Scary FACTS You Never Knew! QI With Stephen Fry & Sandi Toksvig

[@timmellor2599]

One of Stephen's best insults (ever!) has to be what he says about the Da Vinci Code. It still makes me chuckle after seeing it a few times now

[@sanbilge]

Plus the the legendary comedic timing that follows.

[@aprildegele1510]

QI is one of the BEST shows on any station in any country. I just wish I knew where I could stream it for free.

[@janolaful]

There is a channel called versus on youtube that has full episodes free to watch see if you have it.

[@zapkvr]

@@janolaful Except not the latest series

[@zapkvr]

And not showing in Australia because the ABC is too l;azy to show the latest episodes.

[@ebonycrawford2713]

Get a VPN and go to the BBC website’s iPlayer

[@Jean-yn6ef]

As an American menopausal mother of 4 I am really appreciating this!

[@markschattefor6997]

Ohw, you are the person in the US of A with a sense of humour.

my Ex went menopausal and we all become her enemies, i divorsed her and now her victim is our youngest daughter, not sure what your aim is.

[@zapkvr]

Four? Jesus

[@puckerings]

16:44 A cow is not more likely to do you in as a shark. You are more likely to be killed by a cow than a shark, but in any particular interaction you have with a particular cow, it is MUCH less likely to result in your death than an interaction you have with a shark. The reason cows kill more people is because people are thousands or millions of times more likely to be interacting with cows at any given time.

[@Hoganply]

I'd wager cows have to deal with a greater proportion of aggrivatingly stupid people.

[@jmodified]

I spend hundreds of hours each year swimming or surfing in areas with moderately aggressive sharks, and have never interacted with a cow except over/through a fence - for a lifetime total of about 2 minutes.

[@trevorberridge6079]

Actually that's NOT entirely accurate. A shark will almost always kill a human by accident. Humans lolling about on the surface can only be seen in silhouette and because of their inferior swimming ability they can be mistaken for an injured seal or other creature. The shark then does it's usual rising attack and only realises after the first bite that this isn't it's expected prey. By then the damage can be fatal. But there are many victims who have survived with scars or missing limbs because the shark wasn't interested in eating them once it became clear they weren't on the usual menu. However, cows will kill people in anger during an attack either because they are stressed, feel threatened or are protecting their young. So, in summary, sharks mostly kill or maim humans by accident and cows usually kill or maim humans on purpose. Therefore cows are more dangerous than sharks as a matter of intent.

[@Mutchy85]

That was awesome. The comments section can be truer than the show if you look at things like that, from a different perspective. David Mitchell is that you?

[@-_James_-]

You've never been chased through a field by a herd of curious cows. I have. It was not a fun experience. I was riding my bike along country paths outside Bristol. I hopped over a stile into a field that was empty except for a herd of cows down the far end. The footpath just ran across the top of the field to another stile on the far side - maybe 200 metres in total. By the time I was halfway across all the cows were charging towards me as fast as they could. I only just made it over the second stile by the time they caught up to me. A field of bulls on the other hand will just watch you ride past.

[@kittymervine6115]

my great grandmother died in the early 1900's while cooking. Burned, and lived for several days but died and my grandmother grew up in a truly nice orphanage, as a father alone was not considered good enough to raise children.

[@SpeccyMan]

And we think sexism is a modern thing. This shows it has been around for a long time.

[@hensonlaura]

​@@SpeccyMan Unintentionally hilarious statement😂😂😂

[@lajoswinkler]

@@SpeccyMan Who thinks it's a modern thing?

[@kored8688]

@@SpeccyMan I've never heard that before

[@Codex7777]

That viewpoint, at the end took was still prevalent in the 70s. My mum died when I was 6 and there was enormous pressure on him to place me in care. My older brother (15) and sister (17) were considered old enough. Though my brother was considered too. Luckily he resisted the pressure. A single parent family, with the parent being male was still unusual back then. We were something of an oddity. It was the other side of the sexism coin. Child raising, cooking, housekeeping etc were considered to be female roles and girls were still taught those things in schools, though it was slowly dying out. The flipside, for men, was that they were seen as not being any good of those things. A lighter burden to bear, generally speaking but upon the death of a mother, it would come into focus.

