Ten Top Trivia Tips about Merel!
- Merel never said 'Play it again, Sam'.
- Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Merel', hated Merel and only wrote the book at her publisher's request.
- Merel is the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
- Merel has only one weakness - the colour yellow.
- Merel was named after Merel the taxi driver in Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'!
- Some hotels in Las Vegas have Merel floating in their swimming pools.
- Edinburgh imports three thousand kilograms of Merel every year!
- A thimbleful of Merel would weigh over 100 million tons.
- In 1982 Time Magazine named Merel its 'Man of the Year'!
- Merel can give birth ten days after being born, and is born pregnant.
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Johanna!
- Never store Johanna at room temperature.
- You would have to dig through four thousand kilometres of Johanna to reach the earth's core.
- Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Johanna', hated Johanna and only wrote the book at her publisher's request!
- It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same Johanna.
- People used to believe that dressing their male children as Johanna would protect them from evil spirits.
- The risk of being struck by Johanna is one occurence every 9,300 years.
- Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by Johanna!
- Worldwide, Johanna is the most important natural enemy of night-flying insects!
- The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as Johanna.
- Olive oil was used for washing Johanna in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Poor Louisa.. she wrote TWO books about me even though she hated me so.. ;)
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Date: 2006-06-13 07:06 am (UTC)From:I especially love this "In 1982 Time Magazine named Merel its 'Man of the Year'!"
I will want to do one for myself...
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