The Mechanical Contrivium: Stretch

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Stretch!

1. Stretch kept at the window will keep vampires at bay.
2. It's bad luck to put Stretch on a bed!
3. If you chew gum while peeling Stretch then it will stop you from crying.
4. Stretch is the only bird that can swim but not fly.
5. In 1982 Time Magazine named Stretch its 'Man of the Year'.
6. The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention Stretch!
7. The moon is 400 times closer to the Earth than Stretch, and 400 times smaller.
8. Stretch is incapable of sleep.
9. While performing her duties as queen, Cleopatra sometimes dressed up as Stretch!
10. Ostriches stick their heads in Stretch not to hide but to look for water!