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Episode 20: No Such Thing As A Dangerous Daffodil

**No Such Thing As A Dangerous Daffodil** is the 20th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 20th episode of the first year, and the 35th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Anne Miller. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> This week in the QI office Dan (@schreiberland), James (@eggshaped), Anne (@miller\_anne) and Andy (@andrewhunterm) discuss aggressive bees, Walt Disney's breakfast, shouting on buses and more...
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## Facts

* The most painful place on the human body to be stung by a bee is the nostril. (Harkin)
* For breakfast, Walt Disney ate fresh doughnuts dunked in Scotch whisky. (Schreiber)
* The French word for arsenic used to be "inheritance powder", because it was used in so many murders. (Miller)
* Shouting at drivers improves their driving. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This is the fourth appearance of Anne Miller.
	+ Regular presenter Anna Ptaszynski is absent.
* The theme song to the podcast, "Wasps" by Emperor Yes, is explained as being about how Japanese honeybees protect their hives from attacking hornets.
* Shows at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe are promoted:
	+ Andrew Hunter Murray is in his own stand-up show, Folie à Deux, and a show with Austentatious.
	+ Dan Schreiber is in his own stand-up show, Cockblocked From Outer Space, and a Museum of Curiosity live show.
Episode 168: No Such Thing As Lord Cauldronhead

**No Such Thing As Lord Cauldronhead** is the 168th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 12th episode of the fourth year, and the 23rd episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> In a special episode covering the 2017 general election, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss policies regarding yetis, the underwater constituency, and (of course) the election in Kenya.
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## Facts

* All forefeited election deposits go to the Queen. (Ptaszynski)
* Only one political party in the 2017 election offered to do anything about Yetis. (Schreiber)
* Kenya are running out of symbols for their candidates, and so candidates are using symbols such as a milk packet, a termite, and a robot. (Harkin)
* In the 19th century, one of England's constituencies had no people living in it, and another was completely underwater. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This episode is the second election special after Episode 59: No Such Thing As Old Mother Bastard.
	+ This episode was recorded the day after the 2017 UK General Election.
* Harkin gives his twitter name as @SkipLicker.
Episode 283: No Such Thing As A Lost Shadow

**No Such Thing As A Lost Shadow** is the 283rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 23rd episode of the sixth year, and the 34th episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at Uptown Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland.

## Description

> Live from Geneva, Dan, James Anna and Andrew discuss selling shadows, exploding aphids and the emerging blimp driving industry.
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## Facts

* Jobs that have recently been added to the US census include dough scaler, automotive window-tinter, and blimp pilot. (Ptaszynski)
* Heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi began playing heavy metal guitar with two metal fingers because he lost his real ones while working at a metal factory. (Schreiber)
* In 19th century Romania there were people who sold shadows. They would sell your shadow without your permission and you would die within a year (according to superstition). (Harkin)
* Some aphids fix their homes by exploding themselves and plastering their own bodies over the holes in the walls. (Murray)

 Trivia

* This is the twenty-fourth stop on the In No Particular Order Tour, and the first in Switzerland.
* Harkin makes a joke about Baby Shark, which he discusses at length in TBA.
* During a discussion about cavemen, Harkin clarifies that they are talking about historical cavemen, not humans who live in caves in the present day. Modern-day cavemen were headline facts in Episode 4: No Such Thing As The Mountains of Kong, Episode 17: No Such Thing As A Bassoon in a Football Stadium, and No Such Thing As Unbroadcastable Material.
* The Fish team visited CERN on the day of recording.
Episode 197: No Such Thing As Eurovision For Christmas Trees

**No Such Thing As Eurovision For Christmas Trees** is the 197th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 41st episode of the fourth year, and the 52nd episode of 2017. It is also the final numbered episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at Up The Creek in Greenwich, London.

## Description

> A special Christmas episode with Dan, James, Anna and Andy, live from Up The Creek in Greenwich
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## Facts

* As well as getting a visit from Santa Claus at Christmas, Icelanders also get a visit from the Spoon-Licker, the Door-Sniffer, and the Sausage-Swiper. (Schreiber)
* An Ancient Greek form of contraception was a suppository made of frankincense, myrrh, and blister beetles. (Ptaszynski)
* Oregon has 12 times as many Christmas trees as humans. (Murray)
* The man who brought the phrase "Merry Christmas" to English was also the first Englishman to use the word "prosecco". (Harkin)

## Trivia

* This is the last numbered episode of 2017, it is followed only by Merry Fishmas! and No Such Thing As Wasted Material 2017.
* This is the 2017 Christmas Special of Fish.
* Andy compares the British Christmas Tree Growers' Association competition to Eurovision, similar to the point he made in Episode 194.

## Notes

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Icelandic Christmas folklore
2. ↑ ScienceDirect: Unguent - an overview
3. ↑ The Hustle: The economics of Christmas trees
4. ↑ deaorh.com: History about Prosecco
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Fynes Moryson
Episode 189: No Such Thing As A Meringue-Utan

**No Such Thing As A Meringue-Utan** is the 189th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 33rd episode of the fourth year, and the 44th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham.

