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NASA estimates that the near-Earth asteroid, Eros, contains 20 billion tons of gold.

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An estimated 150,000 people die in the UK every year because only 7% of Britons know how to give first aid.

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Neutrinos are 100,000 times smaller than electrons, but there are so many of them that they may outweigh all the visible matter in the universe.

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Stars

It is estimated that there are about 300,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000 stars in the Universe.

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13 Americans have died as a result of laxative overdose.

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All glossy magazines are radioactive.

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The Poke-me-boy tree is a plant that only exists on the Virgin Islands.

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“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.”
H. JACKSON BROWNE

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Platypus

Platypuses mate underwater.

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The most commonly awarded grade at Harvard is an A.

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Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste.

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‘Chopsticks’ was written by a 16-year-old girl.

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Apple Inc. is worth more than Sweden, Poland or Nigeria.

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Leo Fender couldn’t play the guitar.

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Echoes

Extremely sensitive hearing is called ‘hyperacusis’. Sufferers can find normal levels of sound intolerably loud.

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Tümmler is German for a bottle-nosed dolphin.

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Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea, is the world’s youngest head of state.

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It takes four tons of roses (two million flowers) to make 2lb (0.9 kg) of Attar of Roses, the base of the world's most expensive perfumes.

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“The rose has no ‘Why?’ It flowers because it flowers.”
ANGELUS SILESIUS (1624-77)

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Invisibility

In Greek and Roman mythology agate was supposed to confer invisibility, and to turn an enemy's sword upon himself.

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Dog yawns are infectious.

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The founders of Hewlett-Packard flipped a coin to decide which of them would come first in the company name.

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2.8 million American dogs are on antidepressants.

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Newborn babies of both sexes can produce milk.

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The curly part of a corkscrew is called the ‘worm’.

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Migration

Ladybirds migrate from Sicily to Malta.

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At the end of the Second World War, US censors kept the news of Germany’s unconditional surrender secret from the public for 11 hours.

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The world’s shortest snake is four inches long and often mistaken for an earthworm.

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In 1852, artist Luc Maspero killed himself by throwing himself out of the window because he couldn't work out the secret of Mona Lisa's smile.

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“Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.”
JANET LANE

QI Daily | 12 August 2016

Stars

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Platypus

QI Daily | 10 August 2016

Echoes

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Invisibility

QI Daily | 9 August 2016

Migration

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