1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

By John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

QI is the neatest comedy convey on British tv, yet few humans recognize that we're additionally a tremendous criminal hit in Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Africa and an unlawful one on BitTorrent. We additionally write books and newspaper columns; run a thriving web site, a fb web page, a Twitter feed; and convey an iPhone App and a sister Radio four programme. on the middle of what we do is the miraculous truth - painstakingly researched and distilled to an excellent and stunning readability. In Einstein's phrases: 'Everything may be so simple as attainable, yet no longer simpler.'

Did you recognize that: cows moo in nearby accents; the total net weighs lower than a grain of sand; the dialling code from Britain to Russia is 007; potatoes have extra chromosomes than people; the London Underground has made extra money from its well-known map than it has from working trains; Tintin is named Tantan in jap simply because TinTin is mentioned 'Chin chin' and capability penis; the water within the mouth of a blue whale weighs greater than its physique; Scotland has two times as many pandas as Conservative MPs; Saddam's bunker used to be designed by way of the grandson of the girl who outfitted Hitler's bunker; less than the natural world and nation-state Act of 1981, it truly is explicitly unlawful in Britain to take advantage of a machinegun to kill a hedgehog.

1,227 QI proof To Blow Your Socks Off will make you examine the universe (and your socks) in an alarming new way.

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By John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

QI is the neatest comedy convey on British tv, yet few humans recognize that we're additionally a tremendous criminal hit in Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Africa and an unlawful one on BitTorrent. We additionally write books and newspaper columns; run a thriving web site, a fb web page, a Twitter feed; and convey an iPhone App and a sister Radio four programme. on the middle of what we do is the miraculous truth - painstakingly researched and distilled to an excellent and stunning readability. In Einstein's phrases: 'Everything may be so simple as attainable, yet no longer simpler.'

Did you recognize that: cows moo in nearby accents; the total net weighs lower than a grain of sand; the dialling code from Britain to Russia is 007; potatoes have extra chromosomes than people; the London Underground has made extra money from its well-known map than it has from working trains; Tintin is named Tantan in jap simply because TinTin is mentioned 'Chin chin' and capability penis; the water within the mouth of a blue whale weighs greater than its physique; Scotland has two times as many pandas as Conservative MPs; Saddam's bunker used to be designed by way of the grandson of the girl who outfitted Hitler's bunker; less than the natural world and nation-state Act of 1981, it truly is explicitly unlawful in Britain to take advantage of a machinegun to kill a hedgehog.

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Hit my head and almost died.  Went to a detoxification program, mandatory AA.  Attended 90 meetings in 90 days.  This 12­step program can work for you, too.  Then do it.  Simple, to the point, developed from his own deep interests, Paul's talk demonstrates vividly the lessons of this chapter: how to Get a Response and Structure Your Thoughts.  Then he couldn't wait to share what he learned.  Otherwise, he insisted, he would panic and forget what he wanted to say.  He found a friend who also loved wine, but hadn't had the benefit of Paul's training, and invited the friend to dinner at a restaurant with an extensive wine list.

All of this begins with the process of structuring your presentation.  To make a presentation by winging it may not merit the attention of your audience.  It's as if you invited people to your home, opened the door, greeted them, then left them to their own devices by not engaging them or keeping them entertained and involved.  The response­getter you choose is the transition into the structure of your remarks.  The middle, of course.  If an anecdote or funny story comes to Page 52 mind that might illuminate one of your points, jot it down in the outline, too.

At the end he planned to summarize the lesson, review the wines available to them, and ask the friend to help him make a choice. " Predictably, the friend admitted always being confused.  So here is the scenario as Paul recorded it.  Do the choices in red wine confuse you? PAUL: FRIEND: Yes, I love red wine, but I never know what to choose.  Then you can choose the wine for dinner from the wine list. PAUL: FRIEND: Great!  I see that they are listed in gradations of body, color, and tannin. PAUL: FRIEND: What does that mean?

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