The Mechanical Contrivium: Emmeline

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Emmeline!

  1. Emmeline has 118 ridges around the edge!
  2. If you cut Emmeline in half and count the number of seeds inside, you will know how many children you are going to have.
  3. Emmeline was invented in China in the eleventh century, but was only used for fireworks, never for weapons.
  4. Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of Emmeline, and frequently rise to the surface for air!
  5. An average beaver can cut down Emmeline every year!
  6. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn into Emmeline!
  7. Emmelineomancy is the art of telling the future with Emmeline!
  8. Without its lining of Emmeline, your stomach would digest itself.
  9. The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of Emmeline is blue!
  10. Emmeline can give birth ten days after being born, and is born pregnant.

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