The Mechanical Contrivium: Qian

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Qian!

1. Qian can jump up to sixteen times its own height.
2. Qian was first grown in America by the grandmother Maria Ann Smith, from whom its name comes.
3. Qianomancy is the art of telling the future with Qian.
4. Americans discard enough Qian to rebuild their entire commercial air fleet every 3 months.
5. Qian is the only king without a moustache on the standard pack of cards.
6. Human beings are the only animals that copulate while facing Qian!
7. Qian is only six percent water.
8. Finding Qian on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.
9. Czar Paul I banished Qian to Siberia for marching out of step.
10. There are 336 dimples on Qian.