No. 190.

C. S. Lewis' middle name was Staples.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 189.

Actor Jimmy Stewart achieved the military rank of Brigadier General.

(Source: Talking Pictures by Barry Norman. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 188.

BMW (which, incidentally, is my intials) stands for Bavarian Motor Works.

(Source: Wikipedia. Googled because I was curious.)

No. 187.

Will.I.Am's first rap name was M.C.Will. It stood for Move Cos Will Is Living Large.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 186.

Despite being an only child, Nina Conti slept in a bunkbed when she was young.

(Source: Make Me Happy: A Monkey's Search For Enlightenment.)

No. 185.

In The Social Network, Sean Parker buys several round of appletinis. In reality, Mark Zuckerberg had not even heard of the cocktail prior to the film's release, but, once sampling one, liked it enough to make it Facebook's official drink.

(Source: The Internet Movie Database.)

No. 184.

David Baddiel's cat is called Chairman Meow.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

No. 183.

In Newman and Baddiel's big Wembley gig (which allowed them to become the first comedians to play the stadium), Richard Herring and Sally Phillips are in the front row. Baddiel spent a significant proportion of his time talking to Richard.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

No. 182.

During one of his ten stand up gigs, Nick Frost had a fist fight with a man in the front row.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

No. 181.

During some of the time they lived together, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg shared a single bed.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

No. 180.

Nick Frost was reknowned at his waitering job for being able to spin a pile of thirteen trays on his finger.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

No. 179.

Jerry Springer was once Mayor of Cincinnati.

(Source: Documentary commemorating twenty years of The Simpsons. Verified via Wikipedia.)

No. 178.

Grover Cleveland is officially both the 22nd and the 24th President of the United States. He served non-consecutive terms, but somehow is counted twice.

(Source: QI.)

No. 177.

Gordon Brown's mother-in-law took some of his ties and trousers in order to make them into a quilt.

(Souce: Have I Got News For You.)

No. 176.

Sharks will die if they stop moving. They need to keep air going through their gills.

(Source: Brother, who was reading The Blind Watchmaker, told me. Verified by Yahoo.)

No. 175.

Ross Noble convinced his audience to all phone into the local radio station to report sightings of an alligator in Manchester's Heaton Park. This "news" made the papers.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 174.

Simon Cowell didn't want anyone to know it was his 52nd birthday, so Cheryl Cole hired a plane to fly around his house, trailing a banner behind it congratulating him on the occasion.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 173.

Bananas can prevent, and cure, hangovers.

(Source: Twitter feed UberFacts. Verified by http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/do-bananas-cure-hangovers.html.)

No. 172.

The idea for the Beach Boys' song 'Good Vibrations' came from Brian Wilson's mum suggesting that dogs bark when they pick up 'bad vibrations' from people.

(Source: http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/news/anatomy-song-beach-boys-explain-origins-good-vibrations-011657291.html.)

No. 171.

Charlie Brooker once included an anatomically correct picture of a heart in a Valentine's Day card. He thought it would be construed as funny.

(Source: So Wrong It's Right.)

No. 170.

Whilst he was a teenager, Danny DeVito and a few of his friends staged a murder. They chased one of their number down the street, "shot" him with a staring pistol, and then threw him in the back of their car before driving off.

(Source: Empire magazine.)

No. 169.

Christopher Nolan's brother, Jonathan, prefers to be known as Jonah.

(Source: Empire magazine.)

No. 168.

Vampires suffer from arithmomania - they are obsessed with counting. Consequently, you could sufficiently distract them by throwing a pile of seeds in front of them.

(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/qi/9312067/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-vampires.html.)

No. 167.

Sarah Millican's kitten is named Chief Brody, after the character in the movie, Jaws.

(Source: Sarah Millican's Twitter feed.)

No. 166.

When offered to appear in adverts for McDonalds, Steve Coogan repeatedly pushed up the possible fee to see how much they would offer, despite not actually wanting the job. The highest figure they were willing to pay was two million pounds. Only then did he turn it down.
(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 165.

River Phoenix's birth name is River Bottom.

(Source: Have I Got A Bit More News For You. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 164.

Despite the fact that the front door of Number Ten Downing Street cannot be opened from the outside , and you can not enter the building without passing through a scanner and a set of security gates manned by armed guards, in the first five years after Tony Blair became prime minister, 37 computers, four mobile phones, two cameras, a mini-disc player, a video recorder, four printers, two projectors and a bicycle have been stolen from the building.

(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9297300/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-10-Downing-Street.html.)

No. 163.

Ex-Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, died in No. 10 Downing Street. He had technically resigned, but was too ill to be moved.

(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9297300/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-10-Downing-Street.html.)

No. 162.

Charlie Brooker once fell asleep at the wheel during a driving lesson.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.) 

No. 161.

Charlie Brooker submitted cartoons to the letter page of Oink magazine. As a result, they then offered him a job. He was fifteen at the time.
(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)