No Such Thing As Too Fast For A Fish is the 163rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 7th episode of the fourth year, and the 18th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest presenter John Hodgman. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Dan, James, Anna, Andy and special guest John Hodgman discuss draining the sea, why the Titanic really sunk, and how most of Britain isn't really in Britain.
Facts[]
- Conspiracy theorists believe that the real reason the Titanic sank was not because it hit an iceberg, but because so many time travellers visited it at the same time that their combined weight forced it under the surface. (Hodgman)
- During the Californian Gold Rush, a pair of boots could cost the equivalent of $2,300 in today's money. (Harkin)
- The area of Australia owned by British people is larger than Britain. (Murray)
- In the first half of the 20th century, multiple countries considered draining the Mediterranean Sea. (Ptaszynski)
Trivia[]
- More of Murray's live stand-up shows at the Soho Theatre are announced.
- This episode marks the first and only appearance of John Hodgman.
- The episode begins with a clip of Schreiber and Ptaszynski appearing on Hodgman's podcast Judge John Hodgman.
- There are five people around the microphones, so Dan Schreiber does not submit a fact.
- Hodgman's fact has been suggested many times by Schreiber, but vetoed because Schreiber kept phrasing it in a way that stated the conspiracy theory as a fact.
- Schreiber originally found this fact on the podcast StarTalk.
- Schreiber's sister, who lives in Abu Dhabi, was previously mentioned in Episode 159: No Such Thing As An Edible Jockey.