I mean the video is from before 2016 (as that's when Stephen left QI) and in the part where they're saying that, they're quoting something which was already a quote, and it begins with "many years ago..."
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I mean the video is from before 2016 (as that's when Stephen left QI) and in the part where they're saying that, they're quoting something which was already a quote, and it begins with "many years ago..."