## Description

> Live from the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the Queen's nickname, the man beaten in a marathon by a tumble dryer, and the anus that is Making America Great Again.
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## Facts

* This year, the phrase "Make America Great Again" adorned half a million hats and one anus (that we know of). (Ptaszynski)
* EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt was beaten in the London Marathon this year by a man in a sleeping bag, a woman in a full-body dinosaur suit, and a man carrying a tumble dryer. (Harkin)
* The Queen's nickname is "Gary". (Murray)
* Australian Queensland police successfully lowered crime rates this year by asking victims to stop reporting crimes. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* All the facts in this episode come from *The Book of the Year*.
* Dan mentions that children in Kosovo are sometimes named Tonibler after Tony Blair, a fact previously discussed in Episode 126.
* James discusses some of the runners-up in 2017's Name of the Year contest. The 2016 entrants were discussed in Series 1, Episode 1 of *No Such Thing As The News*.

## Notes

1. ↑ HuffPost: Heroic Artist Gets 'Make America Great Again' Tattooed Around His Anus (NSFW)
2. ↑ Runner's World: London Marathon 2016 Guinness World Record attempts
3. ↑ Express.co.uk: Queen nicknames: From ‘Gary’ to ‘Gan-Gan’ - What the royals call the Queen
Episode 327: No Such Thing As A SCUBA Diver In A Tree

**No Such Thing As A SCUBA Diver In A Tree** is the 327th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 15th episode of the seventh year, and the 27th episode of 2020. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded from home due to COVID-19.

## Description

>  Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Spies, Flies and Tornado Lies
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## Facts

* Spies can tell what people are saying by looking at the lights in the room they're in. (Murray)
* London Bridge was destroyed by a tornado in 1091. (Harkin)
* This year's Dutch national Headwind championships were cancelled during the race because it was too windy. (Schreiber)
* Every week planes drop 50 million flies on the border between Colombia and Panama. (Ptaszynski)

## Trivia

* This is the fifteenth Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
* The London Bridge which was moved to the USA, and the myth about the man who bought it, were previously mentioned in TBA.
* Harkin mentions that Tom Scott made a video about the Dutch Headwind Championships.
Audiobook of the Year 2019 Preview

**Audiobook of the Year 2019** is the 3rd audiobook special of No Such Thing As A Fish, and the 52nd and final episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at 2020 Audio in Kings Cross, London.

## Description

> A clip from the audiobook version of the latest Book Of The Year installment - buy it now from audible.com!
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## Facts

* **Å**: two tourists planning to visit the Norwegian village of Å ended up 1,310 km away in Aa. (Ptaszynski)
* **Adventuring**: a 71-year-old Frenchman crossed the Atlantic in a barrel without a paddle, an engine, or any sails. (Murray)
* **Amazon vs Amazon**: Amazon bribed the Amazon with $5 million worth of Kindles. (Harkin)
* **Apollo 12**: on July 20th the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first people on the moon, but few remembered the Apollo 12 mission which landed four months later. (Schreiber)
* **Apoppylypse**: the population of Lake Elsinore tripled thanks to the popularity of its poppies. (Murray)
* **Apposite**: a shark which had just eaten a shark was caught by a man called "the shark". (Schreiber)
* **Arks**: the owners of the world's largest replica of Noah's Ark sued for rain damage. (Harkin)
* ***Armageddon***: if Bruce Willis managed to blow up an Earth-threatening asteroid, it would simply reform and hit the planet anyway. (Ptaszynski)
* **Aussie Election**: a pre-election poll revealed that Australia's most trusted politician is the Prime Minister of New Zealand. (Harkin)
* **Avengers**: The Avengers assembled against their biggest enemy... spoilers! (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* This is the third audiobook special - a chapter of a NSTAAF audiobook released as a podcast. It consists of the first chapter of The Audiobook of the Year 2019. The two previous audiobook specials were Merry Fishmas! and Merry Christmas from Dan, James, Anna and Andy.
	+ This is the first Audiobook not to feature Jane Hill.
	+ Although the bulk of the audiobook was recorded at 2020 Audio, many segments were recorded at live shows during 2019.
* Schreiber's headline fact in Episode 299: No Such Thing As A Conscientious Brunette was about Apollo 12.
* The fact about "The Shark" is mentioned again in Episode 323: No Such Thing As Floating Vaseline, as part of a headline fact about owls eating other owls.
* Computer simulations of world-ending asteroid impacts were a headline fact in Episode 284: No Such Thing As Salty Yeti Bones.
Episode 331: No Such Thing As A Queen In A Fig Tree

**No Such Thing As A Queen In A Fig Tree** is the 331st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 19th episode of the seventh year, and the 31st episode of 2020. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded from home due to COVID-19.

