Topic12:01PMNorth KoreaInstead of Christmas, North Koreans celebrate the birthday of Kim Jong Il’s mother Kim Jong Suk.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMEight times as many people belong to the National Trust as to the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties combined.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMSciapodous adj. Having feet large enough to be used as umbrellas.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMMangoesBorneo has the world's largest number of species of mango, but not the world's largest number of mango trees.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMThere are chemicals called arsole, urantae, fucol, dogcollarane, apatite and cummingtonite.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMThe first ever webcam was in the computer lab at Cambridge University. It was trained on the coffee pot in the corridor to save the scientists making pointless trips when it had run out.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMRobotsThe first person to be killed by a robot was called Robbie Williams.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMIt’s a Wonderful Life won just one Oscar: for Technical Achievement in developing a new kind of artificial snow.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMNetballIn the modern era both amateur and professional boxing have a lower injury rate than netball.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMIn 2007, 210,000 Americans were injured by lawnmowers.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMJenny, the ship’s cat on the Titanic, did not survive the sinking.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMHaunted HousesIn 1804, George III stepped in to acquit a man who had shot another man, dressed all in white, who he thought to be a ghost.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMTyrannosaurus rex (65 million years ago) is closer in time to us than to Diplodocus (150 million years ago).Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMA nematode worm’s brain is shaped like a doughnut.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMHomer’s epics were originally set to music.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMThe Old BaileyFamous Old Bailey trials include those of Oscar Wilde, Dr Crippen, the Krays and Peter Sutcliffe (the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’).Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMAll human sperm rotate their tails anticlockwise when swimmingLink to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact10:01AMNaughty racehorse names that managed to escape the Jockey Club censor include Hoof Hearted, Peony’s Envy, Wear The Fox Hat and Sofa Can Fast.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMHitler’s home phone number was listed in Who’s Who until 1945. It was Berlin 11 6191.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMDrips and DropsAn ‘eavesdrop’ is the spot by a house where water falls off the roof, and also the spot to stand in to hear what’s going on inside.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMThe Greek god Atlas had an aunt called Doris.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMA 12.5-stone man contains 110,000 calories.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMLucky EscapesThe 1902 eruption of Mt Pelée killed 40,000. One of only three survivors was a convict locked in an underground cell, which saved his life.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
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