DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2000, Message #629

For those trivia freaks...


http://www.howstuffworks.com/question155.htm

This is the sort of burning question that lots of people wonder about 
for some reason... I guess if you use the stuff all the time it bugs 
you after awhile!

To solve the mystery, the best place to go is the WD-40 web site at 
http://www.wd40.com. This is actually a pretty neat site! If you dig 
around a little, you find the following fascinating quote:

"WD-40 literally stands for Water Displacement, 40th attempt. That's 
the name straight out of the lab book used by the chemist who 
developed WD-40 back in 1953. The chemist, Norm Larsen, was 
attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion-a task which is 
done by displacing water. Norm's persistence paid off when he 
perfected the formula on his 40th try. Please see our history section 
for more information."

Now don't you feel better knowing that?!