John Lloyd - 1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over

1,423 is the Guinness World Record for the largest number of authors at a simultaneous book signing. 1 in 4 Americans didnt read a book last year.

A book by George H. W. Bushs dog spent 23 weeks on the US bestseller list. Theresa May owns more than 100 cookbooks.

John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, has a cat called Order. There are 125,000 stray cats in Istanbul.

The average Australian cat eats more fish per year than the average Australian. Cuttlefish have three hearts.

The North American mosquito fish can count up to four. Fish can see 70 times further in air than in water. Golden-winged warblers can detect tornadoes from 560 miles away. In 1973, the entire Internet consisted of only 43 computers. iPhones in Venezuela cost the equivalent of 80,000 each. iPhones in Venezuela cost the equivalent of 80,000 each.

Indonesia has a volcano that emits blue flames. Iceland has more volcanoes than footballers.

More than half of the Earths surface is not subject to any nations laws. It is illegal to sell Stilton cheese made in the village of Stilton. In northern Italy, cheese is acceptable as security on a bank loan. The film of Fifty Shades of Grey was banned in Cambodia because it depicted insane romance. The film of Fifty Shades of Grey was banned in Cambodia because it depicted insane romance.

North Korea banned the disaster movie 2012 in case it jinxed the year 2012. In French, Jaws became The Teeth of the Sea. The spiders used in Spider-Man and Arachnophobia were social huntsman spiders and completely harmless.

Spiders tune their webs like guitars. Every year, spiders consume more food than whales. Ogre-faced spiders attract prey with their excrement.

In 2017, Australian scientists discovered 50 new species of spider in one 10-day research trip.

10% of spiders are missing at least one of their legs. In India, termites jaws were once used to close wounds. In Brazil, fish skin is used to bandage burns. The NHS costs the UK more than 116 billion a year. The British eat more onions than the French.

Ancient Egyptian priests were not allowed to eat onions in case it boosted their libido. The average person has sex 5,778 times in a lifetime. Nicknames for 19th-century sex positions included The Ordinary, The Spiky Chair and The View of the Low Countries.

A sex manual in Qing dynasty China outlined 48 different ways to fondle a mutilated foot. Musical theatre is the genre of music least likely to be played in the bedroom. G. G.

Wodehouse had five musicals on Broadway at the same time. Ostentation funk is a Brazilian musical genre that celebrates the middle-class lifestyle.

40% of working Britons have less than 100 in savings. 1.7 million Britons havent got a bank account. The chief economist at the Bank of England has never owned a credit card. Westminster Abbey has a cleric called Canon Ball. Westminster Abbey has a cleric called Canon Ball.

The head of the UK police task force on knife crime is called Alfred Hitchcock. The man who holds the British record for summiting Everest is a Mr K. Cool. IKEA sofas have Swedish names, its rugs have Danish names and its beds have Norwegian names.

Norwegian passports display the aurora borealis under a UV light. You can be blocked from getting a Swiss passport if your neighbours find you too annoying.

Horses competing in the Olympics have their own passports and fly business class. A beer tap on an aeroplane would dispense only foam.

The worlds most popular beer is called Snow and is virtually unknown outside China. The most common job in the UK is manager. In 2016, a London company advertised for an emoji translator. If you blend 25 random pictures from the Internet, the result will be orange.