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No Such Thing As Dinosaur Diaries is the 184th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 28th episode of the fourth year, and the 39th 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 snakes that eat snakes, mathematical street performers, and the celebrity most likely to give you a virus.

Facts[]

  • Avril Lavigne is the celebrity most likely to give you a virus.[1] (Harkin)
  • There is a type of dinosaur which is almost always found on its back.[2] (Murray)
  • Snakes that eat snakes can eat snakes that are 139% of their body length.[3] (Schreiber)
  • Medieval street performers multiplied numbers together in public for entertainment.[4] (Ptaszynski)

Trivia[]

  • James and Andy discuss whether snakes know that they are snakes.
  • James has changed his Twitter account name to @JamesHarkin, prompting Andy to give his Twitter name as @eggshaped.
    • The podcast's group account has also changed its handle from @qipodcast to @nosuchthing.

Notes[]

  1. McAfee Blog: Web Searches Get Complicated! Avril Lavigne Tops the 2017 Most Dangerous Celebrities List [direct source]
  2. Live Science: Belly Up: Why Ankylosaurs Are Always Found Upside Down
  3. snakesarelong.blogspot.com: Snake-eating snakes [direct source]
  4. Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science — from the Babylonians to the Mayans by Dick Teresi. (Amazon) [direct source]