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The Literal Most Interesting Facts Ever! (In My Opinion)

By Sam Goidel ’21, Staff Writer

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Let’s be honest, the best part of opening a delicious bottle of Snapple is reading the awesome fact printed on the bottle. To aid this addiction, I am coming up with the 25 most interesting Snapple Facts I could find on the Snapple Facts website. Enjoy!

Note: These facts are not in any sort of order.

  1. Maine is the only state with one syllable in its name.
  2. The fattest pig ever weighed almost a whole ton!
  3. If you add up the dice numbers on opposite sides, you’ll always get 7!
  4. The plastic at the end of a shoelace is called an aglet. A-G-L-E-T
  5. Leonardo Da Vinci could draw with one hand, and write with the other!
  6. There is a town in South Dakota named “Tea”
  7. 1/7 of doctors are trained in Philadelphia.
  8. Grapes are the most popular fruit in the world.
  9. A one day weather forecast involves 10 billion math problems.
  10. A goldfish’s attention span is 3 seconds.
  11. Male moose shed their antlers, and grow them back.
  12. The state of Florida is bigger than the country England.
  13. India has a bill of rights for cows.
  14. The original pound cake recipe called for 1 whole pound of butter.
  15. George Washington had a phobia of being buried alive.
  16. Caller ID is illegal in California.
  17. The fastest racehorse ever hit a max speed of 43 mph.
  18. Jennifer Lawrence makes roughly in one year, what Warren Buffet makes in a day.
  19. Only 15% of people are lefty.
  20. Children have more taste buds than adults.
  21. The very first VCR was the size of a piano.
  22. A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than one gallon of water.
  23. Snails can sleep for three years!
  24. About 40% of Americans live in a one day drive of Philadelphia.

And Finally, my favorite Snapple Fact ever…

25. 16,500 people in the U.S. go by the last name “Lemon”

Sources: http://www.snapple.com/real-facts/cap-view


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One response to “The Literal Most Interesting Facts Ever! (In My Opinion)”

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    agupta21

    Hey Sam,
    Did not know India had a BOR for cows, and I’m Indian!!
    Anant

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