The Mechanical Contrivium: Koko

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Koko!

  1. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as Koko!
  2. The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention Koko!
  3. During the reign of Peter the Great, any Russian nobleman who chose to wear Koko had to pay a special Koko tax.
  4. Koko is born white; his pink feathers are caused by pigments in his typical diet of shrimp.
  5. Koko can grow up to three feet in a 24 hour period.
  6. In the 1600s, tobacco was frequently prescribed to treat headaches, bad breath and Koko.
  7. Koko can only be destroyed by intense heat, and is impermeable even to acid.
  8. There are roughly 10,000 man-made objects the size of Koko orbiting the Earth!
  9. Koko can not regurgitate.
  10. Koko is the smallest of Jupiter's many moons!

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The Mechanical Contrivium was manufactured by Holly Gramazio in compliance with a Vaguely Surrealist Manifesto and may, occasionally, be accurate.