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Episode 235: No Such Thing As Trousers For Spiders

**No Such Thing As Trousers For Spiders** is the 235th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 27th episode of the fifth year, and the 39th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna and Alex discuss how to make spiders less scary, the oldest message in a bottle, and unusual features of the Mastermind chair.
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## Facts

* A message in a bottle that was thrown off the Titanic as it was sinking was found one year later washed up on a shore in Ireland, only a few miles from the home of the man who threw it. (Schreiber)
* The original Mastermind chair was specially modified to have detachable arms 'in case a contender is too large to fit between them'. (Bell)
* One competition at the Highland games used to be pulling the legs off a cow to win a sheep. (Ptaszynski)
* You can cure your arachnophobia by drawing pictures of smiling spiders. (Harkin)

 Trivia

* Regular presenter Andrew Hunter Murray is absent.
	+ Alex Bell guests, making his thirty-sixth appearance.
* Upcoming live shows in 2018, as well as the In No Particular Order tour are again plugged.
* Victor Hugo was previously mentioned in Episode 215: No Such Thing As A Chihuahua Dog Sled Team.
	+ Harkin is **still** reading *Les Misérables*, which he was reading at the time of that episode.
* The Friendly Floatees incident was previously mentioned in TBA.
* Jumping Spiders pretending to be ants was previously mentioned in TBA.
Episode 232: No Such Thing As A Seven Foot Bond

**No Such Thing As A Seven Foot Bond** is the 232nd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 24th episode of the fifth year, and the 36th 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 spiders with eyeliner, biblical teeth gnashing, and the sumo wrestler with silicone in his scalp.
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## Facts

* The legendary sumo wrestler Mainoumi Shūhei injected silicone into his scalp to meet the height requirements to become a sumo. (Schreiber)
* A quarter of all mentions of teeth in the Bible also include the word "gnashing". (Harkin)
* If you bought land in Australia before 1891, you had the legal right to the land stretching all the way to the core of the Earth. (Murray)
* Jumping spiders that wear eye liner are more likely to be eaten by their mate. (Ptaszynski)

 Trivia

* Harkin mentions the bearded vulture, which covers its head in dirt to camouflage itself, which was also discussed in TBA.
* Schreiber mentions that some ants wear the corpses of other ants as camouflage, which is discussed in TBA.
* Harkin makes reference to Richard Herring's "last minute interview back-up question".
Episode 238: No Such Thing As A Low Sofa

**No Such Thing As A Low Sofa** is the 238th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 30th episode of the fifth year, and the 42nd episode of 2018. It features regular presenters Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Anne Miller. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, Andy, Anna and Anne discuss the world's worst poetry recital, where all the world's hazelnuts go, and the first ever advert on Channel 5.
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## Facts

* Scottish poet William McGonagall's writing was so bad, a circus hired him to give poetry readings during which audiences could pelt him with eggs. (Schreiber)
* One third of all hazelnuts in the world go into Ferrero products, such as Ferrero Rocher and Nutella. (Murray)
* The earliest depicted sofas were five feet high off the ground. (Ptaszynski)
* The first advert to be shown on Channel 5 was for Chanel No. 5. (Miller)

 Trivia

* The live shows in Nottingham and York are specifically plugged, as well as shows in Islington and Brighton. These live shows are to promote The Book of the Year 2018.
	+ Book signings in branches of Waterstones around London are also promoted.
* Regular presenter James Harkin is absent.
	+ Anne Miller guests, making her nineteenth appearance.
* Ptaszynski is in Slytherin.
* During the outtro, Schreiber claims they have started a new account called @PTDFacts.
Episode 192: No Such Thing As A Restaurant Menu For Hats

**No Such Thing As A Restaurant Menu For Hats** is the 192nd episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 36th episode of the fourth year, and the 47th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at The Glee Club in Cardiff.

## Description

> Live from Cardiff, Dan, James Anna and Andy discuss listening to the radio with your hat on, the useless mating call of the pumpkin toadlet, and salmon-shaped mountains.
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## Facts

* The oldest surviving Sooty puppet has just been bought at auction, and it was bought by Sooty. (Harkin)
* Mountains are partly shaped by salmon. (Murray)
* When King George VI married the Queen Mother, the Archbishop of Canterbury wouldn't let them broadcast the ceremony on the radio in case people listened in the pub without removing their hats. (Ptaszynski)
* The Brazilian frog known as the pumpkin toadlet has a mating call that can be heard by every animal out there except for one: other pumpkin toadlets. (Schreiber)

### Audience Fact

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

> British Army soldiers can wear the same underwear for 3 months straight. (Hannah Winterbourne)
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## Trivia

* This is the fourth stop on the 2017 Tour.
* The possibility of developing the camera film from Mallory and Irvine's attempt to climb Everest is discussed, having been previously mentioned in Episode 61.
* Anna mentions seahorses doing a courtship dance every morning, which was previously a headline fact in Episode 159.
* Andy does not give his Twitter name, since he had just related an unpleasant fact about frogs.

