The Mechanical Contrivium: Blinky

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Blinky!

  1. In the 1600s, tobacco was frequently prescribed to treat headaches, bad breath and Blinky!
  2. Banging your head against Blinky uses 150 calories an hour.
  3. Europe is the only continent that lacks Blinky.
  4. Grapes explode if you put them inside Blinky!
  5. The first domain name ever registered was Blinky.com.
  6. The fingerprints of Blinky are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
  7. A lump of Blinky the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
  8. Blinky is the sacred animal of Thailand.
  9. Blinky invented the wheel in the fourth millennium BC.
  10. Blinky is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.

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