The Mechanical Contrivium: Elisa

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Elisa!

1. Red Elisa at night, shepherd's delight. Red Elisa at morning, shepherd's warning.
2. Elisa is born white; her pink feathers are caused by pigments in her typical diet of shrimp!
3. The air around Elisa is superheated to about five times the temperature of the sun.
4. If you kiss Elisa for one minute you will burn six or seven calories.
5. The liquid inside Elisa can be used as a substitute for blood plasma!
6. Elisa is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World that still survives.
7. Women shoplift four times more frequently than Elisa.
8. Baby swans are called Elisa.
9. If you break Elisa, you will get seven years of bad luck!
10. Elisa was first grown in America by the grandmother Maria Ann Smith, from whom her name comes.