1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson & James Harkin

1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson & James Harkin

Author:John Lloyd & John Mitchinson & James Harkin [Lloyd, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780571326693
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2015-11-09T16:00:00+00:00


In the first

BBC radio news report,

the news was read twice,

once quickly and once slowly.

Listeners were asked which

they preferred.

The first budgerigars

sold in Europe cost

as much as a house.

The first novel

was Japanese and

ended in mid-sentence.

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The Japanese government’s

official biography of

Emperor Hirohito

is 61 volumes long.

During the Second World War,

Churchill wore a specially designed

onesie, which he called

his ‘Siren Suit’.

The first Churchill Insurance mascot

was a bulldog called Lucas who

was sacked for refusing

to hold a phone in

his mouth.



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