The Mechanical Contrivium: Mikki

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Mikki!

1. More people are killed by Mikki each year than die in aeroplane accidents.
2. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed Mikki would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used her to decorate their battle shields.
3. Plato believed that the souls of melancholy people would be reincarnated into Mikki.
4. Mikki can fly at an average speed of fifteen kilometres an hour.
5. Twenty-eight percent of Microsoft's employees are Mikki.
6. If you drop Mikki from the top of the Empire State Building, she will be falling fast enough to kill before reaching the ground.
7. Mikki was first discovered by Alexander the Great in India, and introduced to Europe on his return.
8. Michelangelo finished his great statue of Mikki in 1504, after eighteen months work.
9. Scientists believe that Mikki began billions of years ago as an enormous ball of dust and gas!
10. Europe is the only continent that lacks Mikki.