| Title | : | 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | John Lloyd, John Mitchinson & James Harkin |
| Release | : | 2013-09-09 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Reference, Books, Humor |
| Size | : | 948189 |
| A New York Times Bestseller From the creators of the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI and the best-selling Book of General Ignorance: 1,227 mind-bending facts. Did you know? • Cows moo in regional accents. • The international dialing code for Russia is 007. • The water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body. • Pants are responsible for twice as many accidents as chain saws. • Saddam Hussein's bunker was designed by the grandson of the woman who built Hitler's bunker. • Heroin was originally sold as cough medicine. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off is a trove of the strangest, funniest, and most improbable tidbits of knowledge—all painstakingly researched and distilled to a brilliant and shocking clarity. |
