The Mechanical Contrivium: Erica

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Erica!

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