## Description

>  Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the Kings of Leon, debate some Mule-y Chambers, and find out Whose Snacks are on Fire
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## Facts

* The Holy Roman Emperor once made every citizen of Milan pluck a fig from a mule's genitals with their teeth. (Ptaszynski)
* Library books can set on fire if you put them in a microwave. (Harkin)
* One of the Kings of Le**ó**n was called Alfonso the Slobberer. (Murray)
* There is a Chinese poem made up of 92 characters in which every word is pronounced "shi". The poem is called "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den" or "Shī-shì shí shī shǐ". (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* This is the nineteenth Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
	+ This episode ends the streak of From Home episodes that began in Episode 314: No Such Thing As A Tiny Ferris Wheel.
* Harkin refers to the incredible hearing of Golden moles from the previous episode.
* Harkin mentions fig expert Mike Shanahan, who appeared on The Museum of Curiosity, and compares his level of expertise to Erica McAlister.
* RFID chips and the Russians spying on the American embassy were mentioned in TBA.
* Harkin mentions a spelling game the Fish team played during the unrecorded first halves of the In No Particular Order tour.
* Schreiber's questionable ability to speak Mandarin was discussed at length in Episode 191: No Such Thing As A Cannibal Squirrel.
Episode 21: No Such Thing As A Testicle-Retracting Sumo Wrestler

**No Such Thing As A Testicle-Retracting Sumo Wrestler** is the 21st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 21st episode of the first year, and the 36th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> This week in the QI office, Dan (@schreiberland), James (@eggshaped), Andy (@andrewhunterm), Anna (@nosuchthing) and Alex (@alexbell) discuss freedom kissing, hippo castration, iceberg cowboys and whether or not we should blow up the Moon.
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## Facts

* "Made in Germany" product labels were originally invented to put people off buying the product. (Ptaszynski)
* In 1991, Prof. Alexander Abian of Iowa State University proposed that we could solve virtually every problem of human existence by blowing up the Moon. (Schreiber)
* In New York City, until 1925, drivers going East or West would stop on an amber traffic light and drive on green, while drivers going North or South would drive on amber and stop on green. (Harkin)
* There are companies which lasso icebergs to stop them hitting oil rigs. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This is the fifth appearance of Alex Bell.
	+ There are no absences, so Bell is fact-checking for this episode.
Episode 289: No Such Thing As A Horse Called Brian

**No Such Thing As A Horse Called Brian** is the 289th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 29th episode of the sixth year, and the 40th episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

>  Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss leaping maggots, the point of motion sickness and why you shouldn't put on too much red lipstick.
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## Facts

* Using too much red lipstick can make your urine turn red. (Harkin)
* Some maggots can jump 40 times their own length, but only in August. (Murray)
* Humans may have developed motion sickness to stop us falling out of trees. (Ptaszynski)
* To honour the US Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia, Virginia George Mason's school of law renamed itself Antonin Scalia School of Law, then immediately renamed itself after it was pointed out that the acronym would be ASSoL. (Schreiber)

 Trivia

* Harkin's fact came from the team behind the Ig Nobel Prizes.
* Red dye being made from beetles was mentioned in TBA.
* The fact that it is easier to jump multiple times your body length, or lift multiple times your weight, the smaller you are was previously mentioned in TBA.
* Reference is made to Murray being a member of Austentatious.
* Octopuses bending their tentacles to create improvised elbows was previously mentioned in TBA.
* Insects being generated from nothing was previously mentioned in Episode 268: No Such Thing As Welsh Guinness.
* Ptaszynski's fact is only a theory, leading Schreiber to complain that his theories are never accepted by the podcast.
* Harkin wonders aloud if the SS Bessemer was invented by the same man who invented a smelting method. It was the same man.
* Schreiber mentions the PETA-proposed name change from Episode 44: No Such Thing As Vegan Fryup.
* Harkin references the headline fact about West Bromwich Albion from Episode 286: No Such Thing As A Banana With Wifi.
Episode 301: No Such Thing As The Queen's Christmas Burlesque

**No Such Thing As The Queen's Christmas Burlesque** is the 301st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 41st episode of the sixth year, and the 52nd episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at Birmingham Town Hall.

## Description

> Merry Fishmas! Live from Birmingham, Dan, James Anna and Andrew discuss the earliest known pornography, Mariah Carey's Christmas tree, and how a poodle saved the Queen's speech.
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## Facts

* In 1958 the Queen's speech was lost on the day of delivery, and then found by a nearby poodle. (Murray)
* As well as being the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem is where we found the oldest depiction of people having sex. (Ptaszynski)
* The most likely time of year to have a heart attack is during a family Christmas gathering. (Schreiber)
* Mariah Carey has three Christmas trees, one of which is decorated with pictures of herself. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* This is the 2019 Christmas Special of Fish.
* Harkin has not seen *Home Alone*.
* The Natufian culture was also mentioned in TBA.
* Nativity scenes were mentioned in Episode 249: No Such Thing As A Pint of Wine.
* Monopoly, and the tendency for people to fight over it, was discussed in TBA.
* Mariah Carey was mentioned in TBA.
* Christmas carols originally being sung in pubs was discussed in TBA.
* This was the last live episode of the podcast until Episode 342: No Such Thing As A Presidential Fight Club. This was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Episode 108: No Such Thing As Samurai Olaf

**No Such Thing As Samurai Olaf** is the 108th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 4th episode of the third year, and the 15th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at Òran Mór, Glasgow.