## Notes

1. ↑ BBC: Rare Sooty puppet sold at auction
2. ↑ ScienceBlog: ‘Sex That Moves Mountains’: Spawning Salmon Play Significant Role In Shaping Landscapes
3. ↑ BBC: Royal weddings: A brief history
4. ↑ IFLScience: Adorable Pumpkin Toadlets Can't Actually Hear Their Own Love Songs
5. ↑ Royal British Legion: 7 things you probably didn't know about the Armed Forces
Episode 326: No Such Thing As An Infortunate Occurence

**No Such Thing As An Infortunate Occurence** is the 326th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 14th episode of the seventh year, and the 25th 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 a sure fire way to get a million quid, the secret of word peace, and why some people are more gullible than others.
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## Facts

* Two days after recieving his latest book the author of *Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How To Avoid It* lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Ponzi scheme. (Schreiber)
* In 2011 former paralympian Josh Sundquist, who's missing his left leg, announced that he'd found his *sole*mate. i.e. someone missing a right leg with whom he can split pairs of shoes. (Ptaszynski)
* You can now diagnose a urinary tract infection with a fidget spinner. (Murray)
* Al Capone ran a soup kitchen during the Great Depression. He served beef on Thanksgiving in 1930 because there had just been a theft of 1,000 turkeys nearby and he didn't want the authorities to think it was him. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* This is the thirteenth Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
* Schreiber admits that he is gullible.
* Murray mentions Diogenes the Cynic living in a barrel which was mentioned in TBA.
* Harkin refers back to the fact that he has never watched E.T. from Episode 322: No Such Thing As A Crown Of Willie Thornes.
* Harkin talks about how he was trained to throw ninja stars, which he previously spoke about in TBA.
Episode 208: No Such Thing As A Female Egg Thief

**No Such Thing As A Female Egg Thief** is the 208th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 52nd and final episode of the fourth year, and the 11th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the New Theatre in Oxford.

## Description

> Live from Oxford, Dan, James Anna and Andy discuss the man with an egg stuck in his mouth, Lost Wife posters and Edward VII's driving-drink.
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## Facts

* The Victorian soldier Major Charles Bendire once braved enemy fire to get an egg from a tree, then held it in his mouth while he climbed down, and on finding that it was stuck inside his mouth, removed one of his teeth to free it. (Ptaszynski)
* If a woman left her husband in 18th century England, the husband would often put a "lost and found" advert in the local newspaper. (Harkin)
* There is a bell that's been ringing in Oxford nonstop for 178 years. (Schreiber)
* King Edward VII had a liqueur invented specifically for him to drink while driving. (Murray)

### Audience Fact

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

> In 2005, Babu, a male red panda at Birmingham Nature Centre in Birmingham, escaped. He was subsequently named "Brummie of the Year". (Ryan O'Riley)
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## Trivia

* This is the second stop on the 2018 Tour.
	+ This is also the last episode of Year Four.
* This episode is listed online as being broadcast on the 23rd, but this was a reupload a week later.
* Dan mentions the band Hanson having released a beer called "Mmmhops". He previously shared the exact same fact in Episode 68.

## Notes

1. ↑ Quartz: A 19th-century US soldier broke his tooth to protect an egg hidden in his mouth. It was worth it.
2. ↑ All Things Georgian (georgianera.wordpress.com): Runaway Spouses - Naming and Shaming [direct source]
3. ↑ James gives the source as "georgianera.blogspot.com" by mistake.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Oxford Electric Bell
5. ↑ Tenzing: The King's Ginger. A liqueur fit for a King.
6. ↑ Birmingham: It's Not Shit: Brummie of the Year 2005
Episode 297: No Such Thing As A Shrimp Conga

**No Such Thing As A Shrimp Conga** is the 297th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 37th episode of the sixth year, and the 48th episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the New York Comedy Festival, at the Tribeca PAC in New York City.

## Description

>  Live from New York, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss the loudest birds on earth, the astronaut who ate shrimp cocktail 48 times in a row, and who really gave us all syphilis.
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## Facts

* Carl Sagan spent two years suing Apple Computers for calling him a butthead. (Schreiber)
* In 1995, while in space, astronaut Bill Gregory ate 48 meals in a row which included shrimp cocktail. (Murray)
* The loudest male birds on Earth use their voices to yell at females who are sat right next to them. (Harkin)
* In the 1490s the Italians called syphilis "the French disease", the French called it "the Italian disease", the Russians called it "the Polish disease", the Polish called it "the Turkish disease", the Turkish called it "the Christian disease", and the Tahitians called it "the British disease". Actually, they should've all been calling it "the American disease". (Ptaszynski)

 Trivia

* This is the third stop on the US Tour.
	+ This is the third live show in North America or the USA, and the first in New York City or state.
* Both Harkin and Murray's significant others are in the audience.
* Schreiber suggests that Ptaszynski has coprographia because of her doodling during the recording of The Audiobook of the Year 2019.
Episode 266: No Such Thing As An Innocent Pisces Sign

**No Such Thing As An Innocent Pisces Sign** is the 266th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 6th episode of the sixth year, and the 17th episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at St David's Hall in Cardiff.

