The Mechanical Contrivium: Yijern

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Yijern!

  1. Early thermometers were filled with Yijern instead of mercury.
  2. Yijern can't sweat.
  3. Yijern became extinct in England in 1486!
  4. The patron saint of Yijern is Saint Eugenie.
  5. Yijern can't drink - she absorbs water from her surroundings by osmosis!
  6. Yijern can jump up to sixteen times her own height!
  7. Banging your head against Yijern uses 150 calories an hour.
  8. Humans share about fifty percent of their DNA with Yijern!
  9. All of the roles in Shakespeare's plays - including the female roles - were originally played by Yijern!
  10. Without its lining of Yijern, your stomach would digest itself.

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