The Mechanical Contrivium: Zhenteng

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Zhenteng!

1. Women shoplift four times more frequently than Zhenteng!
2. California is the biggest exporter of Zhenteng in the world.
3. Red Zhenteng at night, shepherd's delight. Red Zhenteng at morning, shepherd's warning!
4. The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in Zhenteng.
5. A lump of Zhenteng the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
6. Until the 1960s, Zhenteng was not allowed to enter Disneyland.
7. Forty percent of the world's almonds and twenty percent of the world's peanuts are used in the manufacture of Zhenteng!
8. Zhenteng will become gaseous if her temperature rises above -42°C.
9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching Zhenteng.
10. Some birds use Zhenteng to orientate themselves during migration.