Diese Reihe begibt sich auf eine faszinierende Reise und entlarvt populäre Irrtümer und weit verbreitete Unwahrheiten. Mit Witz und Humor enthüllt sie, wie wenig wir wirklich wissen und wie leicht wir durch scheinbar offensichtliche Fakten in die Irre geführt werden können. Jeder Band steckt voller überraschender Informationen, die unsere festgefahrenen Überzeugungen in Frage stellen und Trivia-Enthusiasten sowie Liebhaber von Allgemeinwissen gleichermaßen unterhalten. Machen Sie sich darauf gefasst, dass vieles von dem, was Sie zu wissen glaubten, tatsächlich falsch ist.
Welches ist das größte Lebewesen? Wie heißt der höchste Berg? Wie viele Sinne hat der Mensch? Die Antworten sind nicht der Wal, der Mount Everest und fünf. Dieses Buch entlarvt die Macht der Scheinbildung und korrigiert die schnellen Antworten auf die alltäglichen Fragen des Lebens. Entdecken Sie populäre Irrtümer und Wissenslücken, Lustiges, Bizarres und Groteskes.
Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What colour are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? What was the first dishwasher built to do?John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, the brains behind QI, here present a wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating and mind-bending facts, taking on the popular General Ignorance round from BBC1's top rated quiz and the first book in the bestselling series. And whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong.
Just when you thought it was safe to start showing off again, the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance and 1,277 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off are back.
Wussten Sie, dass Albatrosse zehn Jahre nonstop fliegen können, Hummer 100 Jahre alt werden, Würmer Zigaretten rauchen und Mäuse singen, während sie sich lieben? Nach dieser Safari wird den Leser nichts mehr wundern. Wie Tiere – Hund, Katz, Erdferkel, Binturongs, Asseln, Pinguine und all die anderen – fressen, schlafen, sich bewegen und fortpflanzen, das bietet mehr, als die menschliche Phantasie sich je wird vorstellen können.
Welcome to QI: The Book of the Dead, a biographical dictionary with a twist - one where only the most interesting people made it in!QI have got together six dozen of the happiest, saddest, maddest and most successful men and women from history. Celebrate their wisdom, learn from their mistakes and marvel at their bad taste in clothes. Hans Christian Anderson was terrified of naked women, Florence Nightingale spent her last fifty years in bed, Sigmund Freud smoked twenty cigars a day, Catherine de Medici applied a daily face mask made of pigeon dung, Rembrandt van Rijn died penniless and Madame Mao banned cicadas, rustling noises and pianos. Carefully collected and ordered by the QI team into themed chapters with thought-provoking titles such as 'There's Nothing Like a Bad Start in Life', 'Man Cannot Live by Bread Alone'. Each chapter reveals hilarious insights into the true nature of the most interesting people who ever lived, including Isaac Newton, Genghis Khan, Sigmund Freud, Florence Nightingale and Karl Marx. From the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance and 1,277 Facts to Knock Your Socks Off, comes a fun and inspirational biographical dictionary, with motivational stories about the famous and the obscure.
The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? What did Lady Godiva do? What can you legally do if you come across a Welshman in Chester after sunset?
The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? What did Lady Godiva do? What can you legally do if you come across a Welshman in Chester after sunset?