# ![@qikipedia Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::22151193.png) @qikipedia Quite Interesting

Quite Interesting posts on X about london, in the, the first, australia the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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[london](/topic/london), [in the](/topic/in-the) #4463, [the first](/topic/the-first), [australia](/topic/australia), [word](/topic/word), [money](/topic/money), [france](/topic/france), [$googl](/topic/$googl), [in a](/topic/in-a), [china](/topic/china)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The slang word legit dates back to [----]. It was used by theatregoers to describe serious drama as opposed to low-brow comedy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2021147140345499669)  2026-02-10T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 33.1K engagements


"The longest game of cricket ever played was a [----] Test match between England and South Africa. It lasted [--] days and eventually had to be abandoned so the English team didnt miss their ship home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2022279587775086710)  2026-02-13T12:00Z 1.1M followers, 40.4K engagements


"In Nazi Germany chocolates containing methamphetamine were sold to women with the promise that they could lose weight and do the housework more quickly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1804846871463993803)  2024-06-23T12:00Z 1.1M followers, 80.1K engagements


"In [----] officials in Oregon blew up a beached whale carcass. People filed insurance claims when their cars were smashed by falling chunks of whale flesh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1957729250615914534)  2025-08-19T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 49K engagements


"Any idiot can face a crisis; its this day-to-day living that wears you out. GEORGE SEATON"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2015877406217875589)  2026-01-26T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 41.1K engagements


"In the last [----] years the size of the meal in paintings of the Last Supper has grown by nearly 70%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2018248027102667069)  2026-02-02T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 63.7K engagements


"Charles Dickens loved his cat so much after it died he had its paw made into the handle of a letter opener with In Memory of Bob [----] engraved on it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2018731209107656734)  2026-02-03T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 45K engagements


"Iceland has won two silver and two bronze medals in the Summer Olympics. Theyve never won a medal in the Winter Olympics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2019138896236294315)  2026-02-04T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 59.5K engagements


"In Japanese cooking shows captions are added when the food is shown on screen saying "the staff ate it later""  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2019803274736701896)  2026-02-06T16:00Z 1.1M followers, 30.3K engagements


"Because the royal family hated it so much William IV tried to give Buckingham Palace to Parliament after the Palace of Westminster burnt down in [----]. MPs turned it down as it was so dark and smelly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2020120369181679770)  2026-02-07T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 57.6K engagements


"Ever wondered what it would be like if Oman was on Uranus Now you can find out with this website that maps different countries onto other bodies in the Solar System. https://engaging-data.com/mapping-countries-planets/ https://engaging-data.com/mapping-countries-planets/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2020165661759050128)  2026-02-07T16:00Z 1.1M followers, 28K engagements


"Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money. I save it so I will have enough when the time comes. MARGARET ATWOODS THE HANDMAIDS TALE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2020950837154169275)  2026-02-09T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 31.7K engagements


"Scientists believe that the first person to live to be [---] years old has already been born"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1060622990101090305)  2018-11-08T20:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"PSITHURISM is the sound of leaves rustling in the wind. 🍂 Tonight there's a brand new WET & WINDY episode of QI XL starring Sandi Alan Ed Byrne Zoe Lyons and Chris McCausland BBC Two 9pm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2011074449920122887)  2026-01-13T13:54Z 1.1M followers, 28.2K engagements


"During the Korean War American marines requested an order of Tootsie Rolls a code name for ammunition. The order was taken literally and Tootsie Roll sweets were sent. Marines used them to patch bullet holes in machinery. (📸: Matanya)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2019395587028795866)  2026-02-05T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 31.5K engagements


"Jean-Claude van Dammes first credited role was in Monaco Forever (1984) as Gay Karate Man"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2020524774040998199)  2026-02-08T15:47Z 1.1M followers, 41.8K engagements


"Nostalgia used to be viewed as an illness which needed to be cured"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2022051332589547871)  2026-02-12T20:53Z 1.1M followers, 34.3K engagements


"Word of the Day: BYELINGUAL - forgetting words in both of your languages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2017885637609939244)  2026-02-01T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 48.3K engagements


"Pig toilets were common in ancient China and are sometimes found even in modern villages. They consist of an outhouse over a pigsty where the pigs eat human faeces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2018308426292690993)  2026-02-02T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 46.4K engagements


"Jaguars meow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2020784745525723403)  2026-02-09T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 26.4K engagements


