Fact6:01PMPowerful acids in snakes’ stomachs mean they will explode if given Alka-Seltzer.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMHot Air BalloonsThe Italian for a hot air balloon is una mongolfiera.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMThe ancient Greeks had no word for religion.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMBlind people are twice as likely to smell things in their dreams as sighted people.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact12:01PMThere is a genus of tiny sea snails called Bittium, and a genus of even tinier ones called Ittibittium.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact10:01AMAn animal the size of an elephant could evolve to an animal the size of a sheep in 100,000 generations, but for an animal the size of a sheep to evolve to the size of an elephant would take 1.6 million generations.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMThere is a drug made from the saliva of the Gila monster that stops you feeling hungry.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMEach of us is surrounded by bacteria that are released from our bodies; everyone’s personal microbial cloud is unique. Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMGothsBram Stoker married Florence Balcombe, who was Oscar Wilde’s first girlfriend.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMThe longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary is ‘tattarrattat’. James Joyce used it in Ulysses: ‘I knew his tattarrattat at the door.’Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMThe names Honda and Toyota derive from Japanese words for different kinds of rice field.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMEaster IslandDNA testing established that the Easter Islanders came from Polynesia.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact12:01PMEvery day, the human body makes 300 billion new cells, three times as many as there are galaxies in the universe.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact10:01AM$1,200,000,000,000 of US money is in circulation, but nobody knows where 85% of it is.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMIn 1976, Ron Wayne, co-founder of Apple, sold his shares for $800; today they would be worth $35 billion.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMQueen VictoriaQueen Victoria had an irrational fear of bishops.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMThe annual awards ceremony of the UK porn industry is called the SHAFTAs.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMPastaBefore unifying Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi was a spaghetti salesman in Uruguay.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact12:01PMA leech can take up to 200 days to digest a meal.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact10:01AMThe giant palm salamander can stick its tongue out 50 times faster than you can blink.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMUranium is 40 times more common than silver and 500 times more common than gold.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMEvery year, a thousand letters arrive in Jerusalem addressed to God.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMIQ TestsIn Rome, the 'genius' was a god-like soul that lay in the foreheads of men. The female equivalent was called the 'iuno'.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMWord of the day: SCREENAGER – a young person who has a particular aptitude for using computers.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMBacteria are about as different from viruses as metronomes are from giraffes.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMLaxativesUntil the 1920's, mental patients were sedated by being fed 'croton oil' - the world's most powerful known laxative.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
