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There are more ancient Egyptian obelisks in Rome than in Egypt.
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Word of the Day: STUMBLEBUM — an inept person.
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This year, the Minnesota Transportation Department again selected new names for eight snowploughs from the ideas provided by the public. The winning entries include No More Mr Ice Guy, Scoop Dogg and Ctrl Salt Delete.
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One of the early typewriters, patented by Samuel W. Francis in 1857, was known as ‘the literary piano’. [📷: Division of Work and Industry, NMAH, Smithsonian.]
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A CHEWBACCA DEFENSE is when a lawyer just tries to confuse the jury, instead of trying to convince them of anything.
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The average Briton will lose 756 socks in their lifetime.
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"In all of human history, there has never been more damage done than by people who thought they were doing the right thing." CHARLES SCHULZ
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In 1969, a drunk Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea.
Henry Kissinger countermanded the order and told the Joint Chiefs to wait until the president had sobered up to make any decisions.
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Word of the day: HOUSE-DOVE (16th century) - a person who prefers to stay at home rather than go out
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In 2006, an experiment with different cycling gear found drivers gave an average of 14.1cm more space when overtaking a cyclist wearing a long blonde wig.
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We'll be honest, this is probably our favourite ever QI credit.
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Ian Fleming went to a prep school in Dorset near an area called Spyway and next to the estate of the Bond family whose motto is ‘Non Sufficit Orbis’, which means ‘The World Is Not Enough’.
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UNICEF has recently made Patron, Ukraine’s mine-sniffing Jack Russell Terrier, its first Goodwill Ambassadog.
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This dog from Tbilisi, Georgia is featured on Google Maps where she has several five star reviews. (h/t and image: Egor Mikhailov).
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Word of the day: FREUDENFREUDE - joy in other people's success
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A French man has recently won a court case affirming his right not to be "fun" at work.
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QI Factvent Calendar Day One!
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Some of the funniest stuff in the QI studio happens before the episode recording even begins. As a Friday treat, here's a behind-the-scenes compilation of the best pre-show banter from Series T! #QI
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Scientists discovered the pale giant oak aphid in Central Europe in 2012 but didn’t realise the UK had a population for eight years because ants were keeping them in secret farms.
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You retain information better if it is accompanied by a pun.
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‘There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, “Do trousers matter?”’
‘The mood will pass, sir.’
P. G. WODEHOUSE
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98.4% of Twitter users who announced they were moving to Mastodon are still on Twitter.
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For four years, the US state of Nebraska was last on a list of states that tourists are interested in visiting.
The Nebraska Tourism Commission then adopted the slogan “Nebraska: honestly, it’s not for everyone.”
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In 2016, Yukon Territory, Canada rolled out a campaign to remind residents that they should make sure to get enough vitamin D.
The campaign's tagline was "we all need the D".
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