No Such Thing As Russian Hacking in the Cockroach Election is the 186th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 30th episode of the fourth year, and the 41st episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest QI Elf Alice Campbell Davis. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Anna, James, Andy and Alice discuss portable bridges, sneeze-based votes, and why you can't detect magnets with your mind.
Facts[]
- Humans should be able to sense magnetic fields.[1] (Davis)
- The army has tanks that carry fold-out bridges for when they meet a river that they can't cross.[2][3] (Ptaszynski)
- A new law in Oregon has banned a game called "Big Injun". There is no evidence that anyone has played Big Injun since the 1950s, and no living person appears to know the rules.[4] (Harkin)
- African wild dogs have a sneeze-based voting system.[5] (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Regular host Dan Schreiber is absent for the second episode in a row.
- In his absence, Anna Ptaszynski hosts.
- Alice Campbell Davis guests, making her first appearance.
- Andy mentions a previous fact from Episode 59 that buffalo vote, as well as the fact that cockroaches vote which comes up again in Episode 234.
Notes[]
- ↑ Science: Maverick scientist thinks he has discovered a magnetic sixth sense in humans
- ↑ Popular Mechanics: When You Need to Cross a River with No Bridge, Build One Yourself [direct source]
- ↑ Wikipedia: Armoured vehicle-launched bridge
- ↑ Willamette Week: An Oregon Anti-Poker-Room Bill Bans "Chinese Chuck-a-Luck” and Something Called “Big Injun." What Are These Games? [direct source]
- ↑ BBC: Swansea Uni study: African wild dogs 'sneeze to vote'