## Description

> Live from Cardiff, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss Comic Sans engravings, nut products with no nuts, and transient jellyfish anuses.
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## Facts

* The oldest football cup competition in Spain is the Copa del Rey. Each year, the winner gets their name engraved on the trophy in Comic Sans. (Harkin)
* The American product 'Chock full o'Nuts' contains no nuts. (Murray)
* The scientist Robert Hooke recorded in his diary every time he had an orgasm. (Ptaszynski)
* Warty comb jellies grow a brand-new anus every time they need to defecate. (Schreiber)

 Trivia

* This is the eighth stop on the In No Particular Order tour.
* Vincent Connare, the inventor of Comic Sans, was mentioned in Episode 127: No Such Thing As 'Carry On Colliding'.
* Another unusual trophy is the indy500 trophy discussed in Episode 254: No Such Thing As A Toilet In The Car.
* Ptaszynski mentions sandwiches "untouched by human hands" from Episode 260: No Such Thing As A Giant War Sausage.
* Piggly Wiggly was discussed in Episode 195: No Such Thing As A Hummingbird With A Greggs Steak Bake.
* Robert Hooke was mentioned in Episode 91: No Such Thing As Apocalypse 1988.
	+ Hooke's habit of recording his orgasms in his diary is mentioned again in TBA.
* Samuel Pepys' fears about blindness were previously mentioned in Episode 136: No Such Thing As A Wolf Diving for Clams.
* Animals with transient anuses were previously mentioned in TBA.
Episode 10: No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk

**No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk** is the 10th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 10th episode of the first year, and the 10th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Dan Schreiber, QI Elf Anne Miller, and guest presenter Eric Lampaert. 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), Anne Miller (@miller\_anne) and special guest Eric Lampaert (@EricLampaert) discuss illegal javelin throwing, farts in a jar and more...
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## Facts

* In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race, despite dying of a heart attack while riding his horse. (Lampaert)
* Some Buddhist monks run marathons to achieve enlightenment. (Schreiber)
* The Slovakian and Slovenian embassies in Washington D.C. meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail. (Harkin)
* In the 18th century there were medicines called "Alan's Nipple Liniment", "Grimstone's Eye Snuff", "Miller's Worm Plums" and "Italian Bosom Friend". (Murray)

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first appearance of Anne Miller, and the only appearance of Eric Lampaert.
* Anne Miller is the third QI Elf to appear on the podcast after Molly Oldfield and Alex Bell. As there are five presenters, Miller is fact-checking for this episode.
	+ Miller is the second-most frequent guest after Bell, appearing 20 times.
* Regular presenter Anna Ptaszynski is absent.
* The Ig Nobel Prizes are mentioned in relation to 2003 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Lal Bihari, who was falsely declared dead.
Episode 347: No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask

**No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask** is the 347th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 35th episode of the seventh year, and the 47th 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, Anna, Andrew and James discuss prisons, escapes, chess and why you can never have too much spam.
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## Facts

* In 1978 chess player Viktor Korchnoi accused Anatoly Karpov of cheating using an elaborate yoghurt-based code. (Harkin)
* Immitators of Harry Houdini included Howdyni, Boudini, Oudini, Howdini, Hoedini, Hardini, Houdeen, Bernardi, and Cunning the Jailbreaker. (Murray)
* When the gates at Suomenlinna prison in Finland are locked it's to keep tourists out, not to keep prisoners in. (Ptaszynski)
* One of Hawaii's biggest annual festivals is devoted entirely to Spam. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* This is the thirty-third Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
* The first name Murray lists, "Howdyni", is spelled phonetically as it was the only one not spelled in the article.
* Houdini's job as "The Wild Man of Mexico" was mentioned in TBA.
* The famous magician Houdin, from whom Houdini got his name, was a fact in Belgium v Algeria.
* Murray mentions that Houdini was obsessed with famous murderers, and collected items related to Charles Guiteau, who killed President James A. Garfield. Garfield's assassination was a headline fact in Episode 1: No Such Thing As A Pilot Fish.
* Harkin mentions Geoffrey the Cat eating a mongoose from TBA.
* Murray mentions his visit to Kronborg Castle when the team were on the In No Particular Order tour in Denmark for Episode 282: No Such Thing As A Bored Shrew. He previously mentioned this trip for his headline fact in Episode 313: No Such Thing As A Dangerous Coconut.
* Schreiber's fact came from Jason Hazeley.
Episode 241: No Such Thing As Tom Cruise In A Manger

**No Such Thing As An Easy Tweet** is the 241st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 33rd episode of the fifth year, and the 45th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Playhouse in Nottingham.

