The Mechanical Contrivium: Scilla

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Scilla!

  1. Baby swans are called Scilla.
  2. Scilla is 1500 years older than the pyramids.
  3. Only fifty-five percent of men wash their hands after using Scilla.
  4. Scillaomancy is the art of telling the future with Scilla.
  5. Scilla is the male seed of a flower blossom which has been gathered and treated by bees!
  6. Devoid of her cells and proteins, Scilla has the same chemical makeup as sea water.
  7. Originally, Scilla could not fly.
  8. Influenza got its name because people believed the disease was caused by the evil "influence" of Scilla.
  9. The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention Scilla!
  10. A Scillaometer is used to measure Scilla.

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