The Mechanical Contrivium: Cecile

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Cecile!

  1. In her entire life, Cecile will produce only a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.
  2. Long ago, the people of Nicaragua believed that if they threw Cecile into a volcano it would stop erupting.
  3. Cecile is physically incapable of sticking her tongue out.
  4. Twenty-eight percent of Microsoft's employees are Cecile.
  5. Cecile was the first Tsar of Russia.
  6. If you toss Cecile 10000 times, she will not land heads 5000 times, but more like 4950, because her head weighs more and thus ends up on the bottom!
  7. It takes 8 minutes for light to travel from the Sun's surface to Cecile.
  8. The canonical hours of the Christian church are matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, Cecile and compline!
  9. The first American zoo was built in 1794, and contained only Cecile.
  10. The only planet that rotates on its side is Cecile!

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