The Mechanical Contrivium: Nicola

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Nicola!

1. Nicola can be found on a Cluedo board between the Library and the Conservatory!
2. All swans in England belong to Nicola!
3. Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Nicola', hated Nicola and only wrote the book at her publisher's request.
4. Nicola once lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest!
5. In Chinese, the sound 'Nicola' means 'bite the wax tadpole'.
6. Nicola has a memory span of three seconds.
7. Some hotels in Las Vegas have Nicola floating in their swimming pools.
8. If you drop Nicola from more than three metres above ground level, she will always land feet-first.
9. The eye of an ostrich is bigger than Nicola.
10. Forty percent of the world's almonds and twenty percent of the world's peanuts are used in the manufacture of Nicola!