For a Limited Time Only (2016)

In 2016, to tap into consumer interest in the 2016 US Presidential election, Snapple launched a summer promotion called “TEAcision 2016”. The promotion introduced a limited-time-only Red Fruit Tea (with pomegranate, cherry,  and raspberry flavors) and a Blue Fruit Tea (with blueberry and blackberry flavors). The caps on these limited-edition teas featured 88 facts (#1133-1220) about US presidents.

The limited-edition beverages were backed by an integrated marketing campaign that included pre-launch visits to cities hosting political events, like Philadelphia and St. Louis. In addition, the Snapple website engaged consumers in a “Create-a-Campaign” tool, where they could generate a customized and patriotic campaign ad or take an online “Can-Tea-Date” quiz to discover their preferred flavor profile and see if they lean more toward the Red Fruit or Blue Fruit Tea. TV spots referenced the newly published Snapple Real Fact that “Astronauts can vote from space.”

References

“Real Facts” List

# Real Fact
1133 Only 12 U.S. presidents have been elected to office for two terms and served those two terms.
1134 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office for four terms prior to the 22nd Amendment.
1135 John F. Kennedy, at 43, was the youngest elected president, and Ronald Reagan, at 73, the oldest.
1136 James Buchanan is the only bachelor to be elected president.
1137 Eight presidents have died while in office.
1138 Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III, but took his stepfather’s last name when his mother remarried.
1139 Prior to the 12th Amendment in 1804, the presidential candidate who received the second highest number of electoral votes was vice president.
1140 George Washington was a successful liquor distributor, making rye whiskey, apple brandy, and peach brandy in his Mount Vernon distillery.
1141 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams chipped off a piece of Shakespeare’s chair as a souvenir when they visited his home in 1786.
1142 George Washington started losing his permanent teeth in his 20s and had only one natural tooth by the time he was president.
1143 George Washington had false teeth made from many different materials, including an elephant tusk and hippopotamus ivory.
1144 George Washington protected his beloved horses from losing their teeth by making sure they were brushed regularly.
1145 John Quincy Adams regularly skinny-dipped in the Potomac River.
1146 Calvin Coolidge was so shy, he was nicknamed “Silent Cal.”
1147 Calvin Coolidge loved to wear a cowboy hat and ride his mechanical horse.
1148 President Herbert Hoover invented “Hooverball” (a cross between volleyball and tennis using a medicine ball), which he played with his cabinet members.
1149 Andrew Jackson was involved in as many as 100 duels, many of which were fought to defend the honor of his wife, Rachel.
1150 Martin Van Buren’s nickname was “Old Kinderhook” because he was raised in Kinderhook, N.Y.
1151 James Buchanan bought slaves in Washington, D.C., and quietly freed them in Pennsylvania.
1152 Abraham Lincoln was only defeated once in about 300 wrestling matches, making it to the Wrestling Hall of Fame with honors as “Outstanding American.”
1153 In his youth, President Andrew Johnson apprenticed as a tailor.
1154 Ulysses S. Grant smoked at least 20 cigars a day; citizens sent him at least 10,000 boxes in gratitude after winning the Battle of Shiloh.
1155 Not only was James Garfield ambidextrous, he could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other at the same time.
1156 Benjamin Harrison was the first president to have electricity in the White House; however, he was so scared of getting electrocuted, he’d never touch the light switches himself.
1157 William McKinley almost always wore a red carnation on his lapel as a good-luck charm.
1158 Herbert Hoover’s son had two pet alligators that were occasionally permitted to run loose throughout the White House.
1159 Jimmy Carter filed a report for a UFO sighting in 1973, calling it “the darndest thing I’ve ever seen.”
1160 In 1940, the University of California bestowed Ronald Reagon with the Most Nearly Perfect Male Figure Award.
1161 Bill Clinton’s face is so symmetrical that he ranked in facial symmetry alongside male models.
1162 In 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress.
1163 Gerald Ford was the only president and vice president never to be elected to either office.
1164 Victoria Woodhull, in 1872, was the first woman to run for the U.S. presidency.
1165 James Monroe received every electoral vote but one in the 1820 election.
1166 There are only three requirements to become U.S. president: must be 35, a natural-born U.S. citizen, and have resided in the U.S. for at least 14 years.
1167 To cut groundskeeping costs during World War I, President Woodrow Wilson brought a flock of sheep to trim the White House grounds.