## Description

> Live from Nottingham, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the Nativity with celebrities, giraffes with asthma, and chucking hospital patients into a bush.
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## Facts

* Old European malaria remedies included thowing the patient headfirst into a bush in the hope that he'd get out quickly enough to leave the fever behind. (Ptaszynski)
* Instead of commissioning new waxworks for their exhibitions, the BibleWalk museum in Ohio repurposes discarded waxworks from around the world. As a result, Abel is played by Prince Charles, King Solomon is played by John Travolta, and Jesus is played by Tom Cruise. (Schreiber)
* A giraffe with breathing problems can be treated by using a leaf blower. (Harkin)
* When 3,000 British teenagers were surveyed in 2008, 20% said that they thought Winston Churchill was a fictional character. (Murray)

 Trivia

* This was the first of five live shows to promote The Book of the Year 2018, which were all announced in Episode 233: No Such Thing As A Sexy Question Mark.
* A live show in Norwich is announced, which was released as Episode 270: No Such Thing As BIG SHERLOCK HOLMES.
	+ This episode might be (TBA) the first advert for the In No Particular Order Tour.
* Ptaszynski talks about scientists infecting themselves with the disease they are trying to cure, one example being Barry Marshall from the previous episode, which was previously discussed in TBA.
* Schreiber mentions that Brad Pitt is known to be the most-groped waxwork at Madame Tussauds, which was previously mentioned in Episode 7: No Such Thing As The Loch Ness Monster.

 Audience Fact

To promote its release, the Elves give away a copy of The Book of the Year 2018 to the best audience-submitted fact.

* In 1974 a research scientist, Dr William Summerlin, announced that he had successfully transplanted skin from a black mouse onto a white mouse. It was later discovered that he had actually coloured the white mouse in with a pen. (Becky)
Episode 173: No Such Thing As Symphony For Sizzurp In D Minor

**No Such Thing As Symphony For Sizzurp In D Minor** is the 173rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 17th episode of the fourth year, and the 28th 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 weather-forecasting rainbows, Mexico's artistic tax policy and the mandatory Big Book of Tennis Rules.
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## Facts

* To be a tennis umpire, you have to learn a 230-page rulebook. (Murray)
* In Mexico, artists can pay their taxes in artwork. (Ptaszynski)
* The size of a rainbow can tell you how polluted the air is. (Harkin)
* A new study has revealed that the genre of music with the most references to drugs is country. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* Dan makes reference to the fact that his facts are sometimes dubious.
* Schreiber references the headline fact that bees can be rented from Episode 108: No Such Thing As Samurai Olaf.
* James mentions that Ken Dodd was once on Museum of Curiosity.
Episode 164: No Such Thing As A Poo Powered Plane

**No Such Thing As A Poo Powered Plane** is the 164th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 8th episode of the fourth year, and the 19th 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 second-hand spacesuits, Jeremy Corbyn's luxuriant beard, and North Korea's flying taxi service.
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## Facts

* Ideas proposed for the US border wall include: a trench full of nuclear waste, a one-way mirror, and 3 million hammocks next to each-other. (Murray)
* North Korea's national airline, Air Koryo, owns 10 times more taxis than it does aeroplanes. (Harkin)
* All NASA astronauts are wearing hand-me-downs. (Schreiber)
* As of last week, whenever state media in Tajikistan mentions the President by name, they legally have to refer to him by his full title, which is "The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon". (Ptaszynski)

## Trivia

* The Book of the Year is first announced in this episode, and all the facts in it are proposals for facts to be included.
	+ The episode begins with four facts which the presenters want to get into the book:
		- Mafia members in Sicily have been banned from becoming godfathers. (Schreiber)
		- Only 13 MPs voted against holding the 2017 UK General Election. One of them did so because the proposed date would clash with his honeymoon. (Harkin)
		- A Norwegian slow TV show which follows migrating reindeer has had to be suspended after the reindeer stopped moving altogether. (Ptaszynski)
		- Jeremy Corbyn has won 7 elections for Parliamentary Beard of the Year. (Murray)
* Air Koryo was previously mentioned in TBA as the only airline with one star on TripAdvisor.
* Ptaszynski's somewhat dubious fact from Episode 160: No Such Thing As A Sausage Jacuzzi is confirmed.
Episode 344: No Such Thing As The Icelandic Trampoline Corps

**No Such Thing As The Icelandic Trampoline Corps** is the 344th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 32nd episode of the seventh year, and the 44th 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 American Spooks, Indian Athletes and French Donkeys.
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## Facts