## Description

> Live from Glasgow, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss killer shrimps, poo-based space food, and handsome Japanese tear-wipers for hire.
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## Facts

* For just a penny, you can rent a bee for a month. (Murray)
* Iceland imports ice. (Schreiber)
* The most dangerous invasive species in Britain is a poo-eating mussel from Transylvania. (Harkin)
* Until about 4,000 years ago, humans did not notice the colour blue. (Ptaszynski)

## Trivia

* This is the sixteenth stop on the No Such Thing As A Fish Live tour.
	+ The previous episode, Episode 107: No Such Thing As Gorillas on the Beach was also recorded at Òran Mór.
* Dan announces a live show on the 20th of April. This was a pilot for No Such Thing As The News, and was released as the podcast Episode 114: No Such Thing As A Tantrump.
* The fact that most beehives in the USA are kept on the back of trucks is again discussed. This was a headline fact in Episode 36: No Such Thing As A Game of King's Footsie.
* Jón Gnarr, the former mayor of Reykjavík, is again mentioned, having been discussed in Episode 59: No Such Thing As Old Mother Bastard.
Episode 233: No Such Thing As A Sexy Question Mark

**No Such Thing As A Sexy Question Mark** is the 233rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 25th episode of the fifth year, and the 37th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Beefeaters' birthdays, Roman ice and metal umlauts.
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## Facts

* On their birthday, every Beefeater at the Tower of London gets a gift of a free bottle of Beefeater Gin. (Harkin)
* The economic activity of the Roman Empire can be measured by studying thousand-year-old ice in Greenland. (Murray)
* The umlauts that are used for the band *Mötley Crüe* are purely decorative. (Schreiber)
* Traditionally, indigenous Hawaiians had personalised chants for their genitals. (Ptaszynski)

 Trivia

* The In No Particular Order tour is announced as coming in 2019, although it is not yet named.
	+ Other live shows in 2018 are announced, which include Episode 241, Episode 242, Episode 243, Episode 245, and Episode 248.
	+ The Book of the Year 2018 is due to be given out to audience members at these 2018 events.
* Harkin calls back to the previous episode's discussion on the Bond films needing a new director.
* Ptaszynski mentions that Cromwell's brother, who was a headline fact in Episode 143: No Such Thing As Chariots in Space, invented a piece of punctuation to show irony.
* After a discussion about how Hawaiians had names for their genitals, Schreiber nearly gives his penis' twitter name.
Episode 151: No Such Thing As A Komodo Dragon Restaurant

**No Such Thing As A Komodo Dragon Restaurant** is the 151st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 47th episode of the third year, and the 6th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss garlic-flavoured chocolate bars, Komodo dragon puberty and and why you don't want to french kiss a frog.
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## Facts

* A frog's tongue is ten times softer than a human's tongue. (Ptaszynski)
* During World War II, Britain invented chocolate bars infused with garlic for pilots who were shot down and needed to make their breath "authentically French". (Murray)
* A Komodo Dragon can taste its meal 2.5 miles before it gets to the restaurant. (Schreiber)
* You can improve your darts game by training yourself to dream about darts. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* Dan and James have met David Hu, the winner of the 2015 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics. Hu is again mentioned in Episode 165: No Such Thing As A Spider The Size Of A Sheep.
Episode 196: No Such Thing As Faking The Magic Dream

**No Such Thing As Faking The Magic Dream** is the 196th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 40th episode of the fourth year, and the 51st episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the New Wimbledon Theatre in Wimbledon, London.

## Description

> Live from Wimbledon, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss what makes flamingos pink, Cape Canaveral's dialling code, and the secret dream that lets you keep bees in the mountains.
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## Facts

* The telephone dialling code for Cape Canaveral, the famous rocket launch site, is 3-2-1. (Schreiber)
* The world's largest honey bees make hallucinogenic honey, and you're only allowed to collect this honey if you've had a specific dream. (Ptaszynski)
* The man who invented the pink flamingo garden ornament dressed in matching clothes with his wife for 35 years. (Harkin)
* When Winston Churchill made his first radio address to the people of occupied France, he had his male French coach sitting on his lap. (Murray)

### Audience Fact

Throughout this tour, the Elves gave away a copy of *The Book of the Year* to the best audience-submitted fact.

> Meghan Markle's ancestors were executed by Prince Harry's ancestors. (Helen @Tall4aHobbit)
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## Trivia

* This is the seventh stop on the 2017 Tour.
* Ash Gardner appears to play the theme tune live.

