The line about the Swiss, the Borgias and the cuckoo clock is kind-of inaccurate. The cuckoo clock comes from the Black Forest region of Germany, not Switzerlan

The line about the Swiss, the Borgias and the cuckoo clock is kind-of inaccurate. The cuckoo clock comes from the Black Forest region of Germany, not Switzerland. However, the quote is true in spirit when you realise that the Swiss did not invent even the cuckoo clock.