The QI Elves @qikipedia@tooot.im

Don't forget that there are four brand new episodes of QI currently available to view on iPlayer. Watch them before they disappear! https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006ml0g/qi https://t.co/ebGvaw2xGd

Noisy humans keep birds awake at night. https://t.co/pAsqNdJuid

The so-called "mad hatterpillar" keeps all the exoskeleton heads it's outgrown on its head - forming a hat.

(Image: Donald Hobern.) https://t.co/eImHpwvy5S

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Meet Dryocampa rubicunda, also known as the rosy maple moth. (Image: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://t.co/05rzDuEXGQ

The giant golden-crowned flying fox, which is actually a type of bat, has a wingspan of up to 1.7m, making it wider than Danny DeVito is tall.

(Image: Gregg Yann) https://t.co/qQs2y3YbZT

This is the long-wattled umbrellabird. The length of the wattle can be controlled– retracted in flight and extended when it wants to impress a female. https://t.co/ajTNGY8Kh1

The intense abdominal pain known as ‘Devonshire colic’ which afflicted thousands of West country people through the 17th and 18th centuries turned out to be poisoning caused by lead-lined cider presses (not the strength or acidity of the cider). https://t.co/PoKITuoqZB

The older and larger a lichen grows, the less likely it is to die. https://t.co/rKnt1Brcwp

The mineral in the teeth that limpets use to scrape algae off rock is harder than Kevlar.
(Image: Claudio Valdovinos & Maximillian Rüth https://t.co/9nTneOCzmc

Holly has a trick for how you can say Spice Girl with a Glaswegian accent.
It's completely useless but also... kind of brilliant? https://t.co/YjuU9ZNNI2

Right, we're off to get cosy before tonight's episode.
Brand new QI, BBC Two, 9pm with Sandi, Alan, Maisie Adam, David Mitchell and Holly Walsh! https://t.co/bpoZA43IjC

67% said True and it is True!
The remarkable Maureen "Moe" Wilton. https://t.co/6yzwNTP4Yb

57% said True and 57% are correct! https://t.co/d8zn3rcaVh

It couldn't be closer... 50.1% said False and it is False! https://t.co/HPUgEkBIyW

82% said True but it's actually False!
After only TWO seconds of a match in 2000, striker Lee Todd said “fuck me, that was loud" when the whistle to start the game was blown. He was promptly shown a red card. https://t.co/h1iqkR46P1

Tonight at 9pm on BBC Two there's a brand new episode of QI and it is, quite frankly, RIDICULOUS. https://t.co/AgzwRbgHce

Word of the Day: QUISQUILIOUS - comprised entirely of rubbish or bric-a-brac. (Photo: dbking) https://t.co/rtreXu2KBw

Blink-182 named their holding company ‘Pennywise Poo Poo Butt Inc’ so their lawyers and accountants would sound silly saying it all the time.

Tonight's brand new QI episode is RIDICULOUS and stars Sandi, Alan, @MaisieAdam, @RealDMitchell and @wiggywalsh! BBC Two, 9pm. https://t.co/wiRG7WfDIk

Since 1996, a company called Spirit Halloween has correctly predicted the results of the US Presidential election based on which candidate’s mask sells more. (Photo: Polylerus) https://t.co/CT2mUQC1WZ