"A mondegreen is a misheard song lyric such as Jimi Hendrixs Excuse me while I kiss the sky sounding like Excuse me while I kiss this guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2021252820834582728)  2026-02-10T16:00Z 1.1M followers, 39.1K engagements


"New car smell is a mix of over [---] chemical compounds and can cause headaches drowsiness and nausea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2021615209149022411)  2026-02-11T16:00Z 1.1M followers, 38.4K engagements


"The poet Dante Rossettis pet peacocks were so noisy his landlord added a clause to the tenancy agreement prohibiting all future residents from keeping them. The ban is still in force today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2021977606078525472)  2026-02-12T16:00Z 1.1M followers, 29.5K engagements


"Word of the Day: PRAGGER-WAGGER (Oxford University slang) - the Prince of Wales"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2022400383973494803)  2026-02-13T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 24K engagements


"Rhode Island the smallest US state has a bigger population than the largest Alaska"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2022596677006180663)  2026-02-14T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 31.3K engagements


"In the game Go the black stones are often slightly larger than the white to offset the optical illusion that makes the white stones appear bigger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2022651034322243980)  2026-02-14T12:36Z 1.1M followers, 23.5K engagements


"There is no such thing as a blue bird. The colour is created in birds not from a pigment but from the reflection of light on the microscopic grooves and ridges on the feathers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2017946037504393455)  2026-02-01T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 33.3K engagements


"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2022687278855020688)  2026-02-14T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 25.5K engagements


"Pandas sometimes mark their territory by doing a handstand against a tree and peeing as high as they can"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1119344921276747777)  2019-04-19T21:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"A GRUMBLETONIAN is a person who is constantly grumbling about the state of the country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1145738837680742402)  2019-07-01T17:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"Word of the day: CYBERSQUATTING - the practice of registering well-known names as internet domain names in the hope of reselling them at a profit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1151144708430635008)  2019-07-16T15:01Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements


"Until the 17th century giraffes were known as camelopards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1170562406767939586)  2019-09-08T05:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"Astronaut pooo from the ISS is fired back at the Earth to burn up in its atmosphere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1248747587831844870)  2020-04-10T23:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"The more files you store on a USB drive the lighter it gets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1263386850972098560)  2020-05-21T08:31Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"American chocolate really does taste like sick. 🤢"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1707793310021046621)  2023-09-29T16:23Z 1.1M followers, 136.1K engagements


"Tove Jansson sketched the first version of a Moomin in an attempt to draw the ugliest creature imaginable after a fight with her brother about Immanuel Kant. She drew the image on the toilet wall and wrote Kant under it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2010698282649915489)  2026-01-12T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 35K engagements


"The atchoo noise we make when we sneeze is learned behaviour. Filipino sneezers say ha-ching and Japanese sneezers say hakashun. Deaf people sneeze silently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2011891140413280318)  2026-01-15T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 618.4K engagements


"The phrases: shut up dirt cheap dog tired dinner-party and brace yourself were all first recorded in the works of Jane Austen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2012087440194834866)  2026-01-16T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 341K engagements


"In [----] on her 63rd birthday schoolteacher Annie Taylor became the first person to survive riding a barrel over Niagara Falls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2013536985668112694)  2026-01-20T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 31.5K engagements


"Its [----] in Ethiopia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2013703073987002719)  2026-01-20T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 58.5K engagements


"The space between words was invented by Irish monks in the 7th century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2013899383763615745)  2026-01-21T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 204.7K engagements


"The oldest surviving pair of socks is from the 4th century and discovered in Egypt they were designed to be worn with sandals. (📸: F)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2014322284845265156)  2026-01-22T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 40.2K engagements


"Whale milk contains up to 50% fat and has the consistency of toothpaste"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2014684544562049317)  2026-01-23T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 37.5K engagements


"Phrase of the Day: KAMA MUTA (from Sanskrit literally moved by love ) - a strong positive emotion caused by shared experiences of love or community - eg when you first hold a newborn baby or cry at a live music event"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2014744946310525211)  2026-01-23T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 34.2K engagements


"Ancient Greeks played with yo-yos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2015409316447289653)  2026-01-25T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 26.9K engagements


"Whales get sunburn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2015469721588789666)  2026-01-25T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 37.5K engagements


"During the First World War Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was injured [--] times: he lost an eye was shot in the back of the head nearly lost a leg and had to pull off his own mangled fingers before having an arm amputated. In his memoirs he wrote Frankly I had enjoyed the war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2015711319341879457)  2026-01-26T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 40.7K engagements


