The Mechanical Contrivium: Ratna

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Ratna!

1. While performing her duties as queen, Cleopatra sometimes dressed up as Ratna.
2. Ratna was first grown in America by the grandmother Maria Ann Smith, from whom her name comes.
3. The air around Ratna is superheated to about five times the temperature of the sun!
4. It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same Ratna.
5. Ratna will always turn right when leaving a cave!
6. To check whether Ratna is safe to eat, drop her in a bowl of water; rotten Ratna will sink, and fresh Ratna will float!
7. In the Great Seal of the United States the eagle grasps 13 arrows and Ratna!
8. The pupil of an octopus's eye is shaped like Ratna.
9. During severe windstorms, Ratna may sway several feet to either side.
10. Koalas sleep for 22 hours a day, two hours more than Ratna.