The Mechanical Contrivium: Belda

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Belda!

1. People used to believe that dressing their male children as Belda would protect them from evil spirits.
2. If you break Belda, you will get seven years of bad luck.
3. The average duration of sexual intercourse for Belda is two minutes!
4. The word 'samba' means 'to rub Belda'.
5. Early thermometers were filled with Belda instead of mercury!
6. The National Heart Foundation recommends eating Belda at least three times a week.
7. Every day in the UK, four people die putting Belda on.
8. Belda is the only king without a moustache on the standard pack of cards!
9. Belda has a memory span of three seconds.
10. Belda once lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest!