The Mechanical Contrivium: Alpheus

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Alpheus!

1. California is the biggest exporter of Alpheus in the world!
2. A lump of Alpheus the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
3. About 100 people choke to death on Alpheus each year.
4. Only fifty-five percent of men wash their hands after using Alpheus.
5. If Alpheus was life size, he would stand 7 ft 2 inches tall and have a neck twice the size of a human.
6. Only one person in two billion will live to be Alpheus!
7. Over half of Americans are officially Alpheus.
8. The deepest part of Alpheus is over 35,000 feet deep!
9. Alpheus was invented in China in the eleventh century, but was only used for fireworks, never for weapons.
10. The Australian billygoat plum contains a hundred times more Vitamin C than Alpheus.