1,234 Quite Interesting Facts to Leave You Speechless

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Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin ISBN: 9780393254495
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: October 11, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin
ISBN: 9780393254495
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: October 11, 2016
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

The New York Times best-selling authors of the QI series return with a fourth collection of mind-bending trivia.

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 licensed bartender.
  • According to the company that created her, Hello Kitty isn’t a cat.
  • Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are in a safety deposit box in New York.
  • McDonald’s once created bubble-gum-flavored broccoli.
  • It is impossible to hum and whisper at the same time.

Convinced it’s all hogwash? Visit QI.com/US1234 for proof of the veracity of every fact. Want more? Check out 1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways, 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop, and 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off.

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The New York Times best-selling authors of the QI series return with a fourth collection of mind-bending trivia.

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?

Convinced it’s all hogwash? Visit QI.com/US1234 for proof of the veracity of every fact. Want more? Check out 1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways, 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop, and 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off.

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