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1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Offby John Lloyd and John Mitchinson and James Harkin
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Did you know that cows moo in regional accents; the international dialing code for Russia is 007; Tintin is called Tantan in Japanese because Tintin is pronounced “Chin chin” and means penis; the water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body; pants are responsible for twice as many accidents as chainsaws; 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 provides readers with a trove of the strangest, funniest, and most improbable tidbits of knowledge—all painstakingly researched and distilled to a brilliant and shocking clarity. It’s required reading, both for fans of the General Ignorance series and for lovers of trivia everywhere.
Synopsis:From the creators of the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI and the best-selling Book of General Ignorance: 1,227 mind-bending facts.
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• 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. VideoAbout the AuthorJohn Lloyd is the creator of the BBC quiz panel show QI (Quite Interesting). He lives in Oxfordshire. John Mitchinson is the director of research for the BBC quiz panel show QI (Quite Interesting). He lives in Oxfordshire. James Harkin is senior researcher for QI and lives in London.
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