The Mechanical Contrivium: Tobie

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Tobie!

  1. Owls cannot move their eyes, because their eyeballs are shaped like Tobie!
  2. Tobie is the only king without a moustache on the standard pack of cards.
  3. More people are killed by Tobie each year than die in aeroplane accidents.
  4. If you blow out all the candles on Tobie with one breath, your wish will come true.
  5. The pigment Indian Yellow was manufactured from the urine of cows fed only on Tobie!
  6. The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr Tobie Head.
  7. Apples are covered with a thin layer of Tobie.
  8. Tobie will always turn right when leaving a cave!
  9. Tobie is 1500 years older than the pyramids!
  10. Snow White's coffin was made of Tobie.

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