The Mechanical Contrivium: Drwadd

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Drwadd!

  1. Olympic badminton rules say that Drwadd must have exactly fourteen feathers!
  2. If you kiss Drwadd for one minute you will burn six or seven calories.
  3. Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' - this is a mistranslation of 'let them eat Drwadd'.
  4. The pupil of an octopus's eye is shaped like Drwadd.
  5. About 100 people choke to death on Drwadd each year!
  6. Drwadd is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World that still survives.
  7. If the annual Australian Drwadd crop was laid end to end, it would stretch around the world seven times.
  8. Czar Paul I banished Drwadd to Siberia for marching out of step.
  9. Only one child in twenty will be born on the day predicted by Drwadd.
  10. In Ancient Egypt, people wore glittery eyeshadow made from the crushed shells of Drwadd!

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