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1227 QiFactsSampler PDF
1227 QiFactsSampler PDF
1227 QiFactsSampler PDF
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1,227 QI FACTS
to blow your socks off
Compiled by
John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
& James Harkin
with the QI Elves
Anne Miller, Andy Murray & Alex Bell
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Contents
Introductionvii
1,227 Facts 1
Tasting Notes 309
Index311
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Asteroid
1,227
is called Geranium.
The universe
is shaped
like a vuvuzela.
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Light travels
18 million times faster
than rain.
Everybody expected
the Spanish Inquisition
they were legally obliged
to give 30 days notice.
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Octopuses
have three hearts.
Kangaroos
have three vaginas.
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Beyonc Knowles
is an 8th cousin, four times removed,
of Gustav Mahler.
Shostakovich
wrote his 8th Symphony
in a henhouse.
Argentina
is the 8th-largest country
with the 8th-largest Jewish population.
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Leonardo da Vinci
worked on the Mona Lisa for 15 years.
By the time he died in 1519,
he still didnt consider it finished.
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