Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts

Friday, 8 June 2012

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.)

Thursday, 31 May 2012

No. 160.

Tequila is made from a cactus-like plant.

(Source: Friend told me.Verified by Wikipedia.)

Friday, 4 May 2012

No. 133.

There has been no scientific experiment to prove the existence of time.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed.)

Thursday, 19 April 2012

No. 118.

In the first draft of Back to the Future, the time travel device was a fridge.

(Source: Today Show interview with the cast.)

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

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)

Monday, 16 April 2012

No. 115.

The E number of gold is E175.

(Source: Twitter feed QIkipedia.)

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

No. 109.

To make a jar of congealed honey runny again, simply put it in a bowl of warm water for a few minutes.

(Source: Mother's tip via Good Housekeeping.)

Sunday, 8 April 2012

No. 107.

Kaley Cuoco got turned down twice for the role of Penny in The Big Bang Theory before finally getting the part upon a third audition.

(Source: The Big Bang Theory: It all started with a Big Bang, an E4 behind the scenes look at the show.)

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

No. 95.

If you see a rainbow, you have your back to the sun.

(Source: Twitter feed of BBC Radio 2 Factoids.)

Thursday, 12 January 2012

No. 20.

Kangaroos have three vaginas and two wombs.

(Source: QI, episode 2.6 Beavers.)

Thursday, 5 January 2012

No. 13.

Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after Galileo, who is often hailed as the father of modern physics, died.

(Source: Radio 4's Dear Professor Hawking.)