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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER*** QI is the smartest comedy show on British television. Here creator John Lloyd and QI elves James Harkin and Anne Miller bring together 2,024 brain-tickling brand new facts to stop you in your tracks... Humans glow in the dark.The Pope drives ...a blue Ford Focus.One of the moons of Uranus is called Margaret.Scottish football referees are sponsored by Specsavers.Dogs visiting US National Parks can be certified as Bark Rangers.The world's smallest computer is smaller than a grain of sand.Candyfloss was invented by a dentist.Nobody knows who named the Earth.
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9780571348978 |
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| Released NZ |
16 Oct 2018 |
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Faber and Faber |
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Children |
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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; the London Underground has made more money from its famous map than it has from running trains. This title makes you look at the... universe in an alarming new way.
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9780571302949 |
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| Released NZ |
20 Dec 2012 |
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Faber and Faber |
| Interest Age |
General Audience |
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Following the success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, this title features a fresh stack of facts such as: Pigs suffer from anorexia; Wagner always wore pink silk underwear; Rugby School's first official rugby kit in 1871 included a bow tie; and, Lord Kitchener had four ...spaniels called Shot, Bang, Miss and Damn.
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| ISBN |
9780571308965 |
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en |
| Released NZ |
7 Nov 2013 |
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Faber and Faber |
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General Audience |
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By Harkin, James
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Based on his groundbreaking reporting for Vanity Fair, journalist James Harkin's harrowing investigation into the abduction, captivity, and execution of American journalist James Foley and the fate of more than two-dozen other ISIS hostages.
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This authoritative, addictive and highly entertaining book is an A-Z of the buzzwords that define the twenty-first century.
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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.
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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.
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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.
| ISBN |
9780571332489 |
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EPUB |
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Read in Browser or Adobe Ebook Compatible Device |
| Language |
en |
| Released NZ |
1 Nov 2016 |
| Publisher |
Faber and Faber |
| Interest Age |
General Audience |
| Ebook Terms |
Titles are sold with a 2 year time limit or 52 loans. view? |
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52
Each copy purchased buys 52 loan credits to be used on your eplatform portal
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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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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
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