1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off / compiled by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin ; with the QI Elves Anne Miller, Andy Murray, and Alex Bell.

Author
Lloyd, John, 1951- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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First American edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
xi, 334 pages ; 19 cm

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    Did you know? Cows moo in regional accents. The international dialing code for Russia is 007. The water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body. Pants are responsible for twice as many accidents as chain saws. Saddam Hussein's bunker was designed by the grandson of the woman who built Hitler's bunker. Heroin was originally sold as cough medicine. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off is a trove of the strangest, funniest, and most improbable tidbits of knowledge--all painstakingly researched and distilled to a brilliant and shocking clarity.
    Notes
    • Includes index.
    • First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Faber and Faber under the title 1,227 QI facts to blow your socks off.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Other title(s)
    • One thousand two hundred twenty-seven quite interesting facts to blow your socks off
    • Twelve hundred twenty-seven quite interesting facts to blow your socks off
    • Facts to blow your socks off
    • 1,227 QI facts to blow your socks off.
    ISBN
    • 9780393241037 ((hbk.))
    • 0393241033 ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2013026926
    OCLC
    829738465
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