1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over
John Lloyd author Anne Miller author James Harkin author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:5th Oct '17
Should be back in stock very soon
Bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI. This is the sixth book in the bestselling series.
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.
'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans
The sixth book in the bestselling series brings bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI.
Did you know that:
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.
Netfiix's biggest competitor is sleep.
Mice sigh up to 40 times an hour.
ISBN: 9780571339105
Dimensions: 178mm x 111mm x 28mm
Weight: 315g
400 pages
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