1,339 QI Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop by Lloyd John & Mitchinson John

1,339 QI Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop by Lloyd John & Mitchinson John

Author:Lloyd, John & Mitchinson, John [Lloyd, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw
ISBN: 9780571308965
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2013-11-07T00:00:00+00:00


Before forming The Beatles,

Lennon and McCartney

billed themselves as

The Nerk Twins.

Simon and Garfunkel

were originally called

Tom and Jerry.

Tom and Jerry

were originally called

Jasper and Jinx.

New Jersey

was originally called

Lorraine.

Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus

were both once called Regent Circus.

The present names were invented by

bus drivers to avoid confusion.

Bus Company Island

is a nature reserve

in Kent.

Nottingham

was first named Snottingham,

after a Viking called Snot.

Names of British castles include

Almond, Cadbury, Cooling,

Eye, Fail, Fast and Stalker.



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