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A Quite Interesting account from the team behind the BBC show QI.
‘Soy sauce’ is a tautology. The word ‘soy’ comes from the Japanese ‘shōyu’ meaning ‘soy sauce’.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
‘Soy sauce’ is a tautology. The word ‘soy’ comes from the Japanese ‘shōyu’ meaning ‘soy sauce’.
Bobcats climb cacti to escape predators. Thanks to their tough, thickly-padded paws, they don’t get injured by the spines.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Bobcats climb cacti to escape predators. Thanks to their tough, thickly-padded paws, they don’t get injured by the spines.
Your heartbeat will synchronise with your date if the date is going well.
Tonight we're looking at WOOING in a brand new loved-up episode of QI with Sandi, Alan, Maisie Adam, Larry Dean and Rosie Jones! BBC Two, 9pm. 💕
Tonight we're looking at WOOING in a brand new loved-up episode of QI with Sandi, Alan, Maisie Adam, Larry Dean and Rosie Jones! BBC Two, 9pm. 💕
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Your heartbeat will synchronise with your date if the date is going well.
Tonight we're looking at WOOING in a brand new loved-up episode of QI with Sandi, Alan, Maisie Adam, Larry Dean and Rosie Jones! BBC Two, 9pm. 💕
Tonight we're looking at WOOING in a brand new loved-up episode of QI with Sandi, Alan, Maisie Adam, Larry Dean and Rosie Jones! BBC Two, 9pm. 💕
In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In World War II, Bletchley Park scientists sometimes asked the RAF to lay mines in a specific area. They’d then look out for the name of that area in the ensuing encrypted messages that would inevitably be sent by the Germans, thereby helping them crack the Enigma code.
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. J. M. BARRIE
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. J. M. BARRIE
The Diderot Effect is when, after buying something, you feel pressured to buy more things to match it. The name comes from an 18th century essay by Denis Diderot, lamenting that a new red velvet robe led him to replace his furniture.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Diderot Effect is when, after buying something, you feel pressured to buy more things to match it. The name comes from an 18th century essay by Denis Diderot, lamenting that a new red velvet robe led him to replace his furniture.
Freddy Mercury’s original title for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was ‘The Cowboy Song’.
Tonight we're headed to the WILD WEST in a brand new episode with Sandi, Alan, Eshaan Akbar, Jo Brand and Alex Brooker! 🤠
Tonight we're headed to the WILD WEST in a brand new episode with Sandi, Alan, Eshaan Akbar, Jo Brand and Alex Brooker! 🤠
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Freddy Mercury’s original title for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was ‘The Cowboy Song’.
Tonight we're headed to the WILD WEST in a brand new episode with Sandi, Alan, Eshaan Akbar, Jo Brand and Alex Brooker! 🤠
Tonight we're headed to the WILD WEST in a brand new episode with Sandi, Alan, Eshaan Akbar, Jo Brand and Alex Brooker! 🤠
Income inequality is higher in the US today than it was in 1774, even if you factor in slavery.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Income inequality is higher in the US today than it was in 1774, even if you factor in slavery.
Thresher sharks can jump up to six metres out of the water. (📷: Steve Momot)
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Thresher sharks can jump up to six metres out of the water. (📷: Steve Momot)
A woman named Krystal Ball ran for US Congress in 2010.
She lost.
She lost.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A woman named Krystal Ball ran for US Congress in 2010.
She lost.
She lost.
The Voyager probe, launched in 1977 to explore beyond our Solar System, contains this picture of a balding man eating a slice of toast.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Voyager probe, launched in 1977 to explore beyond our Solar System, contains this picture of a balding man eating a slice of toast.
Word of the Day: MUMPSIMUS – someone who obstinately sticks to their old ideas in spite of evidence that they are wrong.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Word of the Day: MUMPSIMUS – someone who obstinately sticks to their old ideas in spite of evidence that they are wrong.
Swedish writer Fritiof Nilsson Piraten’s gravestone inscription says: ‘Here below are the ashes of a man who had the habit of putting everything off until tomorrow. But in his last days he improved, and did actually die on 31 January 1972’. (📷: jorchr)
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Swedish writer Fritiof Nilsson Piraten’s gravestone inscription says: ‘Here below are the ashes of a man who had the habit of putting everything off until tomorrow. But in his last days he improved, and did actually die on 31 January 1972’. (📷: jorchr)
Cloudflare has a wall of lava lamps in their San Francisco office to help with their entropy-gathering system. (📸HaeB)
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Cloudflare has a wall of lava lamps in their San Francisco office to help with their entropy-gathering system. (📸HaeB)
I have never seen the film but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific. MICHAEL CAINE on JAWS: THE REVENGE
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I have never seen the film but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific. MICHAEL CAINE on JAWS: THE REVENGE
Lemurs’ vaginas have no permanent opening. For 24 to 72 hours in July of a good year, their vagina will open, there’s a brief frenzy of mating and then they close up again.
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Lemurs’ vaginas have no permanent opening. For 24 to 72 hours in July of a good year, their vagina will open, there’s a brief frenzy of mating and then they close up again.
If you ask an AI chatbot to name a random number between 1 and 10, 90% of the time it responds with 7.
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If you ask an AI chatbot to name a random number between 1 and 10, 90% of the time it responds with 7.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. VICTOR HUGO
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. VICTOR HUGO
In 1911, a journalist crept into a sarcophagus in the Louvre and spent the night there to show how bad the museum’s security was.
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In 1911, a journalist crept into a sarcophagus in the Louvre and spent the night there to show how bad the museum’s security was.
Spoonfeed is the longest word in the English language with all of its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Spoonfeed is the longest word in the English language with all of its letters in reverse alphabetical order.
While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
Chinese slang for a combover is ‘The local authorities provide support for the central government’. (📷: Nesnad)
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Chinese slang for a combover is ‘The local authorities provide support for the central government’. (📷: Nesnad)
Where the English might say 'It's the bee's knees', the French say 'C'est le petit Jésus en culotte de velours' (It's the baby Jesus in velvet shorts).
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Where the English might say 'It's the bee's knees', the French say 'C'est le petit Jésus en culotte de velours' (It's the baby Jesus in velvet shorts).
Word of the Day: CUÑADISMO (Spanish slang) — literally: ‘brother-in-law-ism’; speaking on topics you know little about as if you were an expert and smarter than everyone else.
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Word of the Day: CUÑADISMO (Spanish slang) — literally: ‘brother-in-law-ism’; speaking on topics you know little about as if you were an expert and smarter than everyone else.
12 + 3 – 4 + 5 + 67 + 8 + 9 = 100
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
12 + 3 – 4 + 5 + 67 + 8 + 9 = 100