1. No one knows the origin of the name 7Up, which was first created in 1920.
2. The ONLY place where the Venus flytrap grows natively is within 60 miles of Wilmington, North Carolina. If they’re growing anywhere else, it’s because they’ve been transplanted there.
3. In the 1930s, a brand of toilet paper called Northern Bath Tissue marketed itself with the slogan, “100% Splinter Free.” Because that was not always a guarantee with toilet paper back then.
4. Pine weevil insects place their feces next to their eggs to keep predators away.
5. The area of Wisconsin was spelled O-u-i-s-c-o-n-s-i-n from when it was discovered in the 1600s through the 1820s, when the U.S. government started spelling it “Wisconsin” in official documents.
