SNAPPLE FACTS

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SNAPPLE
FACTS
SNAPPLE FACT #677
• A full-grown
tree produces
enough
oxygen to
support a
family of four.
SNAPPLE FACT #683
• Snails have
teeth.
SNAPPLE FACT #693
• A male
cricket’s ear
is located on
the tibia of its
leg.
SNAPPLE FACT #694
• Spiny lobsters
migrate in
groups of 50 or
more, forming
a conga line on
the ocean floor.
SNAPPLE FACT #698
• The jaguar,
the largest
cat in the
Western
Hemisphere,
once lived all
over the
southern U.S.
SNAPPLE FACT #708
• Manufacturing
recycled goods
uses up to 95%
less energy
than using raw
materials.
SNAPPLE FACT #711
• To estimate the
temperature in
degrees
Fahrenheit,
count the
number of
cricket chirps in
15 seconds
then add 37.
SNAPPLE FACT #712
• 100%
recyclable, old
newspapers
are great for
washing
windows.
SNAPPLE FACT #714
• When thirsty, a
camel can
drink 25
gallons of
water in less
than three
minutes.
SNAPPLE FACT #721
• The
pomegranate is
one of the
oldest fruits
known to man.
SNAPPLE FACT #724
• A pineapple is
neither an
apple or a pine.
It is, in fact, a
large berry.
SNAPPLE FACT #729
• Twins have a
very high
occurrence of
lefthandedness.
SNAPPLE FACT #730
• The fear of
vegetables is
called
Lachanophobia.
SNAPPLE FACT #732
• The chicken is
the closest
living relative of
Tyrannosaurus
Rex.
SNAPPLE FACT #743
• A group of
geese on the
ground is a
gaggle, a
group of
geese in the
air is a skein.
SNAPPLE FACT #749
• The average
housefly lives
for one
month.
SNAPPLE FACT #754
• An alligator
can go
through 3,000
teeth in a
lifetime.
SNAPPLE FACT #763
• Tigers have
striped skin,
not just
striped fur.
SNAPPLE FACT #767
• Honeybees
have hair on
their eyes.
SNAPPLE FACT #770
• Pistol shrimp
can make a
noise loud
enough to
break glass.
SNAPPLE FACT #772
• Male moose
shed their
antlers every
winter and
grow a new
pair the next
year.
SNAPPLE FACT #784
• The human
brain is about
20% water.
SNAPPLE FACT #790
• Your big toe
only has 2
bones and
the rest
have 3.
SNAPPLE FACT #795
• Hawaii is
moving
toward Japan
at the rate of
almost 4
inches per
year.
SNAPPLE FACT #800
• Most lipstick
contains fish
scales.
SNAPPLE FACT #803
• Antarctica is
the only
continent
with no owls.
SNAPPLE FACT #804
• There are
293 ways to
make
change for a
dollar.
SNAPPLE FACT #805
• India has a
Bill of Rights
for cows.
SNAPPLE FACT #806
• In Albania,
nodding your
head means
“no” and
shaking your
head means
“yes”.
SNAPPLE FACT #807
• Shakespeare
invented the
words
“assassination”
and “bump”.
SNAPPLE FACT #815
• The name of
the city we call
Bangkok is 115
letters long in
the Thai
language.
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SNAPPLE FACT #816
• In Ancient
Greece
throwing an
apple to a
woman was
considered a
marriage
proposal.
SNAPPLE FACT #818
• The infinity
sign is
called a
lemniscate.
SNAPPLE FACT #826
• In the average
lifetime, a
person will
walk the
equivalent of 5
times around
the equator.
SNAPPLE FACT #828
• Every hour
more than
one billion
cells in the
body must
be replaced.
SNAPPLE FACT #835
• You burn
more calories
sleeping than
you do
watching
television.
SNAPPLE FACT #836
• Pomology is
the study of
fruit.
SNAPPLE FACT #839
• A cucumber
consists of
96% water.
SNAPPLE FACT #844
• One lump of
sugar is
equivalent to
three feet of
sugar cane.
SNAPPLE FACT #848
• Wild camels
once
roamed
Arizona’s
deserts.
SNAPPLE FACT #856
• The world’s
largest silver
nugget (1840
lbs.) was
found in 1894
near Aspen,
Colorado.
SNAPPLE FACT #858
• New Jersey is
home to the
world’s first
drive-in movie
theater.
SNAPPLE FACT #861
• South
Carolina is
home to the
first tea farm
in the U.S.
SNAPPLE FACT #865
• Harry Truman
was the last
U.S.
President to
not have a
college
degree.
SNAPPLE FACT #866
• Abraham
Lincoln was the
tallest U.S.
President at
6’ 4”. James
Madison was
the shortest at
5’ 4”.
SNAPPLE FACT #870
• President
Warren G.
Harding once
lost White
House china in
a poker game.
SNAPPLE FACT #872
• President
William Taft
weighed over
300 lbs. and
once got
stuck in the
White House
bathtub.
SNAPPLE FACT #876
• The youngest
U.S.
president to
be in office
was
Theodore
Roosevelt at
age 42.
SNAPPLE FACT #886
• The
bumblebee bat
is the smallest
mammal on
Earth. It weighs
less than a
penny.
SNAPPLE FACT #887
• The “Valley of
Square Trees”
in Panama is
the only known
place in the
world where
trees have
rectangular
trunks.
SNAPPLE FACT #888
• In some
cultures’ telling
of Snow White,
the Dwarfs are
thieves.
SNAPPLE FACT #889
• The original
Cinderella
was
Egyptian
and wore fur
slippers.
SNAPPLE FACT #890
• The number
“1” or the
word “one”
appears on
the dollar bill
16 times.
SNAPPLE FACT #894
• Jousting is
the official
sport of
Maryland.
SNAPPLE FACT #897
• The
Mayflower
only held
102 people.
SNAPPLE FACT #900
• Neckties were
first worn in
Croatia,
which is why
they were
called
cravats.
SNAPPLE FACT #906
• Rubber
bands last
longer when
refrigerated.
SNAPPLE FACT #913
• The Saturn V
moon rocket
consumed 15
tons of fuel
per second.
SNAPPLE FACT #917
• The average
lead pencil can
draw a line 35
miles long or
write roughly
50,000 English
words.
SNAPPLE FACT #926
• George
Washington
was the only
unanimously
elected
President.
SNAPPLE FACT #927
• John Adams
was the only
President to be
defeated by his
vice-president,
Thomas
Jefferson.
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