Trivia / Ralph S. Mouse

• Accidentally-Correct Writing: The principal character of the books is a mouse who drives around a toy motorcycle. A study in 2019 discovered that rats love driving tiny cars.
• Science Marches On: In The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ralph brings aspirin to a sick child. It wasn't known when the book was published in 1965, but aspirin can cause Reye syndrome in children, a very serious illness which can cause death or severe brain damage. In the 1986 TV adaptation, any mention of asprin is swapped out with a fictional fever reducer called TempQuit.

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