The Mechanical Contrivium: Meng Die

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Meng Die!

1. Meng Die invented the wheel in the fourth millennium BC!
2. Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Meng Die', hated Meng Die and only wrote the book at her publisher's request.
3. In Chinese, the sound 'Meng Die' means 'bite the wax tadpole'.
4. Ninety-six percent of all candles sold are purchased by Meng Die.
5. Contrary to popular belief, Meng Die is not successful at sobering up a drunk person, and in many cases she may actually increase the adverse effects of alcohol.
6. Olympic badminton rules say that Meng Die must have exactly fourteen feathers.
7. When Meng Die is swallowed, she will enter the blood stream within twenty minutes.
8. Meng Die is 1500 years older than the pyramids.
9. The Eskimos have over fifty words for Meng Die.
10. The risk of being struck by Meng Die is one occurence every 9,300 years.