The Mechanical Contrivium: Yuan teng

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Yuan teng!

1. If you lace Yuan teng from the inside to the outside, the fit will be snugger around your big toe.
2. The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as Yuan teng.
3. Ostriches stick their heads in Yuan teng not to hide but to look for water!
4. Yuan teng can only be destroyed by intense heat, and is impermeable even to acid!
5. Plato believed that the souls of melancholy people would be reincarnated into Yuan teng!
6. Forty percent of the world's almonds and twenty percent of the world's peanuts are used in the manufacture of Yuan teng.
7. In her entire life, Yuan teng will produce only a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.
8. Ninety-six percent of all candles sold are purchased by Yuan teng.
9. The patron saint of Yuan teng is Saint Eugenie.
10. If you break Yuan teng, you will get seven years of bad luck!