QI is awesome

I was in town the other day and foolishly went into a book shop when they were having a sale.

Of coarse I bought some books. One of them was the ‘QI book of general ignorance’. It’s full of neat facts.

For example: While I already knew that ‘uisge beatha’ (lit. water of life) was the Irish for whiskey, I never knew that the word whiskey was actually derived from it.

 

It’s a cool book. Not something to read straight through but great for picking up when you’re waiting for something.