## Notes

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Area code 321
2. ↑ National Geographic: The Last Death-Defying Honey Hunter of Nepal [direct source]
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Apis laboriosa
4. ↑ The Atlantic: The Guy Who Wore the Same Clothes as His Wife for 35 Years Also Designed the Pink Garden Flamingo
5. ↑ *Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War* by Edward Stourton. (Amazon) [direct source]
6. ↑ Vanity Fair: Prince Harry’s Ancestor Reportedly Executed Meghan Markle’s Ancestor
Keep Your Head

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**Featured in**: High Expectations

**Season 1 soundtrack**

**Songs**

Hope Begins • Roll With Me • Blood From My Veins • Burn in Hell • Overflow • Chips & Hennessy • Bubble & Peak • Wobby Woo • The Miami Drift • Keep It Funky • Kalifornia • And I'm Coming Home • Wait For Me • One of the Girls • Let the Dice Roll • What's Gone Will Never Leave • Home • Set It Off • Redemption • Just Say • Wildside • Downtown • The River • Voyage Home • Underdog • Better Ask Somebody • Keep Your Head Up • Heaven's Child • **Keep Your Head** • Alone • We Could Cry • King and Queen • Light 'Em Up • I See Fire • Unbreakable • Elephants

**Artists**

Dexter French • Wolfgang Black • Raphael Lake • Daniel Farrant • Paul Rawson • Virgil Ruff • Rupert Pope • John Robertson • Oh No • Brian Dougans • Gaz Cobain • Paul Haslinger • Classik • Kidd Marley • All Good Things • Ben Fisher • Blues Sarceno • Stephan Bertrand • Scarlett Burke • Jared Gutstadt • A Void • James McLean • Emanuel Vo Williams • Grayson Voltaire • Cut One • David O'Dowda • Smidi • Nine One One • TJ Stafford • Robin Loxley • Naomi August • Atlantic Line • Frank Fields • Mr. J • Giles Palmer • Lee Richardson • Jonathan Murill • Tom Ford • James Cocozza • Sarah Norman • Graycie • Lani Misalucha • We the Committee

**Albums**

*Folk Electronica 2* • *Garage Blues 4* • *Girl Garage* • *Girl Garage 2* • *Hipster Hop* • *OHNO* • *Deep Chill* • *Need For Speed: Undercover* (Original Soundtrack) • *Post Grunge* • *Indie Folk 2* • *Indie Soul* • *Indie Chill* • *Indie Blues* • *Indie Americana* • *Epic Hip Hop* • *Epic Hip Hop 2* • *Velvet Ears presents: David O'Dowda* • *Chamber Pop* • *Alt Hip Hop* • *Dark Country 4* • *Exit to Intro* • *Made, Vol. 9* • *Made, Vol. 11* • *Made, Vol. 13* • *Made, Vol. 16* • *Future Soul* • *Dark Pop* • *Superpop (Reaching High)* • *Superpop (Reaching High 2)* • *This Won't End Quietly (AA)*

**Record Labels**

Extreme Music • Builders International • Family Ties, LLC • Nettwerk Productions • Jingle Punks • Hype Music • Superpop.Co
Dan's Notes

**Dan's Notes** is a running joke in the podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, based around the reputation of presenter and host Dan Schreiber for introducing non-facts as his "fact" for the week. When Schreiber does this, it is usually ridiculed, but when other presenters discuss an unlikely-sounding fact, they will be accused of having "Dan's notes" by accident.

## List of Examples

In Episode 105: No Such Thing As Pancakes for Perverts

* **Murray**: I have a fact about Ernest Hemingway, which is that Hemingway was part kangaroo.

* **Harkin**: Have you got Dan's notes there?

In Episode 160: No Such Thing As A Sausage Jacuzzi

* **Ptaszynski**: Am I just coming up with nonsense today? Did I spend the morning hallucinating?

* **Harkin**: Oh Anna, you've got Dan's notes there I've just noticed.

Episode 169: No Such Thing As Constantly Awake Beauty, in the absence of Schreiber

* **Harkin**: Robots can count apples, but only at night.

* **Ptaszynski**: Get out of here, Dan, you're on holiday!

Episode 268: No Such Thing As Welsh Guinness, after Ptaszynski suggests that cats' purring can heal injuries

* **Schreiber**: I think you've got my notes, Anna.

Episode 313: No Such Thing As A Dangerous Coconut, after Murray brings up two fake facts in order to debunk them, the others call his headline fact into question

* **Harkin**: This sounds like another one of your facts from this week's podcast...

* **Murray**: I think I've got Dan's notes here.

Episode 342: No Such Thing As A Presidential Fight Club, after Murray claims that Theodore Roosevelt "kind of invented piranhas"

* **Murray**: ... and I stand by this.
* **Schreiber**: Wait, I know what's happened Andy, you've got my notes.
Episode 141: No Such Thing As Ancient Roman Pictionary

**No Such Thing As Ancient Roman Pictionary** is the 141st episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 37th episode of the third year, and the 48th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the wisdom of Wisden, life in an elephant's footprint and why to strive for that 'classic poo look'.
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## Facts

* The word 'wow' was popular in Scotland for 400 years before it caught on in the rest of the English-speaking world. (Harkin)
* At least 61 species live in Elephant footprints. (Ptaszynski)
* The original edition of Wisden Cricketer's Almanack was 112 pages long, and because the author wasn't sure what to put in it, was padded out with accounts of the trial of King Charles I, battles of the English Civil War, the size and length of Britain's canals, and the rules of Quoits. (Schreiber)
* Fossilised poo is worth more if it has what one collector calls "the classic poo look". (Murray)

## Trivia

* Andy mentions that many dictionaries have a word of the year, one of which was a headline fact in No Such Thing As The News: Series 2, Episode 7.
* Dan repeats the fact that camel dung can be wrung out to obtain water from Episode 22: No Such Thing As A Magic Camel Filter.
Episode 133: No Such Thing As Paranoid Ants

**No Such Thing As Paranoid Ants** is the 133rd episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 29th episode of the third year, and the 40th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Up The Creek Comedy Club in Greenwich, London.