"The most downloaded paid app in China is targeted at people living alone and is called Are You Dead If the user doesnt confirm that they are alive for two days the app notifies their emergency contact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2015771714341204466)  2026-01-26T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 143.2K engagements


"There is a major problem in French is Il y une couille dans le potage literally: there is a testicle in the soup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/476703316907663360)  2014-06-11T12:31Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"More than a quarter of the world's population count insects as part of their diet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/519065828508336128)  2014-10-06T10:05Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements


"The Asian flat-headed cat is one of the worlds most endangered cats. It has webbed feet & washes its prey in water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/775984610685620224)  2016-09-14T09:08Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements


"OVERMORROW (archaic) - the day after tomorrow. EREYESTERDAY (archaic) - the day before yesterday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1020533831693152256)  2018-07-21T05:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"Every year Katmai National Park and Preserve crowns a Fat Bear of the Year. This year's winner was bear [---] named Holly. A former park ranger notes that Holly was single this summer and able to devote all her energy toward herself". (Image: Katmai National Park & Preserve.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1183306379047723008)  2019-10-13T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 21.2K engagements


"Dik-diks mark their territory with tears. (Image: Heather Paul)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1742561462605017250)  2024-01-03T15:00Z 1.1M followers, 4.4M engagements


"Word of the Day: DINKWAP - a family with Double Income No Kids With A Pet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1831437082440466780)  2024-09-04T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 103.8K engagements


"In [----] the breakfast cereal manufacturer General Mills issued a toy ring in the shape of a bomb which contained radioactive polonium"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2012615913716220134)  2026-01-17T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 53.2K engagements


"In [----] artist Jae Rhim Lee designed a mushroom burial suit which is infused with mushroom spores. The fungi grow in a body after its buried speeding up decay and neutralising toxins"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2016194492152623591)  2026-01-27T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 40.8K engagements


"Seabirds sneeze out salt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2016496482246119459)  2026-01-28T13:00Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements


"Single people are 45% more likely to buy something on impulse than married people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2016798484750336146)  2026-01-29T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 35.7K engagements


"The 19th-century American artist Victor Dubreuil painted so many still life pictures of money the US government seized some of his paintings as evidence he was a forger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2016858871890158078)  2026-01-29T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 24.8K engagements


"According to a recent study Tyrannosaurus Rex took 35-40 years to grow to full size"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2016919268701393336)  2026-01-29T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 37.6K engagements


"Free tickets QI is recording a brand new series - join Sandi Toksvig Alan Davies and a stellar line-up of comics LIVE in the studio for a series all about the letter X. Recording at Television Centre in White City book now: https://lostintv.short.gy/W5T4mA https://lostintv.short.gy/W5T4mA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2016922480904966377)  2026-01-29T17:12Z 1.1M followers, 30.7K engagements


"After a failed assassination attempt Queen Victoria was provided with a parasol lined with chainmail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2016964568770380244)  2026-01-29T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 45K engagements


"Scientists researching the Big Bang have accidentally turned lead into gold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2017160868711342514)  2026-01-30T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 76.4K engagements


"The poem Catullus [--] written in the first century BC is so explicit that it was not published in English until the 20th century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2017326954098442285)  2026-01-30T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 83.1K engagements


"People who enjoy horror movies score higher on cognitive empathy tests"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2017583777061712095)  2026-01-31T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 35.1K engagements


"A former senior analyst at the Bank of England has written to the Banks governor urging him to make financial contingency plans for the economic impact of aliens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2017644045871301099)  2026-01-31T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 42.5K engagements


"A Filipino woman recently discovered that the green Buddha she has been worshipping for the last four years is actually a model of Shrek"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2017689341544505480)  2026-01-31T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 72.2K engagements


"Supreme Court Justice J.M. Harlan II had poor eyesight and had a clerk help him review porn movies for obscenity cases. The clerks description of the action usually elicited such reactions as Extraordinary and By Jove"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2018368823905464685)  2026-02-02T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 49.3K engagements


"The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom. WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2018414120803180880)  2026-02-02T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 34.2K engagements


"Website of the Day: The Library of Time will display any date in multiple ancient archaic and fictional calendar systems including Coptic Byzantine French Revolutionary and Star Trek. https://libraryoftime.xyz/ https://libraryoftime.xyz/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2018670817505353863)  2026-02-03T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 31.5K engagements


