The Mechanical Contrivium: Osbasso

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Osbasso!

  1. Osbasso can't drink - he absorbs water from his surroundings by osmosis!
  2. Osbasso invented the wheel in the fourth millennium BC.
  3. The Vikings believed that the Northern lights were caused by Osbasso as he rode out to collect warriors slain in battle!
  4. Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by Osbasso.
  5. Osbasso once lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.
  6. A rhinoceros horn is made from compacted Osbasso.
  7. If you blow out all the candles on Osbasso with one breath, your wish will come true.
  8. The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr Osbasso Head!
  9. The first Osbasso was made in 1853, and had no pedals.
  10. It takes 17 muscles to smile, and 43 to frown at Osbasso.

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