Snapple Retired Facts

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#1 A Goldfish’s attention span is three seconds.

#2 Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.

#10 Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.

#11 Flamingos are pink because they eat shrimp.

#15 All porcupines float in water.

#16 The world’s termites outweigh the world’s humans 10 to 1.

#25 The only food that does not spoil is honey.

#27 A ball of glass will bounce higher then a ball of rubber.

#28 Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying.

#29 On average a human will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime.

#34 If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it will eventually turn white.

#38 Fish cough.

#40 It is possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down.

#42 Frogs cannot swallow with their eyes open.

#46 Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump.

#48 Cats can hear ultrasound.

#53 The average women consumes six pounds of lipstick in her lifetime.

#58 A sneeze travels out of your nose at 100 mph.

#66 Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza a day.

#69 No word in the English language rhymes with month.

#73 The average person spends two weeks of its life waiting for a traffic light to change.

#78 Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the U.S.

#79 There are 119 grooves on the edge of a quarter.

#80 About 18 percent of animal owners share their bed with their pet.

#84 Oysters can change genders back and forth.

#85 The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

#87 A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance.

#92 Fish can drown.

#94 Lizards communicate by doing push-ups.

#98 When the moon is directly over you, you weigh less.

#99 You burn 20 calories an hour chewing gum.

#100 In a year, the average person walks four miles making their bed.

#101 About half of all Americans are on a diet at any given time.

#103 Frowning burns more calories then smiling.

#112 At birth, a Dalmatian is always pure white.

#117 The starfish is the only animal that can turn its stomach inside out.

#122 A duck can’t walk without bobbing its head.

#124 Seals sleep only one and a half minutes at a time.

#125 Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to spot people lost at sea.

#129 Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

#130 Koala and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.

#131 Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water.

#135 A single coffee tree produces only about a pound of coffee beans per year.

#140 Holland is the only country with a national dog.

#141 The square dance is the official dance of the state of Washington.

#144 Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.

#147 Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.

#153 The speed limit in NYC was eight mph in 1895.

#160 One alternative title that had been considered for NBC’s hit “Friends” was “Insomnia Café.”

#163 The first penny had the motto “Mind your own business.”

#168 One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.

#169 The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip.

#172 The eye makes movements 50 times every second.

#174 The world’s biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.

#175 In 1634, tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland.

#178 The first ballpoint pens were sold in 1945 for $12.00.

#179 The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.

#193 The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won’t happen again until 6009.

#194 You don’t have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme Court Justice.

#196 If you doubled one penny every day for 30 days, you would have $5,368,709.

#214 Giraffes can lick their own eyes.

#232 The blue whale’s heart is the size of a small car.

#233 There are seven letters that look the same upside down as right side up.

#244 The watermelon seed-spitting world record is about 70 feet

#262 The act of chewing an apple is a more efficient way to stay awake than caffeine.

#270 Colors like red, yellow and orange make you hungry.

#272 At birth a human has 350 bones, but only 206 bones when full grown.

#294 No only child has been a U.S. President.

#300 Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

#302 Ketchup was once sold as a medicine.

#312 A flea can jump 30,000 times without stopping.

#315 No two lip impressions are the same.

#326 On average, you’ll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects.

#336 The last letter to be added to our alphabet was J.

#351 Cold water weighs less than hot water.

#354 Bamboo can grow three feet in one day.

#358 Butterflies were formerly known by the name Flutterby.

#359 A teaspoon contains 120 drops of water.

#360 Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.

#363 Pearls dissolve in vinegar.

#366 The center of some golf balls contain honey.

#408 Panda bears eat up to 16 hours a day.

#409 Approximately 16,500 people in the U.S. go by the last name Lemon.

#411 Lifejackets used to be filled with sunflower seeds for flotation.

#422 Apples, peaches and raspberries are all members of the rose family.

#423 U.S. paper currency isn’t made of paper - it’s actually a blend of cotton and linen.

#424 The “ZIP” in the ZIP code stands for Zone Improvement Plan.

#430 One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.

#431 A twit is the technical term for a pregnant goldfish.

#436 Beavers have orange teeth.

#437 The woodpecker can hammer wood up to 16 times per second.

#438 Mount Everest rises a few millimeters every year.

#439 Snails can sleep for up to three years.

#440 The pupils in goats’ eyes are rectangular.

#442 Bees’ wings beat 11,400 times per minute.

#444 The Statue of Liberty wears a size 879 sandal.

#454 Polar bear fur is transparent, not white.

#463 The dot over the letter “I” is called a tittle.

#469 454 U.S. dollar bills weigh exactly one pound.

#473 Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water.

#474 To temporarily revive your ballpoint pen, dip the tip into hot water for a few seconds.

#478 Candles will burn longer and drip less if they are placed in the freezer a few hours before using.

#479 Knots come out easier if you sprinkle talcum powder on them.

#486 While chopping onions, hold a piece of bread between your lips to keep your eyes from watering.

#487 Place an apple in the bag with your potatoes to keep them from budding.

#488 Place a slice of bread in the storage container to keep cookies soft when storing.

#489 To keep an ice cream cone from dripping, stuff a miniature marshmallow into the bottom of the cone.

#490 To take lumps out of a bag of sugar, place it in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

#492 To remove crayon marks from walls, use a hairdryer to heat the wax.

#497 To fix a button about to fall off, dab a little clear nail polish over the threads holding it on.

#654 New York taxi drivers collectively speak 60 languages

#664 It is against the law to put pretzels in bags in Philadelphia.

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