Answer to this question, and hundreds of other not-so-important questions can be found in The Book of Answers. Rama (my wife/my wifi in Raama's language!) bought this book last year. I skimmed through it recently and realized that it is a must-have for porcelain scholars, in addition to The Book of Lists and Strange Stories and Amazing Facts. These books are packed with utterly useless information! Of course, there is tons of other light reading material too.
7 UP: The 7 stands for the soft drink's original 7-oz bottle, the UP for the bubbles from its carbonation.
Dr. Pepper: Dr. Pepper bottles bear the numbers 10, 2, and 4 as these represent the times between meals when a person's energy is at its lowest and can be revived by Dr. Pepper.
Chanel No. 5: Coco Chanel considered 5 a lucky number, and when she introduced the perfume in 1921, she did so on the 5th day of May, the fifth month. She called the fragrance Chanel No. 5 (with "O", shown as superscript).
WD-40: WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th attempt", a name which came from Larsen's laboratory notebook. Larsen was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion by displacing water, and arrived at the formula on his 40th try.
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