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1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off (2012)

1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off (2012)

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ISBN
0571297919 (ISBN13: 9780571297917)
Language
English
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faber and faber

About book 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off (2012)

I won this book through a First Reads giveaway. It's a cute book and does indeed include a lot of facts. A lot of the facts are funny and unexpected, and I enjoyed reading them. Several made me laugh out loud, such as this cute one: "It was 33 years after toilet paper was invented in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that it could be advertised as 'splinter free'". I definitely learned a thing or two from reading this book and feel it was time well entertained. I've got it sitting on my coffee table to entertain guests. Many have gotten a chuckle out of it.I have to admit that the inclusion of some rough guesstimates and generally accepted ranges being included as facts surprised me (such as: "The average number of readers of any given published scientific paper is said to be 0.6%" That's not really a fact and there's no way to verify it.) Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed this little treasure. I won this book on Goodreads First Reads. It's the type of book you just keep picking up again and again and reading random facts to anyone within ear shot. I like that you can look up more on the facts you read about with the webpage they give. You just put in the page number and it tells you more on the fact you read about that was on that page to verify the fact. It's a great way to add more to a fun book like this one, thanks for the giveaway.

Do You like book 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off (2012)?

A fun and interesting read, full of wonderfully repeatable soundbites. It never ceases to amaze.
—livlaughluv01

Most of the facts go over my head or I just don't find them all that interesting.
—agentphynk

Some fascinating facts in this book, but it felt a bit too short
—Lauren

Not for kindle reading - would be better as a coffee top book.
—sharon

Some really interesting facts, but that's all it is.
—Nico1695

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