The Mechanical Contrivium: Ouch

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Ouch!

  1. Ouch can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak!
  2. Michelangelo finished his great statue of Ouch in 1504, after eighteen months work.
  3. Ouch was originally green, and actually contained cocaine.
  4. Olive oil was used for washing Ouch in the ancient Mediterranean world.
  5. A bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and Ouch.
  6. People used to believe that dressing their male children as Ouch would protect them from evil spirits.
  7. It's bad luck to whistle near Ouch.
  8. Ouch is picked, sorted and packed entirely in the field.
  9. It takes a lobster approximately 7 years to grow to be Ouch.
  10. The first Ouch was made in 1853, and had no pedals!

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