"Originating in Japan Spogomi is the sport of competitive litter-picking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2019093598382219535)  2026-02-04T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 27.2K engagements


"During the Boer War the British developed Chevril - similar to a beef tea such as Bovril only made from horse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2019335200270958601)  2026-02-05T09:00Z 1.1M followers, 38.9K engagements


"The Museum of Londons collection of codpieces was originally classified by the Victorians as shoulder pads"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/2019455990652109222)  2026-02-05T17:00Z 1.1M followers, 36.1K engagements


"The most likely earliest piece of human art is a clay block inscribed with abstract patterns found in the Blombos Caves in South Africa and dated to [-----] years BC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/964489792225357826)  2018-02-16T13:21Z 1.1M followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] the most cited scientist on Google Scholar with [---] million citations was Professor Et Al"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1004377377491652614)  2018-06-06T15:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The most celebrated planimal (part-plant part-animal) is 'Elysia chlorotica' a bright green sea slug that photosynthesises by stealing genes from the algae it eats. (Image: Karen N. Pelletreau et al.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1005099630395346950)  2018-06-08T14:50Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] US President William Howard Taft went on a diet after getting stuck in the White House bathtub"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1007820057475510272)  2018-06-16T03:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The ultra-creepy Skull Chapel in Czermna Poland is one of only six ossuaries in Europe. (Photo: Merlin.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1008393845715980295)  2018-06-17T17:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"There is a Ned Flanders-themed metal band in Arizona called Okilly Dokilly. (Photo: Casey Peters)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1011353339676639233)  2018-06-25T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 13.2K engagements


"Human testicles have receptors that can taste sweet salty bitter sour and umami flavours. We are sure you are extremely glad you now know this fact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1013739058625990656)  2018-07-02T11:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"In areas of Albania Kosovo and Montenegro women can decide to become 'sworn virgins' taking a vow of chastity and living as men. In these extremely patriarchal societies this allows them to become the head of a household carry a gun smoke drink alcohol and play music"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1017272339535364096)  2018-07-12T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"An aerie is the lofty nest of any bird of prey including eagles or hawks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1019880777524408322)  2018-07-19T09:45Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"An antigram is a word or phrase where the letters can be arranged to create the opposite meaning such as 'united' and 'untied' or 'forty-five' and 'over fifty'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1020080847066501120)  2018-07-19T23:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"In linguistics haplology is the dropping of a repeated syllable in a word. For example pacificist became pacifist 'tragico-comic' became 'tragi-comic' and 'Englaland' became 'England'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1022073978398146562)  2018-07-25T11:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Every year in Ancient Athens citizens had the chance to vote their least favourite politician into exile. They would vote using shards of pottery called ostraka which is where we get the word ostracise from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1026332035672092672)  2018-08-06T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The world's most isolated tree which stood in the middle of the Sahara Desert died in [----] when a truck crashed into it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1029593527460798464)  2018-08-15T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Oaia aia e a ei is a Romanian sentence which is exclusively vowels. It means 'that sheep is hers'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1031767853517553665)  2018-08-21T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"IBM has patented a coffee delivery drone. We'll take five thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1033972379763060737)  2018-08-27T07:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Word of the day: ACCISMUS (1500s) - the refusal of something you actually really want hoping that the other person will insist you take it (for instance when you refuse the last bite of dessert; photo by Frdrique Voisin-Demery)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1036176908637982720)  2018-09-02T09:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A wonderful population cartogram from @MaxCRoser which shows the size of countries not by their land mass but according to how many people live there. http://ourworldindata.org http://ourworldindata.org"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1041189939377893376)  2018-09-16T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Age is something that doesn't matter unless you are a cheese. - LUIS BUUEL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1043847449435983873)  2018-09-23T13:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] three people in Mexico died of acne http://t.co/KN49E7W http://tinyurl.com/3zulm4r http://tinyurl.com/3zulm4r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/104589350343417856)  2011-08-19T16:23Z 1.2M followers, [--] engagements


