# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/61 "2003-09-26T20:49:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Leaper \* > \*\*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. 😉 \*\* :smack: No more late night surfing for me anymore! ---
**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, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/62 "2003-09-26T22:51:46Z")
Only three American composers of classical music have ever had their works performed at Salzburg during their lifetimes: Charles Ives in 1951, Aaron Copeland in 1967, and Gene Gene The Dancing Machine in 1982. Neither “Phillip Glass” nor “Stephen Sondheim” exist; they were both created in 1960 by Bennett Cerf as a practical joke. I am up for a Pulitzer for my “Second Concerto for Trumpet and Violin”. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/63 "2003-09-27T02:52:10Z")
Not true G.Q. Phillip Glass is by no definition practical. [ul][li]Jimson weed makes a fine caeser salad.[/li][li]Thomas Alva Edison discovered 427 ways not to make a 1920s style death-ray. [/li][li]In a rarely seen episode of _Three’s Company_ Suzanne Somers’ scrotum is visible beneath a pair of shorts.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/64 "2003-09-27T03:39:35Z")
> [@](#): > > In a rarely seen episode of Three’s Company Suzanne Somers’ scrotum is visible beneath a pair of shorts. That’s way off-- it was in that _Thighmaster_ infomercial, and it was the tip of her penis. ---
**Author:** ![bradwalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@bradwalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bradwalt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/65 "2003-09-27T03:40:26Z")
Gay men can’t juggle. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/66 "2003-09-27T05:08:05Z")
The metric system, commonly regarded as part of revolutionary France’s scheme to remake the world, was actually invented by an Englishman. William Smith got stuck in France during the Revolution and ended up as Napoleon’s personal manservant. Napoleon overheard the Englishman’s dinner discussions about measuring systems, and found a way to borrow and copy his diary. French revolutionary fervour took it from there. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/67 "2003-09-27T05:45:29Z")
Contrary to popular belief, Tokyo does not get destroyed by Godzilla every few years. Also contrary to popular belief, the customer is \*\*\* not \* \*\* always right. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/68 "2003-09-27T06:06:59Z")
Monarch butterflies are so named because King Edward III favored their wings fried as a delicacy. Bees can breathe underwater. The Moon is named after the wife of the man that first discovered it, Og. His wife’s name was Moona. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/69 "2003-09-27T07:40:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Fun Fact# 230-- A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. \*\* Can you say “Urban Legend”? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/70 "2003-09-27T10:43:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by picunurse \* > > * * * > > Can you say “Urban Legend”? \*\* Can you say “whoosh”? ---
**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 27, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/71 "2003-09-27T13:47:08Z")
In case of disaster, the Capitol, based on a 1924 agreement, shall be moved from DC to NYC, with Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Cleveland as other choices. George Plimpton and Robert Palmer were the same man. Allen Jaglowski, of Chicago, is the only man to successfully climb Cecil Adams. ---
**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 27, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/72 "2003-09-27T15:46:52Z")
Only the outer shell of the moon is made of green cheese. The inside is made of butterscotch. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/73 "2003-09-27T18:53:47Z")
Most of the Axis leaders during World War II, including Hitler, Mussolini, and both Tojo and Emporor Hirohito, enjoyed, for some unknown reason, having people tie a rope around them while they were seated. During a meeting of the Big Three, Franklin Roosevelt commented on this and pointed out that a tied-up leader is a common thread of Facist countries. Therefore, he decided to call the Allies the “Untied Nations” from this point forward. After the war ended in 1945, an organization was to be founded with this name. Unfortunately, a proofreader incorrectly read the name of the organization while writing out its charter. The name “United Nations” has stuck to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/74 "2003-09-27T19:00:58Z")
That’s easily supported by the etymology of _“fascist”_, too. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/75 "2003-09-29T12:16:17Z")
Global warning is being cause by the hot flashes of female baby boomers in menopause. ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/76 "2003-09-29T13:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by picunurse \* > > > [@](#): > > > > Fun Fact# 230-- A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. > > \*\*\*\* Can you say “Urban Legend”? \*\* Quite right **picunurse**. Contrary to popular belief, a ducks quack _does_ echo. However, the physiological structure of the human ear makes it impossible for us to hear the echo, and noone knows why. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/77 "2003-09-29T16:34:52Z")
If a badger farts in a vacuum, it doesn’t stink. No one knows why. ---
**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 29, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/78 "2003-09-29T17:15:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*Most of the Axis leaders during World War II, including Hitler, Mussolini, and both Tojo and Emporor Hirohito, enjoyed, for some unknown reason, having people tie a rope around them while they were seated. During a meeting of the Big Three, Franklin Roosevelt commented on this and pointed out that a tied-up leader is a common thread of Facist countries. Therefore, he decided to call the Allies the “Untied Nations” from this point forward. After the war ended in 1945, an organization was to be founded with this name. Unfortunately, a proofreader incorrectly read the name of the organization while writing out its charter. The name “United Nations” has stuck to this day. \*\* That’ll never fit on a bottle cap. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/79 "2003-09-29T18:29:18Z")
A bear can survive up to 53 days without water. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/80 "2003-09-29T18:53:01Z")
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