The Mechanical Contrivium: Ris

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Ris!

  1. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover up Ris.
  2. Some people in Malaysia bathe their babies in beer to protect them from Ris!
  3. US gold coins used to say 'In Ris we trust'.
  4. A thimbleful of Ris would weigh over 100 million tons.
  5. If you put a drop of liquor on Ris, she will go mad and sting herself to death.
  6. The only Englishman to become Ris was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Ris from 1154 to 1159.
  7. It's bad luck to put Ris on a bed.
  8. Risomancy is the art of telling the future with Ris!
  9. It takes more than 500 peanuts to make Ris!
  10. In 1982 Time Magazine named Ris its 'Man of the Year'!

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