1168 Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to use a phone, and his phone number was extremely easy to remember – simply “1.”
1169 Martin Van Buren was the first president born a U.S. citizen; all presidents before him were British.
1170 Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot Poll was removed from his funeral for cursing.
1171 Teddy bears get their name from President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, who once refused to shoot a black bear.
1172 There has never been a U.S. president whose name started with the common letter S.
1173 Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president who was also a licensed bartender.
1174 Barack Obama is called the 44th president, but is actually the 43rd because Grover Cleveland is counted twice, as he was elected for two terms.
1175 Four times in U.S history has a presidential candidate won the popular vote but lost the election.
1176 President Herbert Hoover and his wife were fluent in Mandarin Chinese and would use it in the White House to speak privately to each other.
1177 November was chosen to be election month because it fell between harvest and brutal winter weather.
1178 Six of the last 12 U.S. presidents have been left-handed, far greater than the national average of lefties (10%).
1179 William Henry Harrison owned a pet goat while in office.
1180 John Adams had a horse named Cleopatra.
1181 James Madison had a pet parrot who outlived him and his wife.
1182 John Quincy Adams’ wife raised silkworms.
1183 Martin Van Buren was given two tiger cubs while he was president.
1184 William Harrison had a billy goat at the White House.
1185 Franklin Pierce was gifted two small “sleeve dogs” – he kept one and gave the other to Jefferson Davis.
1186 Abraham Lincoln’s son had a pet turkey, which he gave a pardon so it wasn’t killed and eaten.
1187 James Garfield had a dog appropriately named Veto.
1188 William Taft liked milk so much that he had cows graze on the White House lawn, Pauline being the last in history to graze there.
1189 Calvin Coolidge had a bulldog named Boston Beans, a terrier named Peter Pan, and a pet raccoon.
1190 John Kennedy had a pony named Macaroni.
1191 Lyndon Johnson had two beagles, named Him and Her, for which he was criticized for picking up by their ears.
1192 Jimmy Carter had a dog named Grits, a gift given to his daughter Amy.
1193 Bill Clinton had a cat named Socks, which was the first presidential pet to have its own website.
1194 Woodrow Wilson passed the Georgia Bar Exam despite not finishing law school; he also has a PhD.
1195 President Zachary Taylor’s nickname was “Old Rough and Ready” because of his famed war career.
1196 Andrew Jackson was once given a 1,400-pound cheese wheel as a gift, which he served at his outgoing President’s Reception.
1197 Blueberry jelly beans were created for Ronald Reagan’s presidential inauguration in 1981.
1198 Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first Texas-born president.
1199 Lyndon Johnson’s family all had the initials LBJ.
1200 Thomas Jefferson was convinced that if he soaked his feet in a bucket of cold water every day, he’d never get sick.
1201 Gerald Ford worked as a fashion model during college and actually appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan.
1202 Dwight Eisenhower was the only president to serve in both World War I and World War II.
1203 Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.
1204 Calvin Coolidge liked to have his head rubbed with petroleum jelly while eating breakfast in bed, believing it was good for his health.
1205 A portion of Grover Cleveland’s jaw was artificial, composed of vulcanized rubber.
1206 Russia and the United States are less than three miles apart.
1207 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on the Fourth of July in 1826.
1208 Abraham Lincoln’s dog Fido was the first “First Dog” to be photographed.
1209 President Calvin Coolidge owned two lion cubs: Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau.
1210 President Rutherford B. Hayes’ cat Siam was the first Siamese cat in the U.S.
1211 President John Quincy Adams’ pet alligator lived in a White House bathroom.
1212 First Lady Abigail Adams famously wrote, “If you love me…you must love my dog.”
1213 John Adams’ pets Satan and Juno were the first dogs to live in the White House.
1214 Calvin Coolidge walked pet raccoon Rebecca on a leash around the White House.
1215 More presidents have had pet birds than cats.
1216 Thomas Jefferson’s pet mockingbird was trained to eat out of his mouth.
1217 Spotty Bush, an English Springer Spaniel, has been the only presidential pet to live at the White House during two different administrations.
1218 Andrew Jackson was the first president to ride on a railroad train.
1219 Pat Nixon was the first First Lady to wear pants in public.
1220 First Lady Martha Washington was the first American woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp.