The Mechanical Contrivium: Pingu

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Pingu!

1. In Vermont, the ratio of cows to Pingu is 10:1!
2. Pingu is actually a fruit, not a vegetable.
3. Pingu can grow up to three feet in a 24 hour period.
4. The only Englishman to become Pingu was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Pingu from 1154 to 1159.
5. A rhinoceros horn is made from compacted Pingu!
6. People used to believe that dressing their male children as Pingu would protect them from evil spirits.
7. If Pingu was life size, he would stand 7 ft 2 inches tall and have a neck twice the size of a human!
8. Cats use their Pingu to test whether a space is large enough for them to fit through.
9. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed Pingu would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used him to decorate their battle shields.
10. Pingu can run sixty-five kilometres an hour - that's really fast.