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2,024 QI Facts To Stop You In Your Tracks

2,024 QI Facts To Stop You In Your Tracks

by John LloydJames Harkin and Anne Miller
Hardback
Publication Date: 24/10/2018

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A bumper final edition of the most surprising, amazing, and hilarious facts on the planet from the clever-clogs at QI.

The mind-boggling, sock-popping, rib-tickling phenomenon that is QI have outdone themselves with this especially huge collection of facts, including:

Humans glow in the dark. 'Clinomania' is the overwhelming desire to stay in bed. In 17th Century Japan people warmed their feet by putting chilli peppers in their socks.

Mrs Beeton published a recipe for a toast sandwich. Wheat has over five times as much DNA as humans. Less than 5% of the world's population lives in a genuine democracy.

The word 'school' comes from a Greek word meaning 'free time'. Ten out of the 12 water companies in the UK still make use of divining rods. Coral can drown.

ISBN:
9780571348961
9780571348961
Category:
Trivia & quiz question books
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
24-10-2018
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
576
Dimensions (mm):
178x111x40mm
Weight:
0.46kg
John Lloyd

Led by Chief Gnome John Lloyd, the QI Elves are the team of writers behind BBC Two's smash hit panel show QI.

They have authored over twenty books, reached the semi-finals of BBC Two's Only Connect and had over 250 million listens on their podcast No Such Thing as a Fish.

James Harkin

James Harkin, QI's Head Elf, presents the QI Elves' podcast No Such Thing As A Fish and BBC 2's No Such Thing As The News.

He also produces The Museum of Curiosity.

Anne Miller

Anne Miller is a scriptwriter and researcher for QI.

She is Head Researcher for BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity and writes a literary column for Standard Issue magazine.

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