1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over

The eye-popping, gob-smacking, rib-tickling phenomenon that is QI serves up a brand new selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over. 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 Netflix's biggest competitor is sleep Mice sigh up to 40 times an hour

About the author

John Lloyd CBE is the creator of QI and founding producer of The News Quiz, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and No Such Thing As The News.James Harkin is QI's Senior Researcher and Script Editor and is one of the presenters of the number one podcast No Such Thing As A Fish.

Summary

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 were ham; and, Iceland has more volcanoes than footballers.

Product details

• Authors: James Harkin, John Lloyd, Anne Miller, Mitchins, John Mitchinson
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780571339105
• ISBN: 978-0-571-33910-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; HUMOR / General, REFERENCE / Encyclopedias, Hobbies, quizzes & games, Trivia & quiz question books, TV tie-in humour, Humour collections & anthologies, Hobbies, quizzes and games, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Trivia