* In India you automatically get a government job if you qualify for the Olympics, and if you win a medal you get a promotion. (Ptaszynski)
* The photo of the Wright brothers' first flight was taken by a man who had never used a camera before. (Schreiber)
* On the French island of Île de Ré the donkeys wear trousers. (Harkin)
* In the late 1960s, the CIA considered assassinating people using lightning. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This is the thirtieth Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Episode 111: No Such Thing As Snappedy Chat

**No Such Thing As Snappedy Chat** is the 111th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 7th episode of the third year, and the 18th 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 the Up The Creek Comedy Club, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss personalised number plates, political sexting and the Queen's weirdest birthday presents.
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## Facts

* This week, Elizabeth II will celebrate her 669th birthday. (Harkin)
* Vice President of Brazil, Michael Temer, accidentally released his presidential acceptance speech by sending it to the wrong WhatsApp group. (Ptaszynski)
* Marburg, Germany is fighting global terror by banning number plates starting with the letters IS. (Murray)
* The North Pole is on a head-on collision course with Greenwich, London. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* This is the seventeenth and penultimate stop on the No Such Thing As A Fish Live tour.
* No Such Thing As The News is first announced, and the 20th April live podcast recording is announced as being a test run for the TV show. This test was released as Episode 114: No Such Thing As A Tantrump.
* The Queen has twitter, whereas Ptaszynski still does not.
Episode 281: No Such Thing As A Chatty Cow

**No Such Thing As A Chatty Cow** is the 281st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 21st episode of the sixth year, and the 32nd episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

## Description

> Live from Amsterdam, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss how to clean warship guns, the anti-Valentine's march, and interviewing a cow.
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## Facts

* There was a Disneyland in England 569 years before there was one in America. (Ptaszynski)
* Every year in Japan there is an anti-Valentine's march held by a group known as The Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men. (Schreiber)
* During World War II the guns of the ship HMS Queen Elizabeth were cleaned by wrapping a priest in a large cloth and pulling him through the barrels like a human pipe cleaner. (Harkin)
* Between 1910 and 1912 the Washington Post frequently tried to interview the President's pet cow. (Murray)

 Trivia

* This is the twenty-second stop on the In No Particular Order Tour, and the first in the Netherlands.
* Ketchup being made of mushrooms was mentioned in TBA.
* Murray brings up *English Field-names: A Dictionary* by John Field as an example of nominative determinism.
* Schreiber suggests that farms' fields are circular because of aliens and crop circles.
* Schreiber mentions a pill which makes flatulence smell good. In TBA it is mentioned that Benjamin Franklin wanted scientists to invent such a pill.
* Murray gives his twitter name as @OldJohnThePooSmuggler.
Episode 303: No Such Thing As Suckling's Column

**No Such Thing As Suckling's Column** is the 303rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 43rd episode of the sixth year, and the 2nd 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 11th century rental eels, Nelson's lesser-known brother, and how to break into Alcatraz.
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## Facts

* In 1996 a windsurfer successfully broke into Alcatraz Prison while it was hosting the movie premier of *The Rock*, a film about people trying to break into Alcatraz. (Schreiber)
* Horatio Nelson had a brother whose name was Suckling Nelson. (Murray)
* In the 11th century hundreds of people in England paid their rent in eels. (Harkin)
* According to Polynesian mythology, Māui, who is the god in the Disney film *Moana*, died by climbing into a goddess' vagina and being crushed to death by the obsidian teeth in there. (Ptaszynski)

## Trivia

* Neither Murray nor Harkin has seen The Rock.
	+ All four presenters have seen *Moana* because they were sponsored by the film.
	+ Harkin also has not seen *Pocahontas*.
* Murray's fact came from Cariad Lloyd.
* Murray mentions Sir John Suckling, who was first mentioned by Ptaszynski in Episode 285.
* Nelson's last words were discussed in No Such Thing As Wasted Material 2017.
* Ptaszynski mentions Pliny, who has been mentioned numerous times, and the theory of bugonia, which has been mentioned a few times since Extra Bits.
* Murray mentions the Reef triggerfish, whose long Hawaiian name was previously mentioned in Episode 9.
* Schreiber mentions the appearance of three other elves on Only Connect, which was first mentioned in Episode 48.
* *Pocahontas* was part of a half-time fact in Germany v Portugal.
* Vagina dentata are mentioned again in the 20 Hour Podcast.
Episode 165: No Such Thing As A Spider The Size Of A Sheep

**No Such Thing As A Spider The Size Of A Sheep** is the 165th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 9th episode of the fourth year, and the 20th 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 the Wright brothers’ first flight, China’s latest speed limits, and why poo on a table may be further away than it appears.
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## Facts

