Not saying I’m going to spend the whole afternoon procrastinating. But I have just Googled “chinos etymology”. #quiteinteresting
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Here, every day’s a school day. I didn’t know that in France Robin Hood isn’t called “Robin à la Capuche” (literal translation) but rather "Robin des Bois," which literally translates to "Robin of the Woods"
May have arisen from confusion between "Hood" and "Wood" in French (bois)
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Screenshots with subtitles from Episode 4 of Series W of QI, first broadcast on 11 November 2025. They show a complete jumble of measurements units being used, with a wavelength in the millimetre-to-metre range being described using using inches.
For a TV show @qi.com in 2025 to be using #inches to measure a wavelength in the millimetre-to-metre range is #QuiteInteresting.
FUN FACT: Since the first UK radio stations began broadcasting in the 1920s, wavelengths have been given in #metres.
#metricsystem #SI #QI
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Omg @hankgreen.bsky.social on @qi.com ?! 🤩 Eeeee!
#QI
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#TV
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Thimble’s Regret
She was the third one to wear me this evening.
None of them sewed, though they all had strong hands.
I miss the jab and the quiet of mending.
Now I bring strangers and coin to their palms.
#poetry #quiteinteresting #thimble #history
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And insects collectively, have been around since the Devonian period, approximately 400 million years ago. Homo sapiens on the other hand, approx. 1 million years ago. #perspective #quiteinteresting
Truly Stunning Photograph!
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Like pyrex, this heatproof dish is glass but opaque, sold as "opaline" by JAJ.
The mark shows it's English glassware made by JAJ, James A. Jobling & Co. Ltd. The fact that it's opaque dates in to the 1960s, which fits with when my mother-in-law would have been setting up her kitchen!
#QuiteInteresting collectors rabbithole taking a look at English #pyrex glassware, inherited from my mother-in-law. It's not a fruit-bowl, but a heat proof serving dish as it fits in a metal frame for a candle.
JAJ existed 1923-1973, with #opaline made in the 1960s.
Ebay? Just £10!
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New: Digital drawing of a Blue Whale.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SuWGxk/
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#blue #whale #ocean #timelapse #animal #animalart #drawing #art #artist #wildlife #cute #cuteanimals #mystyle #autisticartist #actuallyautistic #autistic #autism #queerartist #alandavies #qi #quiteinteresting
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Sandi Toksvig doing the reversed V sign (aka the two fingered salute).
"Who invented this?"
Umm...
#QI #QuiteInteresting
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Another brilliant episode of QI XL on BBC Two tonight. Double the fun.
Triple the fun alongside the recommended Rioja by the Sunday Times.
Sandi, you inToksivigcate me (haha!) #QuiteInteresting
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Sandy: "What's the opposite of monopoly?"
Sarah: "Fun."
Full points.
#QI #QuiteInteresting
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Wintry city park with grass, trees, a pond at the back right, and a parthenon
They say of Centennial Park, where the Parthenon is....
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