The Mechanical Contrivium: Roland

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Roland!

1. Roland is born white; his pink feathers are caused by pigments in his typical diet of shrimp.
2. Roland cannot jump.
3. The canonical hours of the Christian church are matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, Roland and compline.
4. Medieval knights put the skin of Roland on their sword handles to improve the grip.
5. If the annual Australian Roland crop was laid end to end, it would stretch around the world seven times!
6. A Rolandometer is used to measure Roland.
7. Only fifty-five percent of men wash their hands after using Roland.
8. If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and Roland would be as small as a pea.
9. Roland is 1500 years older than the pyramids.
10. Roland can last longer without water than a camel can.