"There are three countries in the world that do not use metric units as their primary system of measurement: Myanmar Liberia and the United States"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1050249635749617664)  2018-10-11T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A group of penguins on land is called a WADDLE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1051884598953570304)  2018-10-15T17:16Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A PRECRASTINATOR is someone who rushes to get something done earlier than is necessary so they can tick it off their mental to do list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1054220802487271424)  2018-10-22T04:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"In [----] the Neo-American Church of Florida activists made sick bags and handed them out to the attendees of [----] Republican Convention. (Image: http://www.airsicknessbags.com/ http://www.airsicknessbags.com/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1057618192451989506)  2018-10-31T13:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The popular image of ninjas dressed in all-black costumes comes from kuroko stagehands in traditional Japanese theatre who wore black to stay hidden from the audience"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1057641089660805120)  2018-10-31T14:31Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The word robot comes from the Czech robota meaning drudgery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1058297665660862464)  2018-11-02T10:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Figs were a popular food for fattening Mediterranean geese: hence the words for liver in French (foie) Spanish (higado) Italian (fegato) and Portuguese (figado) all come from the Latin ficatum which means fig-stuffed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1058330380955086848)  2018-11-02T12:10Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The James Earl Jones Effect is when children learn through repetition and anticipation. When the actor recited the alphabet on Sesame Street with long pauses children at first named letters after him then with him and later before him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1062782219813568512)  2018-11-14T19:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is an absolute monarchy but the King always rules jointly with his mother who is known as the Great She-Elephant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1064035473293750273)  2018-11-18T06:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Due to a genetic mutation this Indonesian charcoal-coloured chicken (dubbed the Lamborghini of poultry) is not only completely black in appearance but all of its internal organs muscles and bones are black as well. (Image: Max Pixel)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1066360796618399744)  2018-11-24T16:00Z 1.1M followers, 10.1K engagements


"Bhutan's constitution states that at least 60% of the country's land must be kept as forest at all times"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1067583856969080833)  2018-11-28T01:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The oldest man-made concrete dates back over [----] years to a floor in a Neolithic dwelling discovered in northern Israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1068479757950509056)  2018-11-30T12:20Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Xenophoridae is a family of marine snails which attach objects to the outside of their shells. They have been found with shells coins pebbles bottle caps fossils corals and even shark teeth attached to themselves. (Image: James St. John)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1071343628520439808)  2018-12-08T10:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Roland the Farter was a court jester of Henry II who every Christmas had to perform a dance that ended with 'one jump one whistle and one fart' executed simultaneously. For this he was given a manor house in Suffolk and over [---] acres of land"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1076567171617165316)  2018-12-22T19:56Z 1.1M followers, 11.7K engagements


