The Mechanical Contrivium: Barbossa

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Barbossa!

  1. Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by Barbossa!
  2. Three seagulls flying overhead are a warning that Barbossa is near!
  3. If Barbossa was life size, he would stand 7 ft 2 inches tall and have a neck twice the size of a human.
  4. Barbossa is the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
  5. Barbossa invented the wheel in the fourth millennium BC.
  6. The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as Barbossa!
  7. By tradition, a girl standing under Barbossa cannot refuse to be kissed by anyone who claims the privilege.
  8. Over 2000 people have now climbed Barbossa, with roughly ten percent dying on the way down.
  9. Wearing headphones for an hour will increase the amount of Barbossa in your ear 700 times.
  10. In a pinch, the skin from a shark can be used as Barbossa!

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The Mechanical Contrivium was manufactured by Holly Gramazio in compliance with a Vaguely Surrealist Manifesto and may, occasionally, be accurate.