Spurningaþátturinn QI er geysivinsæll um allan heim. Á Twitter-reikningi þáttarins birtast daglega ótal skemmtilegar og skondnar staðreyndir sem ekki margir vita. Ísland er ansi vinsælt umræðuefni á síðunni en þar birtast reglulega upplýsingar um landið okkar. Við tókum saman nokkrar skemmtilegar staðreyndir um Ísland sem hafa vakið athygli.
Ekki nema
In Iceland in 2017, there was one trampoline-related hospital admission for every 1,143 Icelanders.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) June 6, 2019
Byltingarkennt hugtak
Word of the day: ÍSBÍLTÚR – An Icelandic pastime that involves hopping in your car and buying an ice cream. Literally ‘ice-cream road trip’.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) March 17, 2019
Við erum sérstaklega stolt af þessari
Iceland's most successful reality TV show was called "Keeping up with the Kattarshians". It featured a livestream of four adoptable kittens living in a tiny house.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) June 3, 2019
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Iceland has 25 puffins for every person. (From: http://t.co/nVGXu14aG8)
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) February 3, 2015
Iceland has an official book-buying season – Jólabókaflóð. It runs from September to December, and over half of all books sold in Iceland are sold in the month before Christmas.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) December 24, 2017
In Iceland from 1966 to 1987 the airing of TV was banned on a Thursday, to encourage residents to get out and socialize more.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) February 2, 2017
Iceland's last McDonald's burger was sold in 2009. You can watch it decomposing on webcam here: https://t.co/JcW0Qlfjlv #NationalBurgerDay
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) August 24, 2017
Íslensk orð og orðatiltæki eru vinsæl
Sólarfrí – In Iceland, when staff get an unexpected afternoon or day off to enjoy warm sunny weather. Literally it means “sun-vacation.”
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) May 5, 2016
Word of the day: GLUGGAVEÐUR (Icelandic) – Weather that looks lovely from inside your house, but is horrible to be outside in. Literally 'window-weather'.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) March 18, 2018
The Icelandic word for Walkman is vasadiskó – literally 'pocket disco'.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) January 1, 2019
The Icelandic equivalent of ‘the cherry on top’ is ‘rúsínan í pylsuendanum’ — ‘the raisin at the end of the sausage’.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) May 23, 2018
If you're in Iceland beware of the phrase 'I will find you on a beach': this idiom (or threat) means, ' I’ll get my revenge,' or 'don’t make me hurt you.'
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) February 22, 2018
Beer was illegal in Iceland until 1989.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) July 29, 2016
On Ísdagurinn (‘Ice Cream Day’) in Iceland in 2014, an ice cream company sold a new flavour called Búbís. It was made from human breast milk.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) December 10, 2017
And one last question…
Guess the missing word(s).
In 2017, Iceland’s president announced that he’d like to ban ___________.— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) November 15, 2017