"Italy produces more than [----] tons of panettone each year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1081460291156787200)  2019-01-05T08:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] the three largest football stadiums in the world were all in Glasgow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1081641484967907335)  2019-01-05T20:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The second as a unit of time comes from the Latin secunda pars minuta or second small part: the first small part was the minute"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1083664817376903168)  2019-01-11T10:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The Australian Army Field Ration Eating Device (F.R.E.D.) is a combination of a can opener a bottle opener and a spoon issued to the Australian Defence Force. It is more commonly known as the Fucking Ridiculous Eating Device. (Image: Mark McIntosh)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1085703247879421954)  2019-01-17T01:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"CLARIFICATION: This is specifically in reference to the limonene molecules found in both orange and lemon peel. Thanks to all the chemists for their feedback. 🍊🍋"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1088477920836939777)  2019-01-24T16:45Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini fell out because Conan Doyle refused to believe Houdini did not actually have supernatural powers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1092331927141523457)  2019-02-04T08:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Edinburgh is west of Bristol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1093268096373014529)  2019-02-06T22:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"As a student in Edinburgh Gordon Brown dated the crown princess of Romania"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1095049848447918082)  2019-02-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] a celebrity Galpagos tortoise pair broke up in spectacular fashion. Though the couple had happily cohabitated for about [--] years they suddenly could no longer stand each other. They now live on opposite sides of a glass wall and Bibi hisses whenever she spots her ex"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1097526153412173824)  2019-02-18T16:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Wombats can crush the skulls of predators with their bottoms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1098560467000160256)  2019-02-21T12:30Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The stinkhorns Latin name means impudent phallus: in the 17th century they were known as Hollanders workingtoole. (Image: Jrg Hempel)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1101527521349165058)  2019-03-01T17:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"A [----] study by the University of Warwick found that the twelve funniest words in the English language are Booty Tit Booby Hooter Nitwit Twit Waddle Tinkle Bebop Egghead Ass and Twerp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1111274242136395777)  2019-03-28T14:30Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Word of the day: PHANTONYM a word that looks as if it means one thing but actually means something different. For example fulsome means disgusting or excessive but not full and noisome means smelly but not noisy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1113335323747024896)  2019-04-03T07:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Although usually used to mean a countless number of things myriad technically means exactly 10000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1115328456391319554)  2019-04-08T19:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A beer has been created in Virginia which is brewed from yeast collected from 35-million-year-old whale fossils"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1116257074890121216)  2019-04-11T08:30Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"NASA the German Space Agency and the European Space Agency are recruiting women aged between [--] and [--] to lie in bed for [--] days. Pancakes will be provided"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1118105168183214082)  2019-04-16T10:53Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"San Marino's national football team have won just one match out of [---] played when they beat Liechtenstein 1-0 in a friendly. They have conceded [---] goals and scored 23"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1119707309645516800)  2019-04-20T21:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The island of Java is about half the size of the UK but after Afro-Eurasia and the Americas its the third most populous landmass in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1120764274421444610)  2019-04-23T19:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Ok. One last question. How many portions of fruit and veg should you eat each day #QIXXL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/112244314159058946)  2011-09-09T19:21Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Word of the day: FOGGY-TODDLERS (Scots) bumblebees"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1128313768990003200)  2019-05-14T14:59Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The mine fields in the Falkland Islands have become de facto penguin sanctuaries. Penguins are too light to set off the mines and so about one million penguins have taken up residence there. (Image: Ben Tubby.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1135138994226733056)  2019-06-02T11:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"There is a [--] in [----] chance that an asteroid called [----] QV89 will hit the Earth on 9th September this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1138490828089782272)  2019-06-11T16:59Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The Australian slang term dingos breakfast doesnt involve eating but a scratch a piss and a good look round"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1144636580516257793)  2019-06-28T16:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"This is the extraordinary Aloe polyphylla its leaves grow in a [--] pointed spiral which can be either clockwise or anticlockwise. Its endangered and only found wild in Lesotho. (Image: brewbooks)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1145952494905962496)  2019-07-02T07:09Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Word of the day: UMARELL - a slang term from Bologna. It means a retired man who watches construction sites and gives unsolicited advice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1146826003487981571)  2019-07-04T17:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Partridge comes from the Greek perdix which is thought to derive from perdesthai meaning to break wind because of the whirring sound its wings make as it takes off. (Image: Mark Medcalf)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1152141024610934784)  2019-07-19T09:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The platypus and the echidna are the only mammals that could make their own custard: they both lay eggs and produce milk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1158603606553255936)  2019-08-06T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"On the last Saturday morning of every month all Rwandan businesses close and citizens are instead required to help clean up their communities. Rwanda is now considered the cleanest country in Africa. (Image: REMA.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1160838335096475649)  2019-08-12T09:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Word of the day: SNUDGE - to stride around looking terribly busy when in fact you are doing nothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1164673603968782336)  2019-08-22T23:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"If you type the word askew into Google the page will tilt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1173973617312505856)  2019-09-17T14:54Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"WORD OF THE DAY: BUCKARTIE-BOO - an old Yorkshire word meaning to coo like a pigeon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1174729872746242049)  2019-09-19T17:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The word tribe comes from the Latin tribus' - meaning three peoples and referring to the the three ethnic/political divisions of the early Roman state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1175006690502225923)  2019-09-20T11:20Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Michael J. Foxs middle name is Andrew"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1177901011941363714)  2019-09-28T11:01Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Norwegian-owned Bouvet Island is [----] miles from any inhabited land. It is so remote that it was discovered for the first time in [----] only to be lost again for another [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1182324912427601924)  2019-10-10T16:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Word of the Day: SWINGLE - A lively socially active single person"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1182883593275793408)  2019-10-12T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The crew of the Mayflower were originally headed to Virginia but were forced to land at Plymouth Rock in part due to a shortage of beer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1184725733379362819)  2019-10-17T07:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"A group of butlers is known as a sneer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1186824561653776384)  2019-10-23T02:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A restaurant in Bangkok has a perpetual soup thats been cooking for the past [--] years with ingredients being constantly added and portions regularly served"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1188274112868864000)  2019-10-27T02:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"There is a small Christian sect that believes hell is actually experienced during one's life on Earth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1188847895144890374)  2019-10-28T16:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The symbol # - now usually known as hash has gone by many names: pound key number sign tic-tac-toe gate crunch square and most obscurely octothorpe a word which has no agreed or obvious origin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1195385976870195200)  2019-11-15T17:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"As originally coined a FACTOID is an incorrect fact that is repeated so often people think it is true. A FACTLET is actually a small fact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1198541768972591104)  2019-11-24T10:00Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"A standard ultimate frisbee has a volume of around three pints"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1203343411706646529)  2019-12-07T16:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Cacao or the cocoa bean was a favoured currency of the Mayans. So much so that in the 16th century there was an official conversion rate of cocoa beans to Spanish coins"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1206937089155010561)  2019-12-17T14:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"In the 1960s Heineken developed a bottle which could be stacked to build the walls of a house. There are still two buildings standing at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam. (Image: http://greezer.ch http://greezer.ch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1208869825092767744)  2019-12-22T22:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The phenomenon where the frequent repetition of a word causes it to lose all meaning is called semantic satiation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1210175929445580802)  2019-12-26T12:30Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Romanias Palace of the Parliament has an annual energy bill of $6 million a year about the same as a medium-sized city yet of its [----] rooms only [---] are in use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1212825892734427136)  2020-01-02T20:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Snails will sleep for up to three years if the weather isn't good enough"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1218533499579166720)  2020-01-18T14:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The sea walnut a relative of the jellyfish has a disappearing anus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1219650862475247616)  2020-01-21T16:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Word of the day: XERTZ to eat or drink greedily"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1228740759655833602)  2020-02-15T18:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"There is a remote area of the Pacific Ocean called White Shark Cafe where Great Whites congregate. Tracking the sharks to this location revealed a whole new ecosystem previously unknown to science"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1229737327544549379)  2020-02-18T12:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A kermit is a metric unit of time equivalent to 1/100th of a day so a kermit passes every [----] minutes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1231337872482918400)  2020-02-22T22:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"In China enoki are sometimes known as see-you-tomorrow-mushrooms because of their tendency to come out of the digestive process whole"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1233119613363400705)  2020-02-27T20:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Word of the day: GRUEFLING (Scots) - to lie close wrapped up and in a comfortable-looking manner; used in ridicule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1234085980618936320)  2020-03-01T12:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"In [----] then-enslaved woman Elizabeth Freeman approached a lawyer to help her sue for freedom under the new Massachusetts Constitution. She won the suit and in so doing formally ended slavery in Massachusetts. (Image: a portrait of Elizabeth Freeman age 70.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1234176578596278278)  2020-03-01T18:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The word pangolin comes from peng-goling Malay for roller because pangolins curl into a ball in self-defense. (Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1235248643369820160)  2020-03-04T17:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Masturbation can help boost your immune system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1236199908224294915)  2020-03-07T08:00Z 1.1M followers, 12.3K engagements


