1,342 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU FLABBERGASTED
Book ID/图书代码： 04560016B95362
English Summary/英文概要： The sock-blasting, jaw-dropping, side-swiping phenomenon that is QI serves up a sparkling new selection of 1,342 facts that will leave you flabbergasted.
1,342 QI Facts coincides with more good news from QI, as Sandi Toksvig takes over the duties as presenter on the double-BAFTA nominated TV show, and the QI Elves’ podcast No Such Thing As A Fish wins its second Chortle award.
The first pencils were used to draw on sheep.
More people work for Walmart than live in Slovenia.
The beaded lacewing stuns its prey by farting on it.
The allies considered dropping glue to stick Nazi troops to the ground.
The only life on Earth for a billion years was a thick layer of slime. Scientists call
it ’the boring billion’.
On the anniversary of landing, the Mars Curiosity rover hummed ’Happy
Birthday’ to itself.
’Flabbergasted’ was first recorded in a 1772 list of new words alongside ’bored’.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 重大新闻，瞠目结舌，知识团队提供了一个展现的让你震惊不已的你未知的1342个科普知识。
- 树木通常在晚上休息
- 谷歌搜索引擎在“如何戴上避孕套”在晚上10点28分达到峰点。
- 土著语言中没有一句是关于时间的。
- 苏格兰有421个单词是关于雪的。
- 表情符号是有史以来发展最快的一种语言。
- 宇航员穿皮带是为了防止裤子掉落。
- 唐纳德的意思是‘统治世界’
- 油罐车在伦敦免收拥堵费
- 反垃圾邮件行业比垃圾邮件行业更为超值。
- 佛罗里达州的猎熊人比熊多。
- 自拍照比鲨鱼更能让人致命。
- 世界上三分之二的死亡没有记录。
- 每到登陆火星周年庆，好奇号探测车会自行发出‘生日快乐歌’的低鸣声。
- 思乡病直到1899年是被英国伦敦皇家医师学院归为一种疾病。
- 三分之一的孩子假装相信圣诞老人能让父母快乐。
- 喝黑咖啡者更有可能是精神病患者。
- 当你脸红时，你的胃可能也衬托着这个颜色。
- 魁地奇球赛（出自《哈利•波特》系列故事），消化饼干和透支都是爱丁堡的发明首创。
- 世界上唯一的康瓦尔郡菜肉烘饼在墨西哥博物馆。
- 没人知道为什么奥斯卡要称呼为奥斯卡。
- 赌城拉斯维加斯为颁奖者举办盛宴。
- 2015年，美国‘国家英雄狗狗奖’的获奖者是一只喵星人。
- 一群独角兽意味着祝福
如果你不相信以上任何一条，或是你想知道更多的这方面科普知识，你可以在www.qi.com找到答案。
（Sandy）
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About the Author/作者介绍： John Lloyd CBE is the creator of QI and founding producer of The News Quiz, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and No Such Thing As The News.
John Mitchinson, QI’s first researcher, used to run the marketing for Waterstones and is the co-founder of award-winning book crowdfunding platform Unbound.
James Harkin, QI’s Head Elf, presents the QI Elves’ podcast No Such Thing As A Fish and BBC 2’s No Such Thing As The News. He also produces The Museum of Curiosity.
Anne Miller, is a scriptwriter and researcher for QI. She is Head Researcher for BBC Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity and writes a literary column for Standard Issue magazine.
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