In it each of the researchers – James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber – collectively known as "The QI Elves", present their favourite facts related to the previous week's news.

In the second series the beginning of the show features a sketch with Hill and Matthew Amroliwala reading some obscure news stories, before the opening titles play.

[4] The opening of early episodes of the podcast used to feature a recording of the elves mentioning this fact, which appears in the first paragraph of the Oxford Dictionary of Underwater Life.

The show was recorded at the Up the Creek Comedy Club in Greenwich, London,[1] and is produced by John Lloyd, the creator of QI.

[7] In a review for Chortle Steve Bennett wrote: "If you're a curious person too, your interest will definitely be piqued by the info imparted (now my internet search history includes 'didgeridoo in space' and 'sticky google car') and in a most entertaining way.

[9] The House of Commons of the United Kingdom has a special security measure designed to stop the Gunpowder Plot from ever happening again.

(Ptaszynski) The man after whom the UEFA Euro 2016 trophy is named after, Henri Delaunay, retired from refereeing after he swallowed his own whistle.

(Ptaszynski) Dishes you can eat at the world's best restaurant include "Memory of a mortadella sandwich", "The crunchy part of the lasagne" and "Oops!

(Schreiber) This week the Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders's Twitter account tweeted: "Keep Calm and Love Canada".

(Ptaszynski) The man who coined the term "supermoon", astrologer Richard Nolle, prepared for it this week by stocking up on bottled water, canned goods and other emergency supplies.

(Ptaszynski) This week the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite was launched, which carries the most advanced weather predicting systems in history.

(Ptaszynski) This week, the safety at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has increased greatly thanks to the site receiving some new vacuum cleaners.