# Saturday Useless Facts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364 "2016-04-16T14:50:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364/21 "2016-04-19T19:16:41Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Yeah, [no](http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/faq/rumours/was-coca-cola-originally-green/). That cite doesn’t prove what color Coke would be without added color. It just says that Coke wasn’t \*originally \*green. It could be interpreted as saying, “Coca-cola has always been made with caramel coloring.” Other sources seem to have a consensus (no cite because I could not find one sufficiently authoritative) that the only ingredients that could give Coke a color are the caramel coloring and “natural flavorings” and Coke isn’t going to tell us what the natural flavorings are. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364/22 "2016-04-19T20:09:38Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > Guess you might have to give me some examples because around here, heifers are heifers, they are the 4 legged kind…:dubious: The “standard” def. is a young\* cow who hasn’t yet calved. But some people use it to mean a youngish cow regardless of calving (rare) or a cow of any age who hasn’t calved (regional). You might even find a difference in use between beef and dairy cows (where calving is an important milestone for milking). In any case, there is no simple way to eyeball a cow and tell whether she’s a heifer or not. But to tell that she’s a she … - Kind of open to interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364/23 "2016-04-19T23:22:18Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Yeah, [no](http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/faq/rumours/was-coca-cola-originally-green/). Thank you for fighting Ignorance. However I was looking at the cute blonde on the right side of page under the “New Campaign” banner and got distracted. Ummm…what was the question again? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364/24 "2016-04-20T15:44:36Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [It will not kill you](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/969/if-you-burp-fart-and-sneeze-at-the-same-time-will-you-die) if you fart, burp and sneeze at the same time. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Might kill your social life though. Unless you are a 13 year-old boy. Then it makes you the coolest kid in school. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364/25 "2016-04-21T11:15:46Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The “standard” def. is a young\* cow who hasn’t yet calved. But some people use it to mean a youngish cow regardless of calving (rare) or a cow of any age who hasn’t calved (regional). You might even find a difference in use between beef and dairy cows (where calving is an important milestone for milking). > > In any case, there is no simple way to eyeball a cow and tell whether she’s a heifer or not. But to tell that she’s a she … > > - Kind of open to interpretation. The problem is, my husband was raised on a dairy farm and has worked on one most of his life and is currently working on one…he would argue for a long time with you about that… a heifer is a heifer is a heifer…😃 ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364/26 "2016-04-21T13:18:55Z")
Clarification achieved A heifer is heifer until she has a calf Then she is considered a cow Beef or dairy. Beef are still heifers because they still have calfs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-useless-facts/752364.md?page=1)