No. 261.

In 2008, the Panel Prize of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards went to 'every comedian on the Fringe for making it happen'.

(Source: http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/panelprize.asp.)

No. 255.

The longest Olympic marathon finishing time is fifty-four years, eight months, six days, thirty-two minutes and 20.3 seconds. The Japanese runner Shizo Kanakuri fell asleep after taking a break close to his nineteenth mile during the 1912 Stockholm games, then woke up the next day. He was invited back to complete it in 1976 when he was sixty-seven.

(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/qi/9472902/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-the-Olympics.html.)

No. 254.

Princess Anne was the only person not be gender-tested at the 1976 Olympics.

(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/qi/9472902/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-the-Olympics.html.)

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. 242.

The People's Republic of China have had a basketball player serve as their flag bearer in every Olympics since 1984.

(Source: 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony commentary.)

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. 232.

The BBC once broke the world record for largest troupe of tap dancers. They staged a routine with five hundred and one performers in the circular quad in television centre.

(Source: Tales of Television Centre.)

No. 198.

Disney, besides from feature films and cartoons, also produced educational films on subjects ranging from war bonds to how children can protect themselves from the sexual advances of adults.

(Source: The Disney Studio Story by Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley.)

No. 193.

Helena Bonham Carter is related to Florence Nightingale.

(Source: Wikipedia. Verified by http://www.buriton.org.uk/bhb/infosheet05.htm.)

No. 189.

Actor Jimmy Stewart achieved the military rank of Brigadier General.

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

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. 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. 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. 151.

Cheerleading was once an exclusively male pursuit.

(Source: The Mighty Mississippi with Sir Trevor McDonald.)

No. 139.

Every Star Wars film was released on May 21st, one week exactly after George Lucas' birthday.

(Source: http://9gag.com/gag/4061136.)

No. 137.

Richard Bacon donated a trowel to the British Lawnmower Museum.

(Source: Would I Lie To You.)