## Description

> Live from Up The Creek in Greenwich, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss ants in frogs, upside-down perception, and the best way to watch a presidential debate.
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## Facts

* The first 2016 US Presidential Debate was best watched with the sound turned off. (Harkin)
* A frog has vomited up a new species of ant. (Ptaszynski)
* A group of Saxon soldiers is marching 300 miles towards Hastings, to commemorate the Battle of Stamford Bridge. (Murray)
* Scientists have concluded that objects look smaller when viewed from between the legs. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* This is a 'dummy run' for series two of No Such Thing As The News.
* Dan is told that, if you state a fact without checking that it's true, it's not lying it's "just bullshit".
* Dan is engaged.
* Dan's fact comes from a paper which won the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Perception.
Episode 204: No Such Thing As A Mean Butterfly

**No Such Thing As A Mean Butterfly** is the 204th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 48th episode of the fourth year, and the 7th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the Great Maple Syrup Robbery, a musical Russian invasion and the great Greek god Doris.
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## Facts

* Due to climate change, 9 out of the 21 cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics will be too warm to do so by 2050. (Harkin)
* Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve, and in 2012 a quarter of the maple syrup in it was stolen. (Ptaszynski)
* When Russia invaded Finland in 1940, they were so convinced that they would be welcomed with a celebration that they took musical instruments with them as they invaded. (Murray)
* Greek gods of the ocean include Poseidon, Triton, Oceanus, and Doris. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* Dan mentions Episode 126 as an episode in which the team discussed defunct Summer Olympics sports.

## Notes

1. ↑ Euronews: Will climate change bring an end to winter sports?
2. ↑ CBC News: Maple syrup worth up to $30M stolen in Quebec
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist
4. ↑ RT: “Soviet soldiers were not used to being in the woods” – WWII veteran
Episode 14: No Such Thing As A Dirty Pair of Jeans

### Presenters

James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, Dan Schreiber, Freddy Soames

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In Series: Episode 15: No Such Thing As A Bulge in Ken's GroinChronologically: Brazil v Croatia

**No Such Thing As A Dirty Pair of Jeans** is the 14th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 14th episode of the first year, and the 14th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Freddy Soames. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> This week in the QI Office Dan Schreiber (@schreiberland), James Harkin (@eggshaped), Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm)Anna Ptaszynski (@nosuchthing) & Freddy Soames (@fsoames) discuss Charlemagne's tablecloth, Charles Lindbergh's fan mail, the original members of the Mile-High club and more...
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## Facts

* The CEO of Levi's, Chip Bergh, hasn't washed his jeans in more than a year. (Harkin)
* During the first successful transatlantic flight, by Alcock and Brown, the pilots got lost in mid-air, entered some cloud and fog, and when they emerged they found they were just 60 feet above the water and flying at a 90° angle. (Schreiber)
* In 2007, a woman called Evan Lattimer inherited Napoleon Bonaparte's penis from her father. (Ptaszynski)
* To say "I don't care about it", a German-speaker has the option of saying "it's sausage to me". (Murray)

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first appearance of then-QI Elf Freddy Soames.
	+ As none of the regulars are absent, Soames is fact-checking for this episode.
* This is the last numbered episode of the podcast before the International Factball series, which is not part of the main series of podcasts.
Episode 103: No Such Thing As A Boa Constructor

**No Such Thing As A Boa Constructor** is the 103rd episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 51st and penultimate episode of the second year, and the 10th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Leeds City Varieties in Leeds.

## Description

> Live from City Varieties in Leeds, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss glass delusion, useful sphincters, and six foot tall otters.
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## Facts

* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky used to hold his head while conducting because he was afraid it would fall off. (Schreiber)
* Asthmatic otters can be taught to use inhalers. (Harkin)
* Your appendix can be turned into a sphincter. (Ptaszynski)
* The founder of Crufts designed special train carriages for celebrity dogs. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This is the eleventh stop on the No Such Thing As A Fish Live tour.
* Evelyn Waugh's suicide attempt is mentioned, which is again mentioned when discussing the Mitford sisters in Episode 185: No Such Thing As Scottish Snow.
* The fact that we don't know how Roman cement was made, previously discussed in Episode 44: No Such Thing As Vegan Fryup, is discussed again. As of Episode 279: No Such Thing As A Backflipping Doctor, we do know.
Episode 100: No Such Thing As A Zillion and One

### Presenters

James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, Dan Schreiber, Corey Taylor

