1,234 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU SPEEC

Lloyd, John, Mitchinson, John, Harkin, James

ISBN 10: 0571326684 / ISBN 13: 9780571326686

Published by Faber & Faber Non-Fiction

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1,234 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU SPEEC
• Publisher: Faber & Faber Non-Fiction
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571326684
• ISBN 13: 9780571326686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans

The fourth in QI's bestselling facts series - 1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless is filled to the brim with astonishing facts that will leave you befuddled, bemused and bewildered.

The QI team have blown your socks off, made your jaw drop and knocked you sideways. Now they return with 1,234 brand-new mind-blowing facts that will leave you utterly speechless.

Did you know:

Flowers get suntans.

Denmark imports prisoners.

Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.

The Republic of Ireland first got postcodes in 2015.

Martin Luther King Jr got a C+ in Public Speaking.

No one in the UK dies of 'natural causes'.

Penguins can't taste fish.

About the Authors

John Lloyd CBE is the creator of QI and founding producer of The News Quiz, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and No Such Thing As The News.

John Mitchinson is from the world of books. The original Marketing Director of Waterstone's, he became Managing Director of Cassell, where he published The Beatles, Michael Palin and Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and now runs Unbound. He's with Einstein: 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.'

James Harkin is a senior researcher, writer and script-editor for the BBC's QI, and one-fourth of the award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish. He has authored 13 books with the QI Elves and toured sell-out shows across the world, from the London Palladium to the Sydney Opera House. He is a long-suffering fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars.