it cause it’s caffeine free never knew it was a hangover cure