Duplicated Facts

Many Snapple “Real Facts” have been recycled on new caps. In some cases, the phrasing of the facts is identical. In other cases, the phrasing is different but the meaning is identical.

Here are all the instances that I have found where Snapple has reused a fact:

Identically worded

#50: Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
#129: Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

#69a: No word in the English language rhymes with month.
#70a: No word in the English language rhymes with month.

#69b: Caller ID is illegal in California.
#70c: Caller ID is illegal in California.

#86: Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
#847: Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.

#138: Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.
#854: Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.

#464: Cows do not have upper front teeth.
#982: Cows do not have upper front teeth.

Identical but differently worded

#5: A camel has 3 eyelids
#468: Camels have three eyelids.

#25: The only food that doesn’t spoil is honey.
#840: The only food that does not spoil is honey.

#56: 1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet
#1268: One quarter of all the body’s bones are in the feet.

#70b: A jiffy is 1/100 of a second
#419: A jiffy is an actual time measurement equaling 1/100th of a second.

#107: You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
#835: You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

#246: The “silk” of a spider is stronger than steel threads of the same diameter.
#727: A spider’s silk is stronger than steel.
#884: A strand from the web of a golden spider is as strong as a steel wire of the same size.

#354: Bamboo can grow 3 feet in one day.
#397: Bamboo can grow over three feet per day.
#843: Bamboo (the world’s tallest grass) can grow up to 90cm in a day.

#363: Pearls dissolve in vinegar.
#951: A pearl can be dissolved by vinegar.

#418: The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
#886: The bumblebee bat is the smallest mammal on Earth. It weighs less than a penny.

#443: The pound sign, or #, is called an ‘octothorp.’
#813: The number sign # is called an octothorpe.

#459: A group of a dozen or more cows is called a ‘flink.’
#752: A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.

Extremely similar but not quite identical

#12: Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards
#425: Kangaroos can’t walk backwards.

#78: Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the U.S.
#1401: Alaska is the most northern, western, and eastern U.S. state.

#132: A crocodile cannot move its tongue.
#933: A crocodile can’t stick out its tongue.

#240: “Challenger Deep” is the deepest point on Earth and can hold 25 Empire State Buildings end to end.
#406: The deepest place in the ocean is about 7 miles deep.
#956: At the deepest point in the ocean, the water pressure is equivalent to having about 50 jumbo jets piled on top of you.

#272: At birth, a human has 350 bones, but only 206 bones when full grown.
#934: Babies are born with about 300 separate bones. Adults have 206.

#416: Many butterflies and moths are able to taste with their feet.
#883: Butterflies taste with their hind feet.