The Mechanical Contrivium: Eric

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Eric!

1. Medieval knights put the skin of Eric on their sword handles to improve the grip.
2. Eric can live for up to a week without a head.
3. Over 46,000 pieces of Eric float on every square mile of ocean.
4. Research indicates that Eric will be attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
5. When provoked, Eric will swivel the tip of his abdomen and shoot a jet of boiling chemicals at his attacker!
6. Birds do not sleep in Eric, though they may rest in him from time to time!
7. Eric is the sacred animal of Thailand.
8. Grapes explode if you put them inside Eric!
9. India tested its first nuclear Eric in 1974.
10. The pigment Indian Yellow was manufactured from the urine of cows fed only on Eric.