[@emisthem6562]

The person who got so pissed at the comedian that they just wrote WRONG is a madlad 😂

[@Triggerfinger98]

David Mitchell (the comedian) has a long running feud with the buzzer people

[@emisthem6562]

@Triggerfinger98 I hadn't watched the show s9nce I was a kid, so I never got to see the sheer joy this show could bring, especially at the comedians expense

[@kozodoev]

There isn't enough contempt in this world for "da vinci code". What a ghastly book.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Loose stool water 😂

[@kathrynlenz8368]

Have to confess we frequently have cows in the garden as well as a troop of monkeys but never had a shark.

[@AND-od5jt]

13:00 Being from Austria and having been in Germany quite a lot (relatives n such), I've never seen those anywhere, not even in shops, not since 1990. Also -- why does it speak English?

[@B.I.L.B.Y]

While the chances of being killed by cow in the ocean is highly unlikely, the chance of a shark killing you on a farm is astronomical.

[@joshroolf1966]

So, the proof of the jelly is in the electroencephalographic reading?!

[@mattic6]

1:30 Bill Bailey = Genius. 8:34 If you fall off a horse and break your neck, you haven't been "killed by a horse".

[@stethespaniard2]

Well yeah. Not many sharks in uk fields

[@Proserpira]

Maybe for YOU. I've been swarmed for years!

[@coasternut3091]

The eyebrows after Stephen's tongue move os what really seals it

[@mimikurtz2162]

Sharks are nothing compared to cows: have you EVER heard of a shark taking on a cow?

[@Proserpira]

As sweet as sharks are i'm dtill betting on it. Cows and the greatest underwater fighters :/

[@SadisticMonsterMan]

Ever seen a cow survive a shark attack? Could happen. Never seen it personally though 😂

[@zapkvr]

Stoolwater was the name of the band in Almost famous the movie directated by Cameron Crowe

[@FutureBereaAlumn]

Dracula does the scrape and lick

[@philw245]

Did you know that sharks will only attack you if you are wet.

[@indyspotes3310]

You can play as much Peer Gynt as you like. I'm still more worried about that shark's teeth...

[@weremuppet7625]

That shark fact is just bad statistics, if you encounter a great white shark equally as often as a cow, guess which one is more likely to kill you? Hint: it doesnt eat grass. That said, sharks aren't as dangerous as they are portrayed to be.

[@DasIstDochMalEinName]

Never ever seen that toilet thing in Germany. BTW: why does it speak English?

[@hamilton9076]

QI❤

[@mkay6089]

Not dangerous.. hmm tell that to the men of the USS Indianapolis. And if as many people were in the sea 24/7 as on land the figures would be very different but seeing as we are on land it is a seriously skewed fact. Like equating the fact Electricity kills more people today than in the year 1604.

[@julianmcmillan2867]

If there significantly more people in the water, there would be less sharks there anyways. One reason is that they'd all be extinct. If not that, then most shark species' probably wouldn't want to be around a swarm of animals roughly the same size as them. Regardless, more humans in the water likely means less sharks.

[@jaredphillips5105]

As a non German man. If you put that toilet thing in a toilet that other men I know use then It would likely get covered in urine. Not me of coarse, I wouldn't use it as a target but other men I know would.

[@Miss.Moth.666]

Please Stephen, just say what you mean.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

2024 post-US elections: 17 minutes Stephen Fry - *Especially* that _DaVinci Code_ burn 🔥 ! - is exaclty what health care professionals ordered. (At least the ones who're really good at their job).

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Horses are the most dangerous animal in Australia is the horse "because they fall off and break their neck ... horses kill three times more than the ones you mentioned" Wait, what? If you fall off your horse and break your neck, did the horse kill you? I don't THINK so.

[@grahamhume5953]

Sue Perkins bores me to tears. She couldn't keep her mouth shut if she was underwater.

[@bigfriendlybeachretard]

I guess you haven't seen the most recent Taskmaster series?

[@danbev8542]

I love Sue Perkins- she is extremely smart, as well as a kind and generous person.

[@HeyZeus667]

Rants about how bad the Da Vinci code is, then raves about how good the TV show, Vikings is, knowing full well that it's not based on anything historic, aside from the names they used.

[@hensonlaura]

He was bang on re: Da Vinci Code. That book was idiotic.

[@FuzzyFoot58]

There were actually several historic events in Vikings that actually happened.

[@kyliejm2]

How well something is written has nothing to with whether it’s factual or not.

