Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddy with.

Miley Cyrus GatoradeThe added ingredients in sports drinks only benefit those who engage in extreme workouts.

It's important for anyone who exercises to imbibe water, which is the primary ingredient in any sports drink. However, according to nutrition experts, the sodium, potassium and sugar that differentiates Gatorade and its ilk from straight H20 doesn't actually "ade" most folks who are working up a sweat. That's because the body of the typical exerciser has already received enough of these added nutrients and minerals from his or her regular diet to make up for what they lose during a workout.

"Sports drinks are [meant] for an hour to an hour-and-a-half or more of hard exercise, like a 100-mile bike ride or a 10-mile run," Nancy Clark, the author of "Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook," told The Los Angeles Times.

That seems to make sense. However, if some fancy-schmancy nutritionist tries to claim that Gatorade doesn't really help quell hangovers, we're calling B.S.