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Fast facts: The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929. "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Because radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per second and sound waves move at 700 mph, a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 13,000 miles away than it can be heard at the back of the room in which it originated. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so it doesn't know you're there. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere because of its surface tension. One day on the planet Pluto is about the length of a week on Earth. No piece of paper can be folded more than seven times.

 

On this date: In 1844, the University of Notre Dame received its charter in Indiana. In 1861, the steam elevator was patented by Elisha Otis. In 1882, the first U.S. ski club formed in Berlin, N.H. In 1942, WWII led baseball's Chicago Cubs to drop plans to install lights at Wrigley Field. In 1951, the Supreme Court ruled that "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be cause for arrest. In 1977, the Coneheads debuted on "Saturday Night Live." In 1997, Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman kicked cameraman Eugene Amos in the groin.

 

Quotable... "My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow.' Always listen to your mother." - President George W. Bush about a fainting spell he suffered Sunday while watching the NFL playoffs.