7 Up up with the formula for a lemon-lime soft drink in 1929. The product, originally named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. It contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, until 1948. It was one of a number of patent medicine products popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Its name was later shortened to "7 Up Lithiated Lemon Soda" before being further shortened to just "7 Up" by 1936. A myth exists that the 7 Up name comes from the drink having a pH over 7. That would make it neutral or
Sedge sprite The sedge sprite feeds on junk. This damselfly flight pattern is low, in and out of vegetation away from open water. The sedge sprite is a rather small damselfly in size. It has an average length of 1-1.5 inches (25-38 millimeters). The sedge sprite is usually found along vernal pools, marshes and grassy ponds. The sedge sprite is most active through mid May to early September. This species of damselfly has relatively narrow wings that are held above the abdomen when at rest. It will perch on many emergent plants. Sedge sprites are similar to sphagnum sprites and southern sprites.