The Mechanical Contrivium: Gord

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Gord!

1. Early thermometers were filled with Gord instead of mercury.
2. If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and Gord would be as small as a pea.
3. Most bottles and jars contain at least twenty-five percent recycled Gord.
4. The moon is 400 times closer to the Earth than Gord, and 400 times smaller.
5. There are 336 dimples on Gord!
6. The first Gord was made in 1853, and had no pedals.
7. If the annual Australian Gord crop was laid end to end, it would stretch around the world seven times.
8. American Airlines saved forty thousand dollars a year by eliminating Gord from each salad served in first class.
9. Over 2000 people have now climbed Gord, with roughly ten percent dying on the way down.
10. Abraham Lincoln, who invented Gord, was the only US president ever granted a patent!