No. 246.

Dr. Seuss died when he was 108.

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/interactive/2012/aug/04/infomania-dr-seuss?intcmp=239.)

No. 244.

Richard Herring features in Bridget Jones' Diary. In the book, the protagonist is up in Edinburgh and considers whether to see his show.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

No. 243.

John Milton invented the word 'pandemonium'. He uses it to describe Hell in Paradise Lost.

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/27/olympic-opening-ceremony.)

No. 231.

The English novelist, William Makepeace Thackeray, is the great-great-great-grandfather of Al Murray.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

No. 229.

When Richard Herring was hired to collate the West London phone directory, he changed Stewart Lee's name to Stewart Wee.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

No. 226.

Shappi Khorsandi wanted to call her first book English People Smell of Milk. Her publishers got her to change it to A Beginner's Guide to Acting English.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

No. 130.

Heath Ledger and his sister, Kate, were named for the central duo in Wuthering Heights.

(Source: Wikipedia.)

No. 82.

Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated a children's version of the Lady Godiva story.

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/mar/06/dr-seuss-book-nudes-adult.)

No. 62.

Author Douglas Adams died whilst using a treadmill.

(Source: University lecturer told me. Verified from several websites.)

No. 54.

The first recorded use of the word 'nerd' is attributed to Dr. Seuss. It appears in his book If I ran the Zoo.

(Source: Twitter feed WTheFFacts.)

No. 38.

In Japan, the character Tintin is known as 'Tantan'. 'TinTin' is Japanese for 'penis'.

(Source: @qikipeida - the official Twitter feed of the QI elves/researchers.)

No. 34.

There are no mentions of cats in the Bible.

(Source: Radio 2 Factoids Twitter feed.)

No. 15.

The Wizard of Oz's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. He dropped the latter seven because they spelt out 'Pinhead'.

(Source: Wikipedia. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baum.)

No. 10.

Although renowned for being Holmes' arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty only appears in two of Conan Doyle's stories. The character was initially created solely to kill off Sherlock in The Final Solution.

(Source: Wikipedia. Researched out of curiousity.)

No. 3.

Drew Barrymore wrote her autobiography Little Girl Lost when she was just fifteen.

(Source: Marks and Spencer trivia game Who Am I.)