The 11 most interesting ‘Quite Interesting’ things from QI
Here’s 11 of our favourite ‘Quite Interesting’ things tweeted by the QI Twitter account.
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One Oxfam shop has received so many donations of 50 Shades of Grey that they've managed to build a fort pic.twitter.com/lFtZ7Ow3aK
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) March 23, 2016
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Some tree canopies avoid touching each other as they grow; a natural phenomenon called crown shyness. (Image: Dag Peak) pic.twitter.com/3XoyMCbOu7
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) September 5, 2017
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These pencils were withdrawn from US schools after a 10 year old pointed out a problem… pic.twitter.com/4ySHT04PJ5
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) February 25, 2014
4.
Cards that play a song when you open them use more computing power than was used to send man to the moon.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) October 12, 2017
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This is what happens when a walrus falls asleep on a surfacing submarine… pic.twitter.com/BhWQlNb82X
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) March 21, 2014
6.
Splenda was an insecticide that became a sweetener when an assistant misheard an order to ‘test’ it as ‘taste’ it.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) October 11, 2017
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HOLLOWAYS are roadways that have sunk into the earth with use over hundreds of years. (Photo: Romain Bréget.) pic.twitter.com/LkzmJ0NQ1g
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) October 9, 2017
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Shampoo commercials have green-screen-clad workers who secretly flick the models' hair. pic.twitter.com/9ElKPeLhhU
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) July 11, 2014
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J. R. R. Tolkien and Adolf Hitler both fought at the battle of the Somme.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) October 9, 2017
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Agatha Christie was one of the first Britons to surf standing up. pic.twitter.com/ho9QXbfw3f
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) October 10, 2017
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Elephant Walk. A family of elephants beautifully carved into the graphite of a pencil by Cindy Chinn. pic.twitter.com/BAyMi7lmJE
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) July 6, 2016
Quite interesting.
