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The QI elves are the clever clogs researchers behind the smash hit panel show QI. Every Wednesday they appear on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show and they answer the ponderings and wonderings of BBC Radio 2's most inquisitive listeners. Why isn't a unicorn called a unihorn? Who first ...put the alphabet in alphabetical order? How much water would you need to put out the sun? When, and exactly why, did salted caramel ice cream become so popular? Ever Wondered Why? features the QI Elves' answers to two hundred questions on topics ranging from goosebumps to gherkins and everything in-between. Generously sprinkled with mind-boggling extra facts from the Elves, this is essential reading for the incurably curious. Read more
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Inlcudes facts such as 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 and more. Read more
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Includes some of the facts such as: 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 ma...p than it has from running trains and more. Read more
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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 Co...rfu No human beings have ever had sex in space Netflix's biggest competitor is sleep Mice sigh up to 40 times an hour Read more
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Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? This book gathers 180 questions that featured on the BBC TV programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anythin...g at all. Read more
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Presents a selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over. This title includes facts such as: Bees can play football; cholesterol is good for you; camels gave humans the common cold; English has 3,000 words relating to drunkenness; in 1851 all the 436,800 sandwiches sold in London wer...e ham; and, Iceland has more volcanoes than footballers. Read more
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Part of the bestselling QI series, this collection is chock full of 1,342 witty, weird and downright flabbergasting facts, chosen by the QI Elves.
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By Harkin, James
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A thought-provoking examination of the phenomenon of online social networking, its history and the implications for its users and society at large
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Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie. It is impossible to whistle in a spacesuit. J K Rowling has no middle name. The first computer mouse was made of wood. Following the success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, this title brings together a ...fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten. Read more
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By Harkin, James
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* An eye-opening analysis of why big business has failed to sell to the mainstream, in the tradition of Chris Anderson's THE LONG TAIL
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