"The QI Elves would like to be clear that we aren't proposing this as an alternative to thorough hand-washing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1236218625201143808)  2020-03-07T09:14Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"Word of the day: ON-NOMI (Japanese) - hanging out with your friends via video chat and drinking literally "drinking online" (Image: Stefan Erschwendner)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1239612395011461120)  2020-03-16T18:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A baby hedgehog is called a hoglet. (Image: Monica Arellano-Ongpin)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1239718090121895936)  2020-03-17T01:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The Anglo-Saxon name for hedgehog was igl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1242330303861006338)  2020-03-24T06:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Nine in ten people report phantom phone syndrome - feeling your smartphone vibrate in your pocket when it isnt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1244882119270305795)  2020-03-31T07:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Scientists have observed unusual high-energy particles in Antarctica that don't seem to fit with existing models. One theory is that they are from a parallel universe where time goes backwards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1248430500298936324)  2020-04-10T02:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Hedgehogs were brought to New Zealand in the 19th century by homesick British expats trying to make it more like the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/124883815435997185)  2011-10-14T16:26Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"The centre of Croatia is actually in Bosnia and Herzegovina"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1252341269914771456)  2020-04-20T21:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Minds boggled Here's the UK version http://t.co/uWTr4Grf via @stevyncolgan http://www.dailystatistic.com/2011/02/uk-government-spending-and-debt-mountain-infographic/ http://www.dailystatistic.com/2011/02/uk-government-spending-and-debt-mountain-infographic/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/125909016890179584)  2011-10-17T12:20Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Tierra is a computer model of natural selection where codes replicate and compete for resources in a kind of simulated evolution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1260162808060293122)  2020-05-12T11:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] scientists in Uppsala Sweden forgot to properly store the material they were working with over the weekend. They returned to find it had turned into the worlds most absorbent substance now known as Upsalite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1265357035517837313)  2020-05-26T19:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Sloths are the only mammal that doesn't fart. (Image: Epicawesomewolf.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1275020708611887104)  2020-06-22T11:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Penguin poo produces large amounts of laughing gas. Antarctic researchers say that working in these conditions makes them go cuckoo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1275706710645227521)  2020-06-24T08:25Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Buzz Aldrin claimed $33.31 in travel expenses from NASA for his return trip to the Moon. We dont know exactly what he spent the money on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1276122974815318022)  2020-06-25T12:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"51.6% said True but 51.6% are incorrect It's the only VENOMOUS snake native to the UK. If anyone wants to learn more about the distinction between venomous and poisonous: https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-venomous-and-poisonous https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-venomous-and-poisonous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1276233311694749699)  2020-06-25T19:18Z 1.2M followers, [--] engagements


