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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)
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.
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)
In 1899, G.E. Dudley patented an electrical anti-masturbation device for men that consisted of a tube connected to a bell that would ring if the penis, inserted in the tube, became erect.
November 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In 1899, G.E. Dudley patented an electrical anti-masturbation device for men that consisted of a tube connected to a bell that would ring if the penis, inserted in the tube, became erect.
The first paperback vending machine was installed at Charing Cross Station in 1937 by Penguin books. They called it the ‘Penguincubator’. (📷: STML)
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The first paperback vending machine was installed at Charing Cross Station in 1937 by Penguin books. They called it the ‘Penguincubator’. (📷: STML)
Tonight at 9pm on BBC Two we'll be looking at WINGS AND WHEELS in a brand new episode with Sandi, Alan, Aisling Bea, Desiree Burch and Hank Green.
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Tonight at 9pm on BBC Two we'll be looking at WINGS AND WHEELS in a brand new episode with Sandi, Alan, Aisling Bea, Desiree Burch and Hank Green.
Baby blue whales put on 4kgs an hour until they’re 8 months old. 🐋
Tonight at 9pm we'll be looking at lots more whale facts in 'Wales, Whales and Wails', a BRAND NEW QI episode with Sandi, Alan, Elis James, Griff Rhys Jones and Kiri Pritchard-McLean!
Tonight at 9pm we'll be looking at lots more whale facts in 'Wales, Whales and Wails', a BRAND NEW QI episode with Sandi, Alan, Elis James, Griff Rhys Jones and Kiri Pritchard-McLean!
October 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Baby blue whales put on 4kgs an hour until they’re 8 months old. 🐋
Tonight at 9pm we'll be looking at lots more whale facts in 'Wales, Whales and Wails', a BRAND NEW QI episode with Sandi, Alan, Elis James, Griff Rhys Jones and Kiri Pritchard-McLean!
Tonight at 9pm we'll be looking at lots more whale facts in 'Wales, Whales and Wails', a BRAND NEW QI episode with Sandi, Alan, Elis James, Griff Rhys Jones and Kiri Pritchard-McLean!
QI Fans! Brand new QI Series W launches TOMORROW NIGHT at 9pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
QI Fans! Brand new QI Series W launches TOMORROW NIGHT at 9pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.
The vertebrate with the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio is the bony-eared assfish.
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The vertebrate with the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio is the bony-eared assfish.
Ponyhenge is a collection of rocking horses in an open field in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
No one knows where the ponies come from, or who is donating them - but the herd continues to grow.
(Image: Jenn Forman Orth)
No one knows where the ponies come from, or who is donating them - but the herd continues to grow.
(Image: Jenn Forman Orth)
October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ponyhenge is a collection of rocking horses in an open field in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
No one knows where the ponies come from, or who is donating them - but the herd continues to grow.
(Image: Jenn Forman Orth)
No one knows where the ponies come from, or who is donating them - but the herd continues to grow.
(Image: Jenn Forman Orth)
Word of the Day: BLOBBERY - a garden made of shrubs and bushes shorn to look like blobs. (📷: Paolo)
October 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Word of the Day: BLOBBERY - a garden made of shrubs and bushes shorn to look like blobs. (📷: Paolo)
The scientific term for dog zoomies is Frenetic Random Activity Periods.
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The scientific term for dog zoomies is Frenetic Random Activity Periods.
QI XL has been nominated for a TV Choice Award in the Best Entertainment Show category! If you wanted to vote for us, which would be lovely, you can do so at www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/
September 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
QI XL has been nominated for a TV Choice Award in the Best Entertainment Show category! If you wanted to vote for us, which would be lovely, you can do so at www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/
Samuel Pepys' diary entry for this day in 1665 recalls a stay at Mrs Clerke's house, where he left a surprise (or two) in the chimney...
September 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Samuel Pepys' diary entry for this day in 1665 recalls a stay at Mrs Clerke's house, where he left a surprise (or two) in the chimney...
In 1879, ‘Punch’ predicted video calls: In this cartoon, parents ‘set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire’.
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In 1879, ‘Punch’ predicted video calls: In this cartoon, parents ‘set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire’.
A thermal image map of Saturn's moon Mimas looks remarkably like Pac-Man eating a dot. (Image: NASA/JPL/SSI)
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A thermal image map of Saturn's moon Mimas looks remarkably like Pac-Man eating a dot. (Image: NASA/JPL/SSI)
What NOT to do if a grenade is thrown at you.
September 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What NOT to do if a grenade is thrown at you.
In 2010, sick of having their sign stolen, the residents of Shitterton bought a 1.5 tonne block of stone and had the name Shitterton carved into it.
September 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In 2010, sick of having their sign stolen, the residents of Shitterton bought a 1.5 tonne block of stone and had the name Shitterton carved into it.
Word of the Day: MOMIJIGARI (Japanese) - The act of leaf-spotting, or visiting areas with vibrant autumn colours.
September 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Word of the Day: MOMIJIGARI (Japanese) - The act of leaf-spotting, or visiting areas with vibrant autumn colours.
A marine worm called Ramisyllis multicaudata has a single head and hundreds of bums. Its body branches off in all directions and each branch has its own butthole. (Image: Sarah Faulwetter)
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A marine worm called Ramisyllis multicaudata has a single head and hundreds of bums. Its body branches off in all directions and each branch has its own butthole. (Image: Sarah Faulwetter)
The tree goats of Morocco have learnt to climb argan trees so they can eat their delicious fruit. (📷 Elena Tatiana Chis)
September 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The tree goats of Morocco have learnt to climb argan trees so they can eat their delicious fruit. (📷 Elena Tatiana Chis)
In a recent Estonian production of Romeo and Juliet, all the parts were played trucks, diggers and lorries. (📷: Siim Vahur)
September 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In a recent Estonian production of Romeo and Juliet, all the parts were played trucks, diggers and lorries. (📷: Siim Vahur)
The ingenious way the Soviet Union caught American spies.
September 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The ingenious way the Soviet Union caught American spies.
One of the world’s most photographed trees is That Wānaka Tree in Lake Wānaka, New Zealand. (Image: Tom Hall)
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
One of the world’s most photographed trees is That Wānaka Tree in Lake Wānaka, New Zealand. (Image: Tom Hall)
The Estonian National Opera’s car park has music-themed barriers. (📷TheGoodEndedHappily)
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Estonian National Opera’s car park has music-themed barriers. (📷TheGoodEndedHappily)