* The Chinese government are planning to give their national anthem a speed limit. (Schreiber)
* In 1921, 78% of shaving brushes sold in New York contained anthrax. (Harkin)
* The cargo hold of the longest plane currently in service is longer than the distance of the first flight of the Wright Brothers. (Murray)
* Poo on a table will look closer to you than it actually is. (Ptaszynski)

## Trivia

* The QI DVDs for Series A-G are released in this episode.
* Jack Brabham was the subject of a headline fact in Episode 125: No Such Thing As An Upside-Down Grand Prix.
* Murray reports that the antenna on the Boeing E-4 is five miles long. While the others doubt this, it is confirmed in Episode 294: No Such Thing As A 15-Hour Working Week.
* Harkin and Murray mention David Hu in connection with research into how long animals take to pee. Hu was mentioned previously in Episode 151: No Such Thing As A Komodo Dragon Restaurant.
Episode 332: No Such Thing As An Innocent Apple

**No Such Thing As An Innocent Apple** is the 332nd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 20th episode of the seventh year, and the 32nd 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 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Description

>  Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss stickers, smartphones and a man who spent a lot of time cooped up.
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## Facts

* In the 18th century women expressed their political beliefs by wearing decorative stickers on their faces. (Ptaszynski)
* The very first print run of *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* had to be pulped after a bookstore owner discovered someone had sneaked a drawing of a penis into one of the illustrations. (Schreiber)
* Before vaccination was invented the main method of inoculation against smallpox was to powder scabs and blow them up your nose. (Murray)
* You can tell if a movie character is a goodie or a baddie by the kind of phone they use. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* This is the first non-Working From Home episode since Episode 313: No Such Thing As A Dangerous Coconut.

* Harkin and Schreiber have seen *Flight* and *Legally Blonde*.
Episode 181: No Such Thing As A Shark Vending Machine

**No Such Thing As A Shark Vending Machine** is the 181st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 25th episode of the fourth year, and the 36th episode of 2017. 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 Spielberg's Great White Turd, maverick train carriages and how bird always know when they're in Aberdeen.
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## Facts

* The original director of *Jaws* was a man called Richard Richards, who was fired because he kept referring to the shark as a whale. (Murray)
* Until the 1960s, high-speed trains in Britain would drop carriages off at stations they weren't stopping at. (Bell)
* Birds in cages hop in the direction they are meant to be migrating. (Ptaszynski)
* Each year, 26 tonnes of clothing is left behind at the starting line of the Boston Marathon. That's one tonne for every mile of the marathon. (Schreiber)

## Trivia

* Regular presenter Andrew Hunter Murray is absent for the third episode in a row.
	+ Alex Bell guests.
* A live show at the Cheltenham Literature Festival is promoted, which was released as Episode 189: No Such Thing As A Meringue-Utan. This show was to promote The Book of the Year.
* Schreiber previously mentioned sharks not having a swim bladder in TBA.
* Schreiber brings up China's "secret wheelbarrows", which he first mentioned in Episode 4: No Such Thing As The Mountains of Kong.
Episode 293: No Such Thing As A Sexy Ceiling Fan

**No Such Thing As A Sexy Ceiling Fan** is the 293rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 33rd episode of the sixth year, and the 44th 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 prehistoric sippy-cups, Rasputin's litigious assassins, and the coolest ever publicity stunt.
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## Facts

* The Moulin Rouge had a can-can dancer who would distract patrons by kicking off their hats, before promptly downing their drinks. (Harkin)
* In 1959 as a publicity stunt a 3-ton block of ice was driven from the Arctic Circle to the equator. (Murray)
* Prehistoric babies drank from animal-shaped sippy cups. (Ptaszynski)
* The reason movies include an "all persons ficticious" disclaimer is because one of Rasputin's assassins successfully sued MGM for not accurately depicting the events of Rasputin's murder. (Schreiber)

 Trivia

* Harkin's fact was submitted by an audience member during the In No Particular Order tour (Sarah Fung).
* Murray mentions a performer who can squeeze through a tennis racket, who was mentioned in TBA.
* Schreiber mentions Le Pétomane, the flatulist discussed in TBA.
* Harkin has not seen the film *Moulin Rouge!*.
* Ptaszynski jokes about how novels were seen as immoral, which was discussed in TBA.
* Harkin mentions Justus von Liebig whose factory in Fray Bentos was mentioned in Uruguay v Costa Rica.
* Schreiber calls back to a fact from Episode 155: No Such Thing As Hurricane Schmurricane about Lyndon B. Johnson frequently getting his penis out.
Episode 187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year

**No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year** is the 187th episode of *No Such Thing As A Fish*, the 31st episode of the fourth year, and the 42nd episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

This episode contains spoilers for the following work:
the film *The Sound of Music* (1965)

## Description

> Andy, James, Anna and Alex discuss how to get ants drunk, the stolen cities in China, and The Sound Of Julie Andrews Being Blown Over By A Helicopter.
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## Facts

* When a Prince in the Byzantine Empire was ready to marry, court officials would walk around the land with an imperial shoe that they used to check the foot size of potential princesses. (Harkin)
* China has built an exact replica of an Austrian village so that tourists don't have to fly all the way to Austria. (Ptaszynski)
* Ants have self-control. (Murray)
* When filming the famous hill scene at the beginning of *The Sound of Music*, the helicopter downdraft would knock Julie Andrews over after each take. (Bell)

## Trivia

* Regular host Dan Schreiber is absent for the third episode in a row.
	+ In his absence, Andrew Hunter Murray hosts.
	+ Alex Bell guests.
* Anna and James discuss various methods of selecting concubines for Emperors, which is a headline topic in Episode 255.

