No Such Thing As A Submarine Shepherd is the 154th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 50th episode of the third year, and the 9th 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 UK's noisiest warships, how glow-worms go fishing and what happened to the world's first cannabis smokers.
Facts[]
- British warships are so noisy that enemy submarines can hear them from 100 miles away. (Harkin)
- The first account of Europeans smoking cannabis reported that one man hid in a jar for four hours, while another got into a fight with a pillar. (Ptaszynski)
- Glow-worms go fishing with their own urine. (Murray)
- According to the Endangered Language Alliance, Queens, New York is the most diverse area of spoken language in the world. (Schreiber)
Trivia[]
- Harkin's fact is about the same battleships as Schreiber's fact from Episode 120: No Such Thing As HMS Kevin.
- Murray's fact is about the same glow-worms as Episode 124: No Such Thing As A Screaming Scream.
- Harkin again mentions the Plain of Jars, which was discussed in TBA.
- Murray's conspiracy theory about hemp paper is mentioned as being similarly boring to his conspiracy theory about public transport from Episode 118: No Such Thing As Dinner on a Spider.
- James relates a fact about the Duke of Portland's wine bottle prank, which became a headline fact in Episode 262: No Such Thing As A Man In A Wine Bottle.