19 Quite Interesting tweets from the official QI Twitter account
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A 2013 study determined that the most obnoxious drivers on the road are drivers of blue BMWs.(Photo: Nelson Wu.) pic.twitter.com/CLqYdoskEu
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 19, 2018
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The world record holder for “longest walk on live coals” refuses to walk across Legos – he claims it hurts too much. (Image: bdesham.) pic.twitter.com/5EMp3PGfjR
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 19, 2018
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In English, a “French exit” is to sneak out of a party without telling anyone. In French, it is known as “partir à l’anglaise” – to leave the English way.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 18, 2018
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‘Gooseberry bush’ was 19th-century slang for pubic hair – hence the old saying: ‘born under a gooseberry bush’.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 16, 2018
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Apricot kernels contain cyanide – fifteen of them would contain enough to kill a child. pic.twitter.com/1FsgMq7Cw6
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 16, 2018
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In 2013 the TomTato plant was launched: it produces potatoes below ground and tomatoes above ground, all on the same stem. (Image: Thompson & Morgan) pic.twitter.com/RLGTzJXJx2
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 15, 2018
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Sesame Street’s Count von Count doesn’t count all the time just to teach children numbers. In folklore, vampires suffer from arithmomania, or a compulsion to count everything they see. pic.twitter.com/TWXHsgXHbQ
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 15, 2018
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Almost every American flag at Disneyland has the wrong number of stars on it. This means they are exempt from abiding by the US Flag Code, and do not ever have to be lowered at night or flown at half mast.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 15, 2018
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Dulwich Hamlet F.C. fans like to distract the opposing goalkeeper by reading aloud his old Facebook posts.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 14, 2018
