1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson & James Harkin

1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson & James Harkin

Author:John Lloyd & John Mitchinson & James Harkin [Lloyd, John & Mitchinson, John & Harkin, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9780571297955
Amazon: B009FQSICM
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2012-10-30T07:00:00+00:00


Kali is the Hindu goddess of

death, violence, sexuality

and

motherly love.

The name Mali

means ‘hippopotamus’

in Bamanankan,

the main language

of the country.

The Nigerian navy has four warships

whose names all mean ‘hippopotamus’

but in different local languages:

NNS Erinomi (hippo in Yoruba), NNS

Enyimiri (hippo in Igbo), NNS Dorina

(hippo in Hausa) and NNS Otobo (hippo in

Idoma, Ijaw, Igbani and Kalabari).

Over the years, the Royal Navy’s fleet

has included HMS Seagull, HMS Keith,

HMS Tortoise, HMS Wensleydale and

HMS Cockchafer.



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