Fact6:01PMThe name sign of the town of Lost in Aberdeenshire is the only one in Britain that is welded to its pole.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMSea AnemonesActiniform means 'shaped like a sea-anemone'.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMFor water to flow 100 metres through the ground down a 1° slope takes 5 days through gravel, 13.7 years through sand and 137,000 years through clay.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMFor 500 years from the 13th century, 70% of Englishmen were called Robert, John, Thomas, Richard or William.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMAnteatersEach anteater eats about 35,000 ants and termites each day.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AM400 million gallons of raw sewage flow out of New York every yearLink to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMAn Atlantic salmon’s sense of smell is 1,000 times better than a dog’s.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMBritish troops in India during the Second World War were issued with the memorable advice: ‘Defeat the Axis, Use Prophylaxis’.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMThe American Front PorchOne theory of the origin of the term ‘shotgun house’ is that you could fire a shotgun clean though it without hitting anything.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMThe name Mali means ‘hippopotamus’ in Bamanankan, the main language of the country.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMThere are beetles named after Darth Vader, Kate Winslet and Adolf Hitler.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMKeyboardsThe average keyboard contains 3,295 microbes per square inch.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMModern fishing lines can be up to 75 miles long.Link to this itemShareMore from @qikipedia
Fact8:01PMIn 2011, only nine of the 62 owners, of apartments in One Hyde Park, London, the world’s most expensive block of flats, paid any council tax.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact6:01PMIn 2013, a PayPal computer error briefly made a man in Pennsylvania the richest person in the world.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic5:01PMMonksA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of other monks.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact4:01PMAncient Egyptian lettuce contained the same active ingredient as cocaine.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Fact2:01PMPrince Charles runs his car on biofuel made from wine.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
Topic12:01PMNominative Determinism Dallas Raines and Storm Field are real US weather forecasters.Find out more at the QI EncyclopaediaLink to this itemShareSource
Fact10:01AMIn 2014, a pair of underpants donated by the mayor of Brussels was stolen from the Brussels Underpants Museum.Link to this itemShareSourceMore from @qikipedia
