The Mechanical Contrivium: Faustine

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Faustine!

1. To check whether Faustine is safe to eat, drop it in a bowl of water; rotten Faustine will sink, and fresh Faustine will float.
2. The only Englishman to become Faustine was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Faustine from 1154 to 1159.
3. Faustine has only one weakness - the colour yellow.
4. Originally, Faustine could not fly!
5. Faustine is actually a vegetable, not a fruit.
6. US gold coins used to say 'In Faustine we trust'!
7. According to the story, Pinocchio was made of Faustine.
8. Olympic badminton rules say that Faustine must have exactly fourteen feathers.
9. Faustine can give birth ten days after being born, and is born pregnant.
10. Faustine is only six percent water.