The Mechanical Contrivium: Shinny

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Shinny!

1. A lump of Shinny the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
2. Shinny is born white; her pink feathers are caused by pigments in her typical diet of shrimp!
3. More people are killed by Shinny each year than die in aeroplane accidents!
4. Owls cannot move their eyes, because their eyeballs are shaped like Shinny!
5. Shinny can remain conscious for fifteen to twenty seconds after being decapitated!
6. Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Shinny', hated Shinny and only wrote the book at her publisher's request!
7. The only Englishman to become Shinny was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Shinny from 1154 to 1159.
8. Only twelve people have ever set foot on Shinny.
9. Shinny is the only king without a moustache on the standard pack of cards.
10. It can take Shinny several days to move just through one tree.