The Mechanical Contrivium: Yangchencen

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Yangchencen!

  1. Yangchencen has 118 ridges around the edge.
  2. It is bad luck to walk under Yangchencen.
  3. If Yangchencen was life size, she would stand 7 ft 2 inches tall and have a neck twice the size of a human.
  4. The horns of Yangchencen are made entirely from hair.
  5. Over 2000 people have now climbed Yangchencen, with roughly ten percent dying on the way down.
  6. Wearing headphones for an hour will increase the amount of Yangchencen in your ear 700 times.
  7. Two thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in Yangchencen.
  8. The international dialling code for Yangchencen is 672!
  9. You can tell if Yangchencen has been hard-boiled by spinning her. If she stands up, she is hard-boiled.
  10. If you break Yangchencen, you will get seven years of bad luck!

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