# 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:** 5
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/81 "2003-09-29T18:57:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*A bear can survive up to 53 days without water. \*\* [They can!](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/hibernation.html) > [@](#): > > One of the most celebrated hibernators is the American black bear (Ursus americanus). It can go for as long as 100 days without eating, drinking, urinating, defecating, or exercising. ---
**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/82 "2003-09-29T19:12:54Z")
All purebred Shih Tzus are hermaphrodites. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/83 "2003-09-29T19:23:30Z")
The word “sneakers,” meaning “soft shoes” comes from the Hindi word “snikitipur,” which means “the cat’s way of walking.” Milton D. Swingline drew up his first plans for the modern stapler after a nightmare about rattlesnakes. ---
**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 29, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/84 "2003-09-29T21:31:05Z")
Mike Myers got the idea for the “Austin Powers” movies while playing the role of Pussy Galore in the film “Octopussy”. Vinson Massif, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, is actually a giant pile of penguin bones. Every vehicle manufactured by Ford has the name “Henry” stamped inside, in honor of the founder of the company. Canadians discovered America over 300 years before Columbus landed in the New World. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/85 "2003-09-30T03:43:39Z")
Pigs can fly, many of them just _choose_ not to. The French inventor of the chronometer was often late to his appointments. ---
**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 30, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/86 "2003-09-30T13:12:55Z")
Peers, if convicted of crimes in the UK, have a right to have someone else take the punishment for what they did. Horses go faster in reverse. The 2004 death ray models go on display tomorrow. ---
**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 30, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/87 "2003-09-30T13:13:10Z")
Peers, if convicted of crimes in the UK, have a right to have someone else take the punishment for what they did. Horses go faster in reverse. The 2004 death ray models go on display tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/88 "2003-09-30T13:24:37Z")
A goose’s honk echoes. And everyone knows why. ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/89 "2003-09-30T23:36:58Z")
warts, if left untreated often become leprosy. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/90 "2003-09-30T23:49:49Z")
Some flavors of Snapple contain yak urine as an unlisted ingredient. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/91 "2003-09-30T23:54:12Z")
The standard US railway gauge is based on the width of President Taft. Eskimos have no word for “guacamole”. Chickens are allergic to lubricant. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/92 "2003-10-01T11:16:47Z")
Hamster dung mixed with bleach, salt and cat litter forms a powerful explosive. Actor Jamie Farr’s real name is Elizabeth Yakitori. White cows can’t jump. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/93 "2003-10-01T12:42:16Z")
The hamsters that power the SDMB live in fear of the coding weasels. 90% of all bad drivers on the road today belong to the RSOI (Royal Society of Idiots). “Hi Opal” derives from the Greek “Hiyopeale”, which translates to “Let’s Burn The Works Of Menander”. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/94 "2003-10-01T12:42:31Z")
The hamsters that power the SDMB live in fear of the coding weasels. 90% of all bad drivers on the road today belong to the RSOI (Royal Society of Idiots). “Hi Opal” derives from the Greek “Hiyopeale”, which translates to “Let’s Burn The Works Of Menander”. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/95 "2003-10-01T13:03:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyrate \* > \*\*The standard US railway gauge is based on the width of President Taft. > \*\* Actually, it was based on the width of a [horse’s ass](http://www.railroad.net/forums/messages.asp?TopicID=3054). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/96 "2003-10-01T13:15:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > \*\*Actually, it was based on the width of a [horse’s ass](http://www.railroad.net/forums/messages.asp?TopicID=3054). 😃 \*\* Actually, it [wasn’t](http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.htm) (as the second message in your own link mentions). And besides, I could never speak of Taft that way… ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/97 "2003-10-01T13:57:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyrate \* > \*\*The standard US railway gauge is based on the width of President Taft. > > Eskimos have no word for “guacamole”. > > Chickens are allergic to lubricant. \*\* 1. I am _not_ going to comment on the width of Taft’s ass. 2. Eskimos _don’t_ have a word for “guacamole” and neither does English. We had to borrow from Spanish. 😛 3. Just out of curiosity, how _do_ you know the chicken-and-lubricant thing is an urban legend? Then again, I don’t think I want to know after all … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/98 "2003-10-01T14:28:32Z")
To quote a friend of mine, “Nothing makes a joke funnier like explaining it in detail.” 😛 Anyhoo… Cats’ whiskers have a stronger tensile strength than steel. Human boogers are rich in vitamins A, D, and K. The name “pie” is actually derived from “pi”, from the 18th-century practice of using round pastries to teach advanced geometry. A grapefruit dropped from a height of 35 feet or higher will bounce. “Molybdenum” was originally named “mulebed mud”, but was recorded in its current form by a mining company clerk with bad hearing and spelling. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/99 "2003-10-01T16:25:51Z")
The concept of the prank telephone call can be traced to the ancient Sumerians, who made prank inscriptions on wax tablets and left them lying in the public road to be discovered by passers-by. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760/100 "2003-10-01T22:51:11Z")
In the 1950s, gasoline was nicknamed “Ethyl” after Vivian Vance’s unfortunate flatulence problem. The group Led Zeppelin was named after Davy Jones’ favorite saying, “You led a zeppelin to water, but you couldn’t make it float.” Young George Washington couldn’t have chopped down a cherry tree because they weren’t brought to the US until the mid-19th century. Grape soda can get blood stains out of linen. In Zimbabwe, it is considered rude to blink when being spoken to. Early dentures were made out of baby teeth, which were purchased for a dime each. This is the origin of the toothfairy custom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-send-snapple-some-more-fun-facts-for-their-bottle-tops/203760.md?page=6)