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That's right, 7-11's unofficial birthday (7-11-11) is today and they're celebrating it by giving away one free small slurpee to everyone

No Cash No Questions No Coupons

Just walk in and get your slurpee

Here's a few facts:

• The Slurpee is 46 years old
  
• Early prototypes for the Slurpee machine made use of an automobile air conditioning unit.
  
• Bob Stanford, a 7-Eleven agency director, coined the term "Slurpee" in 1967.
  
• When Slurpee first hit the market, it wasn’t self-serve. The machine was behind the counter and the clerk served the product to you.
  
• Slurpee drinks are carbonated.
  
• Sugar is the anti-freezing agent in most Slurpee drinks.
  
• Half of all Slurpee drinks are purchased between the hours of 4 and 11 p.m.
  
• In 2004, 7-Eleven created an edible Slurpee straw.
  
• More than 40% of all Slurpee drinks are sold during the months of June, July and August.
  
• Only one private individual owns a bona fide Slurpee machine. The rest are in 7-Eleven.
  
• Slurpee was "invented" when some sodas were put in a freezer to cool them down — and they became all slushy.
  
• Winnipeg, Canada is generally thought to be the Slurpee capital of the world, due to their amazing Slurpee fanaticism.
  
• At Slurpee, we call it a BrainFreeze. The scientific name for it is Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia. Really.
  
• Slurpee Day is July 11th.
  
• American Slurpee is injected with air. Canadian Slurpee is not.
  
• Pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth is a known cure for brainfreeze.
  
• In 1998, Slurpee Lip Balm hit the market.
  
• Every year enough Slurpee drinks are sold to fill up 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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Mods please close this cuz kids like this one^^^^ like to post on posts that are already over?

the cup was really small :/

thanks for the share !

Lol, who cares if the cup was small? It's free, hah.