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9780571297917 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off 

Did you know that: cows moo in regional accents; the entire internet weighs less than a grain of sand; the dialling code from Britain to Russia is 007; potatoes have more chromosomes than human beings; the London Underground has made more money from its famous map than it has from running trains; Tintin is called Tantan in Japanese because TinTin is pronounced 'Chin chin' and means penis; the water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body; Scotland has twice as many pandas as Conservative MPs; Saddam's bunker was designed by the grandson of the woman who built Hitler's bunker; Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machinegun to kill a hedgehog. `1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off` will make you look at the universe (and your socks) in an alarming new way.

 

9780571326686 1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless

The fourth in QI‘s bestselling facts series – 1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless is filled to the brim with astonishing facts that will leave you befuddled, bemused and bewildered.

The QI team have blown your socks off, made your jaw drop and knocked you sideways. Now they return with 1,234 brand-new mind-blowing facts that will leave you utterly speechless.

Did you know:

Flowers get suntans.

Denmark imports prisoners.

Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.

The Republic of Ireland first got postcodes in 2015.

Martin Luther King Jr got a C+ in Public Speaking.

No one in the UK dies of ‘natural causes’.

Penguins can’t taste fish.

 

9780571308941 1,339 QI Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop

1,399 QI Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin is packed with even more fascinating facts.

Whilst you're bending over to grab your socks following the succes of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, don't forget pick up your jaw as the QI team returns with a fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten.

Did you know that:

Pigs suffer from anorexia.

It is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit.

The first computer mouse was made of wood.

Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie.

Lord Kitchener had four spaniels called Shot, Bang, Miss and Damn.

J. K Rowling has no middle name.

 

9780571317776 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways

1,411 QI Facts to Knock You Sideways, by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin, contains all-new facts from the QI team to astonish, delight and enlighten.

1,227 QI Facts blew your socks off. 1,339 QI Facts made your jaw drop. Now the QI team return with this year's groaning sack of astonishment. Prepare to be knocked sideways...

Did you know that:

Orchids can get jetlag.

Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time.

There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie.

Ladybird orgasms last for 30 minutes.

Traffic lights existed before cars.

Sir Bruce Forsyth is four months older than sliced bread.

The soil in your garden is 2 million years old.

 

9780571339105 1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over

The sixth book in the bestselling series brings bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI.

Did you know that:

Iceland imports ice cubes.

A group of ladybirds is called a loveliness.

It is illegal in Saudi Arabia to name a child Sandi.

Eight billion particles of fog can fit into a teaspoon.

People who read books live longer than people who don’t.

Prince Philip was born on a kitchen table in Corfu.

No human beings have ever had sex in space.

Netfiix’s biggest competitor is sleep.

Mice sigh up to 40 times an hour.