{"id":692,"date":"2015-04-25T17:13:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T00:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=692"},"modified":"2015-04-25T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T00:13:41","slug":"18-fun-facts-about-things-at-the-grocery-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"18 Fun Facts About Things at the Grocery Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some fun facts to brighten your day. \u00a0 \u00a0I&#8217;ve heard of Larry The Cable Guy, but apparently there&#8217;s also Larry The Quaker Oats Guy. \u00a0And I always thought that legally, shouldn&#8217;t Raisin Bran be called Bran With Raisin? \u00a0Kind of like Broccoli Beef can&#8217;t be called Beef Broccoli because it&#8217;s mostly Broccoli, not beef?<\/p>\n<p>Next time you&#8217;re at the bar and want a 7 and 7, order a\u00a0 Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda and Seagrams 7 Crown instead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124339\" title=\"wyngz\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wyngz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The USDA allows the use of the term &#8220;wyngz&#8221; for chicken products that look like wings but contain no wing meat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124340\" title=\"pringles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pringles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124343\" title=\"quaker-oats-larry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/quaker-oats-larry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Quaker Oats guy has a name \u2014 Larry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124341\" title=\"lucky-charms\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/lucky-charms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Cheerios + Circus Peanuts Candy&#8221; may not sound like a winning formula, but that&#8217;s the combo that inspired Lucky Charms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124342\" title=\"ben-jerry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ben-jerry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ben &amp; Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124356\" title=\"barbie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/barbie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Barbie&#8217;s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124344\" title=\"twinkies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/twinkies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Twinkies originally had banana-flavored filling. Hostess switched to vanilla after bananas were rationed during World War II.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124346\" title=\"band-aids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/band-aids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The famous &#8220;I am stuck on Band-Aid&#8230;&#8221; jingle was written by Barry Manilow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124359\" title=\"kool-aid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/kool-aid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kool-Aid was originally marketed as \u201cFruit Smack.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124349\" title=\"coke\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/coke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In 1998, a Georgia teen was suspended for wearing a Pepsi t-shirt at his school&#8217;s &#8220;Coke in Education Day.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124350\" title=\"capn-crunch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/capn-crunch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cap&#8217;n Crunch&#8217;s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124351\" title=\"listerine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/listerine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In 1989, Walmart pulled Listerine off shelves after a woman claimed it burned her mouth. After testing, they restocked it. Turns out that&#8217;s just how Listerine tastes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124357\" title=\"v8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/v8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The eight juices in V8 are tomato, spinach, celery, carrot, beet, lettuce, watercress and parsley.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124352\" title=\"rice-a-roni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/rice-a-roni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Rice-a-Roni (&#8220;The San Francisco Treat&#8221;) was based on an Armenian recipe for rice pilaf.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124353\" title=\"frosted-flakes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/frosted-flakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The same person who sang \u201cYou\u2019re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\u201d was also the voice of Tony the Tiger (Thurl Ravenscroft).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124369\" title=\"7up\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/7up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>7-Up originally had a much catchier name: Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124360\" title=\"two-scoops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/two-scoops.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to Science Creative Quarterly, a more accurate slogan for Kellogg&#8217;s Raisin Bran would be &#8220;Two Scoops (With a Standard Deviation of Roughly 0.4).&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124361\" title=\"pepsi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pepsi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pepsi was originally called &#8220;Brad&#8217;s Drink.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some fun facts to brighten your day. \u00a0 \u00a0I&#8217;ve heard of Larry The Cable Guy, but apparently there&#8217;s also Larry The Quaker Oats Guy. \u00a0And I always thought that legally, shouldn&#8217;t Raisin Bran be called Bran With Raisin? \u00a0Kind of like Broccoli Beef can&#8217;t be called Beef Broccoli because it&#8217;s mostly Broccoli, not beef? 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