19 Quite Interesting tweets from the official QI Twitter account
We give you a collection of bizarre and wonderful facts from @qikipedia, the team behind the BBC TV show QI…
1.
In 1986, Harrods, a small restaurant in the town of Otorohanga, New Zealand, was threatened with a lawsuit by the famous department store of the same name. In response, the town changed its name to Harrodsville and renamed all of its businesses ‘Harrods’.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 27, 2018
2.
Biology is the only science where multiplication and division mean the same thing.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 26, 2018
3.
English language has more words borrowed from Hawaiian than from Welsh.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) December 3, 2018
4.
An estimated 500,000 cats served on warships and in the trenches during World War I.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 24, 2018
5.
Word of the day: SOHWAKHAENG (Korean) – a small but certain happiness, like a cup of hot tea in the morning or a purring cat in your lap pic.twitter.com/3fNgDxAbTd
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 19, 2018
6.
A group of hedgehogs is called a PRICKLE. pic.twitter.com/1GYuXVjXM7
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 19, 2018
7.
In 1942, Walt Disney helped design Mickey Mouse gas masks for children. (Image: frankieleon) pic.twitter.com/2Epyu1vfjI
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 21, 2018
8.
Michael Jackson wanted to play Spider-Man so much that he attempted to buy Marvel.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 21, 2018
9.
‘The Blues Brothers’ movie had a budget for cocaine.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 21, 2018
10.
There are more pet tigers in the USA than there are wild tigers in the rest of the world.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 20, 2018