The Mechanical Contrivium: Words

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Words!

  1. Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of words in a day.
  2. The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armour raised their visors to reveal words.
  3. If you toss words 10000 times, they will not land heads 5000 times, but more like 4950, because their head weighs more and thus ends up on the bottom!
  4. In the Spanish edition of Cluedo, words are the victim.
  5. Words can be very poisonous if injected intravenously.
  6. Contrary to popular belief, words are not successful at sobering up a drunk person, and in many cases they may actually increase the adverse effects of alcohol!
  7. All gondolas in Venice must be painted black unless they belong to words.
  8. The smelly fluid secreted by skunks is colloquially known as words.
  9. In the kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become words on New Year's Day.
  10. Words can run sixty-five kilometres an hour - that's really fast.

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