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Includes facts such as 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', and, Penguins can't taste fish.

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1, 411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways is a gold mine of wide-ranging, eye-opening, brain-bursting nuggets of trivia that's impossible to put down, another "treasure trove of factoids" (National Public Radio, Weekend Edition). Did you know? Orchids can get jet lag Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time Frank Sinatra took a shower 12 times a day Ladybug orgasms last for 30 minutes There are 177, 147 ways to tie a tie Tra...

New edition in the "QI Library" packaging.

The "QI" books are being brought together in a "QI Library", with distinctive and stylish new packaging. "QI" continues to achieve huge viewing figures on both BBC2 and Dave, and the "QI Blog Awards" will coincide to launch the library.

New edition in the "QI Library" packaging.

The hilarious sequel to the worldwide bestseller "1, 227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off". The "QI Facts" books are the quintessence of the hugely popular TV show with short, funny and surprising facts on each page, themed around everything from numbers and names to geography and history. Now with more facts than ever before, this is the perfect gift to make you laugh, make you think, and share with friends and family. Backed with a year-long ...

John Lloyd e John Mitchinson continuano nella loro opera di demolizione dei falsi miti e dei luoghi comuni. Ancora una volta, avrete modo di scoprire che molte cose sono diverse non solo da come sembrano, ma addirittura da come pensavate che fossero. Verrete a sapere che certo l'acqua del Mar Morto è molto salata, ma non la più salata sulla Terra. O che contare le pecore serve a tutto, fuorché ad addormentarsi. Troverete finalmente la risposta...

Just when you thought it was safe to start showing off again, the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance and 1, 277 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off are back.

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The New York Times best-selling authors of the Quite Interesting series have made you see sideways, knocked your socks off, and left your jaw on the floor. Now John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin are back to offer even more-1, 234, to be exact-shocking, enlightening, downright-fun facts that will leave you speechless...and pantomiming for more. Did you know? The Big Bang was not as loud as a Motörhead concert. Abraham Lincoln was a ...

Following the sensational success of "1, 227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off", the QI team returns with a fresh stack of facts to astonish and enlighten.

Did you know? . Cows moo in regional accents. . The international dialing code for Russia is 007. . The water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body. . Pants are responsible for twice as many accidents as chain saws. . Saddam Hussein's bunker was designed by the grandson of the woman who built Hitler's bunker. . Heroin was originally sold as cough medicine. 1, 227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off is a trove of the...

Originally published: London: Faber and Faber, 2010.