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Episode 101: No Such Thing As A Giant Robot Michael Jackson

**No Such Thing As A Zillion and One** is the 100th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 48th episode of the second year, and the 7th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest Corey Taylor. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna, Andy and special guest Corey Taylor discuss noisy silent discos, squid holograms, and a trillion seconds of porridge for breakfast.
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## Facts

* A million seconds is 11.5 days. A billion seconds is 32 years. (Taylor)
* Star Trek was almost not commissioned because the pilot was considered too erotic. (Ptazynski)
* Lausanne, Switzerland has banned silent discos for being too loud. (Harkin)
* The giant squid's brain is wrapped around its throat, so if it eats anything too large it risks brain injury. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This is the 100th episode of the podcast.
* This episode marks the first and only appearance of Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor.
	+ As there are five people around the microphone, Dan Schreiber does not submit a fact.
Episode 213: No Such Thing As Panda Gladiators

**No Such Thing As Panda Gladiators** is the 213th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 5th episode of the fifth year, and the 16th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at Reading Town Hall.

## Description

> Live from Reading, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the world's first waterskier, Harvard for pandas, and the the record-holding mat holder called Matt Hand.
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## Facts

* The world record for most beer mats flipped and caught in one hand is held by a man called Mat Hand. (Harkin)
* Pandas have their own Harvard. (Murray)
* The American flag was designed by a 17-year-old student, and his teacher gave him a B- for it. (Schreiber)
* The inventor of water skiing started out being pulled along behind a boat, standing on his head on a wooden chair. (Ptaszynski)

### Audience Fact

Throughout this tour, the Elves gave away a copy of The Complete Second Year Cassette to the best audience-submitted fact.

> When Alan Jones won the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix, they didn't have the Australian national anthem. Instead, a drunk man played "Happy Birthday" on a trumpet. (Justin Potter)
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## Trivia

* This is the seventh stop on the 2018 Tour.
* Rewilding pandas is discussed. Rewilding wolves would later be mentioned in Episode 280.
* Andy mentions Tyrian purple, a shade discussed in Episode 140.

## Notes

1. ↑ Guinness World Records: Largest stack of drinks coasters flipped and caught [direct source]
2. ↑ Andy got his fact from Issue #26 (January-March 2017) of the *Delayed Gratification* magazine.
3. ↑ HuffPost: The Story Of The High Schooler Who Got A B- For Designing The Current American Flag
4. ↑ Sports Illustrated Vault: THE DASHING, SPLASHING FATHER OF WATERSKIING [direct source]
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Ralph Samuelson
6. ↑ F1: Six of the best - Unusual podium ceremonies
Episode 239: No Such Thing As The Queen Maaaaaaary

**No Such Thing As The Queen Maaaaaaary** is the 239th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 31st episode of the fifth year, and the 43rd episode of 2018. It features regular presenters Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, Anna, Andy and Alex discuss why wombats have the best bums, how to build an extension on a cruise liner and Who Do You Think You Are?'s rejected celebrities.
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## Facts

* The inventor of the Venn diagram also invented a machine that automatically bowls cricket balls. (Ptaszynski)
* If you want to increase capacity on a cruise ship, you simply cut it in half and add a new chunk of ship. (Schreiber)
* Stephen Mangan, Michael Parkinson, Eamonn Holmes, and Cherie Blair have all been dropped from the TV show *Who Do You Think You Are?* because their ancestry is too boring. (Bell)
* Wombats can kill predators by crushing them with their bottoms. (Murray)

 Trivia

* Regular presenter James Harkin is absent for the second week in a row.
	+ Alex Bell guests.
* This episode was released to coincide with the release of The Book of the Year 2018.
* Ptaszynski talks about the MTS Oceanos cruise ship which sank, which is similar to John Hodgman's story in Episode 163: No Such Thing As Too Fast For A Fish.
* Baby marsupials were previously mentioned in TBA (possibly Australia v Mexico)
Episode 203: No Such Thing As A Muscular Butterfly

**No Such Thing As A Muscular Butterfly** is the 203rd episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 47th episode of the fourth year, and the 6th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the secret Matrix sushi recipes, why our skin doesn't leak and butterfly sperm trickery.
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## Facts

* Scientists have finally worked out why the four of us — and all humans — are not constantly leaking. (Schreiber)
* The iconic green code at the start of *The Matrix* movie is made from sushi recipes. (Harkin)
* The longest ever kayak trip was completed by a man who couldn't swim. (Ptaszynski)
* Male butterflies use fake sperm to trick each other into thinking they're extra fertile. (Murray)

## Trivia

* Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard was previously mentioned in Episode 116.
* Alex Bell is mentioned as being a fan of *The Sims*, which was previously noted in Episode 183.
* James states that butterflies don't even know they're butterflies.

