This is the ultimate compendium of crisp one-liners, knockout jokes, droll asides and universal truths collected over the years by the creators of QI. "You know 'that look' women get when they want sex? Me neither." (Steve Martin). "You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair." (Chinese proverb). "The Beatles are dying in the wrong order." (Victor Lewis-Smith). "Cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education." (Mark Twain). "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember: it didn't work for the...

Features facts and figures about 120 of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom, and includes illustrations, maps and diagrams. This title lets you marvel at elephants that walk on tiptoe, the pigs that shine in the dark, and the woodpeckers that have ears on the end of their tongues.

A compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, QI. It sets out to show you that a lot of what you think you know is wrong.

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? This title presents a collection of mind-bending facts, taking on the popular General Ignorance round from BBC1's top rated quiz.

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...