# Let's send Snapple some more "Fun Facts" for their bottle tops. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760 "2003-09-25T15:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/21 "2003-09-25T20:11:43Z")
Before the invention of telephones, most people communicated telepathically. Women’s underwear was once sewn of iron wool, later to be replaced by burlap. For years, people thought the earth was not round but a cube. The sun is nearly 3 times as far away as the moon. The clutch was named for Gen. William Clutch, a civil war general. He was known to keep the troops from stalling. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/22 "2003-09-25T20:13:51Z")
At the height of his popularity, American songwriter Stephen Foster was the richest man in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/23 "2003-09-25T20:19:56Z")
The legal definition of a shaft is “a black private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks” as per Bartlett’s Judicial Review Dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/24 "2003-09-25T20:26:56Z")
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace. This is called propinquity. Q. What do 100% of all lottery winners do? A. Gain weight. Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women. Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil? A. Honey Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots. Q. What person, not a “Seinfeld” regular cast member, is featured on every episode of “Seinfeld”? A. Superman, either by name or pictures on Jerry’s refrigerator. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/25 "2003-09-25T20:45:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KRC \* > \*\* > > Cheez Whiz contains neither cheese nor whiz. We’re better off not knowing what it’s really made from. \*\* Although, it is surprisingly good at removing permanantmarker ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/26 "2003-09-25T20:46:29Z")
Grass is not actually green - it absorbs all other colors from the spectrum, and only reflects the green. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/27 "2003-09-25T20:53:49Z")
An eggplant is not a vegetable, but is in fact a large single-celled organism. The reason stars appear to twinkle is because of thousands of tiny eathquakes that happen every second, but are too small to feel. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/28 "2003-09-25T20:55:56Z")
The Right Whale was named after U. S. Navy Captain Jonathan S. Whale. Chief Sitting Bull was the first Amish Native American. Gophers are not able to whistle at night. King Tut’s favorite hobby was making pizza. Vikings discovered a number system based on screaming. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/29 "2003-09-25T21:08:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KRC \* > **The fish stick is neither a fish nor a stick. It is a fungus.** Life In Hell! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/30 "2003-09-25T21:30:52Z")
Question: Snapple is now the Official Beverage of a major city. Which one? [Answer: Islamabad, Pakistan ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/31 "2003-09-25T21:49:11Z")
A titmouse is not a tit, nor is it a mouse. It’s a small type of bear that hibernates during the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/32 "2003-09-25T21:54:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by maleinblack \* > \*\*Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? > A. Their birthplace. This is called propinquity. > > Q. What do 100% of all lottery winners do? > A. Gain weight. > > Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? > A. All invented by women. > > Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil? > A. Honey > > Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic? > A. He was allergic to carrots. > > Q. What person, not a “Seinfeld” regular cast member, is featured on every episode of “Seinfeld”? > A. Superman, either by name or pictures on Jerry’s refrigerator. \*\* But many of these, AFAIK (and shame on me if I’m wrong), are _true_. See the OP for reasons why this is not appropriate. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_Altoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@Rock\_Altoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_Altoid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/33 "2003-09-25T21:54:23Z")
Almost a year ago, I wrote a letter to Snapple, Inc., asking if they had actually bothered looking at more than one source for any of their facts. They sent me back a photocopied sheet (well, sheets, in the plural) of every single Snapple fact and its “source.” The kicker? Almost every single one was a website, only one website. Some were even ordinary Geocities websites. Yanno, if I were Snapple, Inc., (and thank God I’m not), I’d do a bit more fact-checking than randomly surfing the Internet and happening across some yahoo’s Geocities page where he or she makes the dubious claim of “In one average silver earring, there is enough energy to light the entire city of Bumfuck, USA, for a span of three and a half years, which is coincidentally the time span that one can continuously blow a trumpet before automatically transforming into a trumpet-playing duck.” ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/34 "2003-09-25T22:03:19Z")
See more un-facts [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=68826) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106613). ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/35 "2003-09-25T23:01:19Z")
Aphids can spontaneously combust wiothout dying. The time cube. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/36 "2003-09-25T23:17:21Z")
- The average adult can cram 20 golf balls in their mouth. - If all the toiletpaper in the world was lined up end to end, it would could wrap the world 12 times, cure cancer and make decent pot of tea. - HE’S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/37 "2003-09-25T23:36:11Z")
The secret ingredient of McDonald’s Special Sauce is the pituitary gland secretion of a rare species of Belgian rabbit. A mule belonging to Queen Victoria lived to the age of 105. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/38 "2003-09-25T23:47:28Z")
-The movie _2001: A Space Odyssey_\* is really based on a true story on secret advanced space travel that the Russians _and_ NASA had developed. The 1969 moon landing was a diversion to keep Americans from knowing NASA’s ties with the Communists. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/39 "2003-09-26T00:49:15Z")
Colonel Sanders was really a brigader general. The number “six” isn’t real. A railroad engineer thrown off a cliff doesn’t scream, and no one knows why. The tuxedo was named after Henry D. Tuxedo, who, to the end of his life, never wore one. “In Like Flynn” was named after early 20th-century boxer “Fireman Jim” Flynn. If the entire Cabinet is wiped out, then I become President. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/40 "2003-09-26T01:07:50Z")
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