Fact2:01PMOne third of Russians believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMVegetariansJohn Cage’s composition 0' 0" (1962) is for chopped vegetables and blender.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMHarvard University has the largest ant collection in the world.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMSlum dwellings made up 20% of the houses in London in 1949.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMThe London Underground has made more money from its famous map than it ever has from running trains.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMSea AnemonesActiniform means 'shaped like a sea-anemone'.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMThe US Patent Office insisted on proof that the Ouija board worked before granting the patent in 1891.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMBrass doorknobs disinfect themselves in a process known as the oligodynamic effect.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMIg Nobel PrizesThe 1999 Ig Nobel Peace Prize went to the inventors of cars with flamethrowers that were used to prevent carjacking.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMScientists have just discovered that there are 8 times more trees on earth than we previously thoughtLink to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMHarold Wilson was so poor when he was at university that his mother sent him meat in the post.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMCustomsGiacomo Casanova described the Customs men at Dover as 'extremely tedious, impertinent, indiscreet and even indecent'.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMBeijing, Seoul and Tokyo all mean ‘capital’, in their respective languages.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMThere are no cubes in Cubism. Cézanne's theory was that everything could be broken down into cylinders, spheres and cones.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMFossilsThe word ‘dinosaur’ was coined in 1842 by Richard Owen, who went on to run the Natural History Museum.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMSomeone who is cock-throppled has an extremely prominent Adam’s apple.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMA grasshopper becomes more sociable if you stroke its hind legs.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMKummerspeck (‘grief bacon’) is German for the weight put on from eating too much when feeling sorry for yourself.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMPremature BurialModern safety coffin designs have included heart monitors, breathing apparatus and even video games.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact2:01PMAfter a meal, a Burmese python’s heart grows by 40%.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMBonfire NightUntil 1859 it was compulsory to celebrate Bonfire Night on 5th November.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMIn 1998, 10,113 American women insured themselves against Virgin Birth, at the millennium.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMKarl Lagerfeld’s cat has two maids who write down everything it does in a special book.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMA ‘riot’ in England and Wales must legally involve a minimum of 12 people. Under US federal law it’s only three people and in Nevada only two.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMChocolateA lethal dosage of chocolate for a human being is about 22lb (or 40 bars of Dairy Milk).Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMCharles Darwin’s cousin Francis Galton invented underwater spectacles so he could read in the bath.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMThere are more than 35 places called Lebanon in the USA, at least 38 Springfields, and no fewer than 50 Greenvilles.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMCaravaggioCaravaggio's style may have been how he actually saw the world because of an illness caused by excess adrenaline.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
