The Mechanical Contrivium: Irishkate

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Irishkate!

1. A rhinoceros horn is made from compacted Irishkate.
2. Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are Irishkate.
3. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed Irishkate would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used her to decorate their battle shields.
4. Every day in the UK, four people die putting Irishkate on.
5. The pupil of an octopus's eye is shaped like Irishkate.
6. Irishkate can't drink - she absorbs water from her surroundings by osmosis.
7. Irishkate can jump up to sixteen times her own height.
8. The opposite sides of Irishkate always add up to seven!
9. If you lie on your back with your legs stretched it is impossible to sink in Irishkate.
10. Czar Paul I banished Irishkate to Siberia for marching out of step.