Since 2002, the tea maker has been slinging bottle-cap factoids. Some are true, some are outright false, and plenty others are incomplete or ambiguous to the point of absurdity. But it's easy to pluck out the spurious ones with a search engine and the right kind of bullshit detector. read more
List of false Snapple “Real Facts” #1 “A goldfish’s attention span is three seconds.” This theory was tested by Discovery Channel’s MythBusters. The experiment consisted of training several goldfish to complete a maze. They concluded that a goldfish’s attention span and memory retention lasts well over 3 seconds. read more
"Q" is the only letter in the alphabet not appearing in the name of any U.S. state. Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space. Lake Superior is the world's largest lake. read more
Though Falk says some “Real Facts” have been retired, it's not clear from the website which ones are no longer in circulation. There are even contradictions. Snapple claims in separate “Real Facts” that both Manhattan (#399) and Philadelphia (#662) were the first capital of the United States. read more