The Mechanical Contrivium: Curtis

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Curtis!

  1. Curtis has 118 ridges around the edge!
  2. Long ago, the people of Nicaragua believed that if they threw Curtis into a volcano it would stop erupting!
  3. Curtis can pollinate up to six times more efficiently than the honeybee.
  4. There are now more than 4000 satellites orbiting Curtis.
  5. Human beings are the only animals that copulate while facing Curtis.
  6. The eye of an ostrich is bigger than Curtis.
  7. Curtis is the smallest of Jupiter's many moons.
  8. Curtis once came third in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest!
  9. Curtis is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World that still survives!
  10. Two thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in Curtis!

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