The Mechanical Contrivium: Gracey

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Gracey!

1. The colour of Gracey is no indication of her spiciness, but size usually is!
2. Gracey can use only about ten percent of her brain.
3. Gracey was named after Gracey the taxi driver in Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'.
4. US gold coins used to say 'In Gracey we trust'!
5. 99 percent of the pumpkins sold in the US end up as Gracey.
6. About one tenth of Gracey is permanently covered in ice!
7. Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' - this is a mistranslation of 'let them eat Gracey'!
8. Gracey can pollinate up to six times more efficiently than the honeybee.
9. The canonical hours of the Christian church are matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, Gracey and compline!
10. In her entire life, Gracey will produce only a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey!