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23 May 2011, 6:37 am

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QI Fact of the Day

The human body grows a new stomach lining every five days. The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days. The body grows a completely new skin every four weeks. The liver is replaced every six weeks. The human skeleton is replaced every three months.

QI Quote of the Day

"We do not cease to play because we grow old. We grow old because we cease to play."

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Got to start playing

I hate it that we have to get old - wish I was a vampire

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23 May 2011, 7:25 am

a particularly good insight i thought.. never too old to play. although sports can be more taxing i imagine

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24 May 2011, 3:01 am

QI Fact of the Day

Guatemala means 'land of trees' in Mayan-Toltec, the same as Holland means in Dutch.

QI Quote of the Day

"Everyone is the age of their heart."
GUATEMALAN PROVERB

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25 May 2011, 2:43 am

QI Fact of the Day

The Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92) liked to entertain guests by doing impersonations of someone going to the lavatory.

QI Quote of the Day

"Come again when you can't stay so long."
WALTER SICKERT (1860-1942)

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25 May 2011, 5:39 am

here is some random trivia, like promised. :wink:

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

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25 May 2011, 7:16 am

emlion wrote:

here is some random trivia, like promised. :wink:

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

yay thanks, Em

has cheered fudo up some.
hmm, but what does it mean?

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25 May 2011, 7:18 am

Fudo wrote:

emlion wrote:

here is some random trivia, like promised. :wink:

yay thanks, Em

has cheered fudo up some.
hmm, but what does it mean?

from the very reliable source of wiki; Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.'" A condition meeting the word's definition is normally called silicosis.

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25 May 2011, 7:28 am

ah i see. thankyou

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25 May 2011, 3:11 pm

emlion wrote:

here is some random trivia, like promised. :wink:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUhQN-PGWDg[/youtube]

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26 May 2011, 6:17 am

^i think i'm in love.. :lol: with the loquacious lady that is..

thanks, Titangeek

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26 May 2011, 6:21 am

QI Fact of the Day

When the potato first reached England, a potato-tasting banquet was given at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Only the leaves and stems of the potatoes (which contain a poison called solanine) were served. All the guests became ill and left early.

QI Quote of the Day

"Now that the guest is gone who only came to shelter from the rain, here is the big potato for you, my son."
BUGANDAN PROVERB

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26 May 2011, 7:10 am

On the subject of vegetables:

There were no orange carrots until the 17th Century, when the Dutch cultivated them to have this colour for political reasons. Carrots used to be available in red and yellow, but not orange. You can also buy purple, black, and white carrots.

The pineapple also has a quite interesting social history. But it's not a vegetable.

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26 May 2011, 7:31 am

Dose crazshy dutsch guysh :lol: <my poor attempt at humour..
thanks Indy apparently the welsh word for carrot is moron..? from mr Brydon on QI.

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26 May 2011, 8:08 am

:lol:

You can buy t-shirts in Wales with a picture of a carrot and the word moron on. Everybody outside Wales probably thinks we're a nation of morons!

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26 May 2011, 8:20 am

haha, i gotta get one of those t-shirts.. how cool

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26 May 2011, 8:57 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVPt1y0QrV0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZlJJu5v14&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cbUIK3o7H0&feature=related[/youtube]

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