No. 260.

There were riots when the fez was banned in Turkey in 1925.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed.)

No. 233.

The BBC were so used to Michael Bentine destroying, and staging raids on, BBC television centre as the climax to each series of his television show that five men were able to steal £16,000 and be let out the back gate by the current commisioner who greeted them with  'Good to see you again Mr Bentine'.

(Source: Tale of Television Centre.)

No. 206.

Linda Robson was crossing the road with a bag of her dog's excrement to put in a skip when a mugger cyclist drove by and took it.

(Source: Do The Right Thing podcast from www.comedy.co.uk)

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.)