No. 257.

Olympian gymnast Beth Tweddle has had a train named after her.

(Source: Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular 2. Verified by http://www.heart.co.uk/wrexham/news/local/beth-tweddle-train/.)

No. 251.

The last private owner of Stonehenge, Sir Cecil Chubb, allegedly bought it as a present for a wife. She wasn't impressed, so he gave it to the nation.

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

No. 240.

2012 marks the first Olympics in which Great Britain has entrants competiting in all 25 sports.

(Source: 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.)

No. 239.

As of 2012, London is the only country to host the Summer Olympics thrice.

(Source: 2012 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. 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. 224.

Until special laws were passed, the pistols used in the shooting events at the 2012 Games were illegal in Britain.

(Source: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/07/fact-or-fiction-twentytwelve-or-2012.)

No. 223.

Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, it is illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog.

(Source: Qikipedia Twitter feed.)

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. 150.

During a screening of Ali, Prince Charles was tapped on the shoulder in order to know when to bow his head to avoid watching a sex scene.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 137.

Richard Bacon donated a trowel to the British Lawnmower Museum.

(Source: Would I Lie To You.)

No. 117.

Tom Conti is directly related to Napoleon. One of his ancestors was Giovanni Buonaparte, who established the family line that produced Napoleon.

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/14/tom-conti-napoleon-bonaparte-genes)

No. 105.

The Crown Jewels are uninsured.

(Source: The Unbelievable Truth.)

No. 96.

Ray Winstone lost out for a part in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menance when he turned up to the audition drunk.

(Source: http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/news/winstones-drunk-star-wars-audition-194900850.html.)

No. 84.

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. This legislation is in place because, should someone do so in the premises, they would be entitled to a state funeral.

(Source: BBC Radio Two Factoids Twitter feed. Verified by http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7081038.stm.)

No. 81.

During the 2012 Brits ceremony, best band winners, Kasabian, kissed Jackie Mason's face.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 76.

Ridley Scott directed the famous Hovis advert in which a young boy trundles up a cobbled hill. Said boy had to go up the slope up and down sixty times.

(Source: The Mad Bad Ad Show.)

No. 70.

It's not surprising that Peep Show co-writer Sam Bain has a career in sitcoms - his mother was Beattie in Terry and June, his grandmother was Miss Gatsby in Fawlty Towers, and his cousin was one of the RAF airman in 'Allo 'Allo!.

(Source: Sam Bain's Twitter feed: @sambaintv.)

No. 62.

Author Douglas Adams died whilst using a treadmill.

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