## Notes

1. ↑ ScienceAlert: Scientists Have Figured Out Why Human Skin Doesn't Leak
2. ↑ CNET: Creator of The Matrix code reveals its mysterious origins [direct source]
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Matrix digital rain
4. ↑ Vanity Fair: From Nazi Germany to Australia: The Incredible True Story of History’s Longest Kayak Journey [direct source]
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Oskar Speck
6. ↑ Discover Magazine: In Competitive Sex, Male Butterflies Employ "Dipstick Method"
Episode 214: No Such Thing As A Criminal In A Fabulous Hat

**No Such Thing As A Criminal In A Fabulous Hat** is the 214th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 6th episode of the fifth year, and the 17th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Molly Oldfield. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Andy and special guest Original Elf Molly Oldfield discuss blue whale birthing, ceramic pillows and how to cast for a police line-up.
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## Facts

* Blue whales are born backwards, tail first, so they don't drown during birth. (Oldfield)
* During the Qing dynasty in China, when the weather got hot in the summer people would swap their pillows for ceramic ones. (Harkin)
* Oscar Wilde ate his books as he read them. (Schreiber)
* The New York police have a casting director for their lineups. (Murray)

## Trivia

* Regular presenter Anna Ptaszynski is absent.
	+ Molly Oldfield guests.
	+ Molly is promoting her book *Wonders of the World's Museums*.
* Molly mentions Aleister Crowley, who has been mentioned many times on the podcast.

## Notes

1. ↑ National Geographic: The Backward Whale
2. ↑ Christie's: 101 things we have learned from the Online Magazine [direct source]
3. ↑ The Free Library: The ceramic pillow in ancient China: Tang Ying explores the history of the ceramic pillow.
4. ↑ Dan got his fact from the book *Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde* by Thomas Wright. (Amazon)
5. ↑ The New York Times: A Casting Director for Police Lineups [direct source]
Episode 340: No Such Thing As A Didgeridoo in a Bar

**No Such Thing As A Didgeridoo in a Bar** is the 340th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 28th episode of the seventh year, and the 40th episode of 2020. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded from home due to COVID-19.

## Description

>  Dan, James, Andy and Anna discuss immobile fish, inedible sandwiches and incredible traffic jams.
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## Facts

* Along with their drink, New Yorkers in bars used to be served a sandwich full of rubber. (Murray)
* Dead fish can swim upstream. (Ptaszynski)
* When the Berlin Wall fell, one of the results was an 18 million-car traffic jam. (Harkin)
* There is a stone marker in Wisconsin which commemorates the spot where Elvis Presley once successfully stopped a fight by jumping out of his limo, pulling some karate moves, and threatening to kick everyone's ass. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* This is the twenty-seventh Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
* Schreiber bought a (purported) piece of the Berlin Wall while in Berlin for Episode 279: No Such Thing As A Backflipping Doctor of the In No Particular Order tour.
Episode 309: No Such Thing As The Best Bubble

**No Such Thing As The Best Bubble** is the 309th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 49th episode of the sixth year, and the 8th episode of 2020. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss get-fit schemes, bubble extremes, Norma Jeane, and an olm's routine.
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## Facts

* There is a 16th century exercise manual which recommends exercises such as running, tennis, and loud reading. (Murray)
* Scientists in Georgia just blew a 6-metre-wide soap bubble. (Ptaszynski)
* Before she became famous, Marilyn Monroe was named the "Artichoke Queen" of Castroville, California, "Miss Cheesecake" by Stars and Stripes magazine, and "Queen" of the Radioplane company where she worked assembling millitary drones during World War II. (Schreiber)
* There is a salamander in Bosnia who hasn't moved from the same spot since 2010. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* Murray's fact comes via Justin Pollard.
* Harkin refers to Ptaszynski's dubious coffee fact from TBA.
* Murray mentions the Amazing Bubble Man who was the subject of a deviation in TBA.
* Murray's plush olm can be seen here.
* Human salamanders were mentioned in TBA.
Episode 131: No Such Thing As Walking the Life Jacket

**No Such Thing As Walking the Life Jacket** is the 131st episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 27th episode of the third year, and the 38th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Alex discuss duct tape for ducks, duck tape for ducts, Duck duct tape and ducks in ducts. And ducts.
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## Facts

* Margaret Thatcher ordered that all government documents should have slightly different word spacing, so they would know who a leaked letter came from. (Harkin)
* Duct tape should not be used on ducts. (Bell)
* Oxford University's first ever professor of chemistry, Robert Plot, believed that fossils were actually frozen urine. (Schreiber)
* Leonardo da Vinci made sculptures out of marzipan and got angry when people ate them. (Ptaszynski)

## Trivia

* Regular presenter Andrew Hunter Murray is absent.
	+ Alex Bell guests, making his eighteenth appearance.
* In preparation for series two of No Such Thing As The News, two "dummy run" live performances are announced. These were released as Episode 133: No Such Thing As Paranoid Ants and Episode 134: No Such Thing As Sauce for the King of Sweden.
* Da Vinci's marzipan sculptures are again mentioned in TBA.
* Robert Plot's notes were the ones which Richard Brookes wrote "scrotum humanum" on. This fact was previously mentioned in Episode 30: No Such Thing As A Song in the Sound of Music and Episode 75: No Such Thing As Diarrhoea Drive.
* Some of the dubious facts from this podcast are corrected in the following episode.