The Resource 1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off, compiled by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin with the QI elves Anne Miller, Andy Murray, and Alex Bell
1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off, compiled by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin with the QI elves Anne Miller, Andy Murray, and Alex Bell
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xi, 334 pages
- Note
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- Includes index
- First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Faber and Faber under the title 1,227 QI facts to blow your socks off
- Isbn
- 9780393241037
- Label
- 1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off
- Title
- 1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off
- Statement of responsibility
- compiled by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin with the QI elves Anne Miller, Andy Murray, and Alex Bell
- Title variation
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- One thousand two hundred twenty-seven quite interesting facts to blow your socks off
- Twelve hundred twenty-seven quite interesting facts to blow your socks off
- Facts to blow your socks off
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 031.02
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- AG243
- LC item number
- .L56 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Label
- 1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off, compiled by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin with the QI elves Anne Miller, Andy Murray, and Alex Bell
- Note
-
- Includes index
- First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Faber and Faber under the title 1,227 QI facts to blow your socks off
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn829738465
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xi, 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393241037
- Lccn
- 2013026926
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)829738465
- Label
- 1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off, compiled by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin with the QI elves Anne Miller, Andy Murray, and Alex Bell
- Note
-
- Includes index
- First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Faber and Faber under the title 1,227 QI facts to blow your socks off
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn829738465
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xi, 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393241037
- Lccn
- 2013026926
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)829738465
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