"The word for not having any teeth is 'edentulous'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1276349465272766469)  2020-06-26T03:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The African drongo bird mimics the warning calls of other animals to scare them away from their food"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1276862848992333825)  2020-06-27T13:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A compulsive need to make puns can be a sign of brain damage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1280124338675560449)  2020-07-06T13:00Z 1.1M followers, 14.7K engagements


"The Statue of Libertys torch sways by up to [--] inches in [--] mph winds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1280505600183582728)  2020-07-07T14:15Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Wow your friends and family with thrilling celebrity stories using the GYLES BRANDRETH ANECDOTE GENERATOR. "It was during the London [----] Opening Ceremony when I did the ice bucket challenge with a trifle-laden Delia Smith.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1281159729201455109)  2020-07-09T09:34Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The llama's scientific name is Lama glama"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1289017939409035266)  2020-07-31T02:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"The average human would be able to outsprint a T. rex unless it was a teenager"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1290599878507278336)  2020-08-04T10:46Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"By the mid-19th century half the opium imported into the UK for domestic used was consumed within a forty mile radius of Wisbech Cambridgeshire. (Image: Bullenwchter)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1291695583485399040)  2020-08-07T11:20Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"In [----] Tuvalu was assigned the domain code .tv. Tuvalu now earns about 1/12th of its annual gross national income by licensing .tv to tech companies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1293200500125360129)  2020-08-11T15:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A dead flamingo can still be made to stand on one leg if balanced correctly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1293774282292699138)  2020-08-13T05:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"As the crow flies the villages of Fucking (Austria) and Horn Plan (Czechia) are [--] miles apart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1296552588989460480)  2020-08-20T21:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Brasilia the capital of Brazil was built from scratch in less than four years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1296769013582663680)  2020-08-21T11:20Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Clocks go back tonight for the UK - enjoy your extra hour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/130219909320937472)  2011-10-29T09:50Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"Word of the Day: AMBITUS - the action of seeking to obtain office through underhand means"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1303339810216718339)  2020-09-08T14:30Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"If the surface of the gastrointestinal system of the average human male were flattened out it would cover the floor of an average studio apartment; the skin would cover the floor of the average toilet cubicle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1304419427308285952)  2020-09-11T14:00Z 1.2M followers, [---] engagements


"A diet consisting of only potatoes and butter can provide you with all the nutrients you need to stay alive.* *QI does not encourage this behaviour please consume mashed potato as part of a balanced diet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1304887510057848832)  2020-09-12T21:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A 62-year-old python at the St Louis Zoo has recently laid seven eggs despite not having been near a male since at least the early 1990s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1305129102056337408)  2020-09-13T13:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Sudan has more than twice as many pyramids as Egypt. (Image: Fabrizio Demartis)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1305835564877467655)  2020-09-15T11:47Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Wavy walls can use fewer bricks than straight ones. (Image: Colin Babb)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1307333631849893888)  2020-09-19T15:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"A farthing is a corruption of the original word fourthing i.e. a quarter of a penny"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1307424224127131649)  2020-09-19T21:00Z 1.2M followers, [----] engagements


"Five African grey parrots have had to be removed from display at a Lincolnshire Wildlife Park for swearing at visitors and then laughing with each other"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1315966399064543233)  2020-10-13T10:43Z 1.1M followers, [----] engagements


"The elves find this Quite Interesting. this lake in Palau contains [--] million jellyfish; not as cute as the squid http://tinyurl.com/bq5h3k"  
[X Link](https://x.com/qikipedia/status/1316085888)  2009-03-12T14:02Z 1.2M followers, [--] engagements

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