[@christheghostwriter]

The Da Vinci Code isn't bad because it's ahistorical,; it's bad because it's poorly written

[@EmilyGilbeywilbey]

Have you read it?

[@KelsaRavenlock]

At the time this film was big. It was shown by General Cinema across their theater chain and spent about a 6 months at prestige locations with another 6 at lower end ones then it spent years at the art house ones. As it was foreign it was not subject to the same agreements between theater companies and various distributors so enjoyed a longer run. It was also a top rental at video stores and the provided promotionals were not reclaimed so standees and posters were common decorations in many stores for their foreign sections. It was what one would call viral by todays speak. This film opened up the American mainstream for European films and started a trend that saw foreign films become trendy again. Sorry for my rant on your video earlier. This week alone on KZbin I have heard Excalibur described as a "forgotten cult film", Ken Russell called an unknown director, and been told that no one has ever heard of the films "They Live" and "Reanimator". So I guess that got me ranty. I have managed a major market movie theater, worked as a screener for GCC, run a popular video store in Hollywood, and worked in films and television so tend to have some knowledge that isn't the common which leaves me more likely to object to things. But yeah, this film was big and completely changed peoples veiwing habits and tastes as well as being given extra life due to the whole "indie" film trend in the 90's. As a side note this was one of the films I actual screened and reviewed myself for the theater chain then recommend, so I guess I also have skin in the game=)

[@SandraHudson-d9e]

When harry met sally

[@julianmcmillan2867]

I don't know why, but I find British comedy to be superior to American comedy. Stand-up is great as an exception in America, but overall comedy? American comedy is too predictable. It's either political (and I'm a political leftist, so I appreciate it) or puns. The Brits have this amazing tenacity to make anything genuinely funny without it having to be social commentary or bigotry. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that it appears more natural; like people sitting around a dinner table and laughing and being silly.

[@nickpond9337]

A Cow More Danerous ! than a Shark , it does depened on what you are Doing to the Cow I surpose ?

[@HouseSanity]

Learn to spell

[@will-i-am-not]

Cows are very dangerous, people are killed in the UK each year by choosing to take a stroll in a field of cows or heifers.

[@Smokeyr67]

It all depends on whether you're swimming in a seal colony, or a paddock. Cows don't like people swimming in their paddock!

[@jeromesullivan4015]

Actually, hippopotamus deaths are rather common more than Cows, but point taken..

[@SpeccyMan]

@@jeromesullivan4015 There aren't than many wild hippos in Britain. In fact, I'd say the number is most probably zero.

[@geraldperyman6535]

Rupert Murdoch,a shark,a Trump lover.

[@Ubique2927]

What a surprise the mad woman says Jeremy Clarkson. She is quite unfunny and predictable.

[@gordondean9189]

ie, she doesn't agree with your fascist view of the world?

[@Ubique2927]

@ You don’t know what fascist means do you.

[@grahamhume5953]

Sue Perkins, couldn't keep her mouth shut, if she was underwater..

[@petelong3333]

Gotta be a toffee wrapper with that user name?😊

[@rickjohnson2165]

More tedious lefties crap trap about the great Rupert Murdoch. One of the greatest Australians ever.

[@joshuawaring4180]

Are you being satirical?

[@jessgunn6639]

@@joshuawaring4180 one can only hope😈

[@jswaggart01]

Cane toads are more respected than that upright cadaver.

[@maobfh]

In the past, lefties or leftists were those associated with the more liberal political party. Today, a lefty is ANYONE who does not share your opinion. Fascinatingly pathetic. Do those in your party Out colleagues who order a different breakfast than you? What is your threshold for allowable differences? Scrambled vs over easy? Bacon vs sausage? Clothing typically picked out for you by your spouse? Do you suffer an existential crisis each time you argue with your spouse?

[@hensonlaura]

Demonization is the path of lesser intelligence.

[@marcuswilson3485]

Id rather be killed by a shark than a cow. It just sounds cooler when your mum tells people down the local ASDA.

[@blindbrad4719]

To the Daft Punk tune technologic. bite it Sup it slurp it suck it drink it lick it lap it love it… vampiric bites… Vampiric bites

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

The lesbian is wrong twice!

[@grahamhume5953]

Sue Perkins couldn't keep her mouth shut if she was underwater.