## Notes

1. ↑ OUPblog: Nine things you didn’t know about love and marriage in Byzantium
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Hallstatt (China)
3. ↑ "Individual ant workers show self-control" by Stephanie Wendt, Tomer J. Czaczkes. (article)
4. ↑ ABC: Journey to the Meadow: How They Filmed the Opening Scene of 'The Sound of Music'
Episode 119: No Such Thing As 4D Surgery

**No Such Thing As 4D Surgery** is the 119th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 15th episode of the third year, and the 26th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and QI Elf Stevyn Colgan. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, Anna, Andy and Steve Colgan discuss cage-reading, pigeons versus dinosaurs, and the schoolgirl spy from Devon.
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## Facts

* Heart surgeons now perform surgery while wearing 3D glasses. (Schreiber)
* One day we may all be drinking pigeon milk. (Colgan)
* Books used to be stacked with the spines facing inwards. (Ptaszynski)
* In May 2016, an internal memo from the Egyptian government on how to crush the press was accidentally sent out to the press. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first and only appearance of Stevyn Colgan.
	+ Colgan is promoting his book *Why Did the Policeman Cross the Road?**.*
	+ Regular presenter James Harkin is absent.
Episode 124: No Such Thing As A Screaming Scream

**No Such Thing As A Screaming Scream** is the 124th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 20th episode of the third year, and the 31st 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 railroad glow worms, Marx & Spencer, and kangaroos on trampolines.
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## Facts

* The first trampolines were made of walrus skin. (Ptaszynski)
* One proposed solution to the problem of storing nuclear waste for thousands of years is putting up warning signs with Edvard Munch's *The Scream* on them. (Murray)
* Karl Marx used to do London pub crawls. (Schreiber)
* There is a glow-worm in a cave in New Zealand that catches its prey by pretending to be a star. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* Murray mentions that Inuit houses sometimes used walrus penis membrane for windows, which is brought up again in Episode 335: No Such Thing As A Cardigan For Ginger Rogers.
* Murray mentions that Karl Marx is buried opposite Herbert Spencer, whose "angry suit" was a headline fact in Episode 101: No Such Thing As A Giant Robot Michael Jackson.
Episode 345: No Such Thing As A Sideways Treadmill

**No Such Thing As A Sideways Treadmill** is the 345th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 33rd episode of the seventh year, and the 45th 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 a swearing mongoose, gangster candy and the wickedest man in the world in this year's Hallowe'en special.
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## Facts

* In the 1930s, the ghost of a swearing mongoose led the BBC to revise its working conditions. (Ptaszynski)
* Famous occultist Aleister Crowley used to make a curry so hot that he only served it on glaciers, so that diners could use the snow to cool their mouth down afterwards. (Harkin)
* Japan's yakuza have been told they are no longer allowed to join in trick-or-treating. (Schreiber)
* Ghost crabs use teeth in their stomachs to growl at their enemies. (Murray)

## Trivia

* This is the thirty-first Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic
Episode 136: No Such Thing As A Wolf Diving for Clams

**No Such Thing As A Wolf Diving for Clams** is the 136th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 32nd episode of the third year, and the 43rd episode of 2016. It features regular presenters Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest QI Elves Piers Fletcher and Justin Pollard. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Anna, Andy, Piers Fletcher and Justin Pollard discuss Samuel Pepys's porn stash, boiling swimming pools and a sixty-year-long life hack to owning beachfront property.
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## Facts

* The first person ever recorded buying a pornographic book in England was Samuel Pepys. (Pollard)
* If 50 people swam continuously for 15 months in an Olympic-sized swimming pool, the water would boil. (Fletcher)
* In Wales, the size of your garden used to be determined by how far you could throw an axe. (Ptaszynski)
* Some caterpillars find new friends by drumming on their anuses. (Murray)

## Trivia

* Regular presenter James Harkin and host Dan Schreiber are absent. They do a pre-recorded announcement at the start, in which they reveal they are on holiday.
	+ Piers Fletcher and Justin Pollard appear, making their only appearance other than in Extra Bits.
	+ In the absence of Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski hosts.
* Andy talks about his shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe.
Episode 162: No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces

**No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces** is the 162nd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 6th episode of the fourth year, and the 17th 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 the problem with HMS Victory, the science behind shoelaces and the age-old question of hobnob production.
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## Facts

* The largest diamond ever found in Russia is called "The 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union". (Ptaszynski)
* Scientists have announced that they finally know why shoelaces untie themselves. (Schreiber)
* Nelson's ship, the HMS Victory, nearly didn't get out of the dock it was built in because it was too big. (Murray)
* In a chocolate hobnob, the chocolate is on the bottom. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* The singer Sandie Shaw was previously mentioned in TBA.
* Some 2008 Ig Nobel Prize winners are mentioned in relation to things getting tangled up.
* The pronunciation of "Nike" was previously mentioned in TBA.
Episode 130: No Such Thing As Train Jam

**No Such Thing As Train Jam** is the 130th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 26th episode of the third year, and the 37th 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 toe wrestling championships, the ghost of Arthur Conan Doyle, and trains armed with lasers.
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## Facts

* On 13 July 1930, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle headlined a show at the Royal Albert Hall, despite having died six days before. (Schreiber)
* Dutch trains are fitted with lasers to fire at leaves on the line. (Ptaszynski)
* To avoid catching malaria you should carry a live chicken with you at all times. (Murray)
* All of the sandals worn by the Puebloan peoples of New Mexico had enough space for six toes. (Harkin)

## Trivia

* The second season of No Such Thing As The News is announced in this episode.
* This was the last episode on Soundcloud, as the Fish team switched to publishing through Audioboom.
* Conan Doyle is again mentioned in Episode 225: No Such Thing As An Interesting Riddle, where Ptaszynski calls him "the most gullible man we've ever researched".
Episode 138: No Such Thing As Fluff Island

**No Such Thing As Fluff Island** is the 138th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 34th episode of the third year, and the 45th episode of 2016. It features regular presenters Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest QI Elves Alex Bell and Ed Brooke-Hitching. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Andy, Anna, Alex and special guest Ed Brooke-Hitching discuss left-handed snails, non-existent islands and the White House press-pit-swimming-pool.
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## Facts

* In 1875, the British Navy erased 123 islands from their charts because they did not exist. (Brooke-Hitching)
* The White House only got the ability to print on double-sided paper in 2016. (Murray)
* World War II Morse code operators could recognise each-other's accents over the line. (Bell)
* Braver snails have thicker shells. (Ptaszynski)

## Trivia

* Regular presenter James Harkin and host Dan Schreiber are both absent.
	+ In Schreiber's absence, Andrew Hunter Murray hosts.
	+ Alex Bell and Ed Brooke-Hitching guest.
* Andy mentions Foulweather Jack, who was previously discussed in TBA.
* Andy mentions the President's car, "the Beast", which was previously mentioned in TBA and in No Such Thing As The News: Series 1, Episode 2.
Episode 240: No Such Thing As An Easy Tweet

**No Such Thing As An Easy Tweet** is the 240th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 32nd episode of the fifth year, and the 44th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest presenter Paul Smith. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

## Description

> Dan, James, Anna, Andy and special guest Maxïmo Park frontman Paul Smith discuss banned bananas, earthquake-sensing belts, and the Great Lost Massive Toilet Of London.
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## Facts

* The studio that made *A Hard Day's Night* demanded that The Beatles' voices be dubbed because they thought Americans wouldn't understand their accents. (Smith)
* Monkeys at Melbourne Zoo are not allowed to eat bananas because humans have bred them to have so much sugar that the monkeys were getting obese. (Murray)
* Nobel Prize winner Barry Marshall has invented a belt that senses stomach rumblings in order to diagnose IBS, inspired by his son who is a seismologist who makes devices that sense vibrations on the ocean floor. (Ptaszynski)
* One building that burned down in the Great Fire of London was a public toilet that could be used by 128 people at the same time. (Harkin)

 Trivia

* Paul Smith guests, making his first appearance.
	+ As there are five people around the microphones, Dan Schreiber does not submit a fact.
	+ Smith is promoting his solo album *Diagrams*.
* Harkin alludes to the extra live show in London to promote The Book of the Year 2018, which is announced in TBA and released as Episode 248: No Such Thing As The Shatner Bunny.
* The Gros Michel banana having been almost wiped out in the 20th century was previously mentioned in TBA.
* Scientists who infected themselves with the disease they were trying to cure were discussed in TBA.
Bremen Teater

The **Bremen Teater** is a comedy, concert, theatre and entertainment venue in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of a larger building containing a hotel, and was previously used as a theatre, a venue for touring productions, an erotic cinema, and a night club.

It hosted one episode of the QI podcast No Such Thing As A Fish during its In No Particular Order tour.

## No Such Thing As A Fish

* Episode 282: No Such Thing As A Bored Shrew