No Such Thing As Death By Conga is the 193rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 37th episode of the fourth year, and the 48th 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 testifying in court through a window, the ant nests made of ants, and book the size of postage stamps.
Facts[]
- It used to be thought that you couldn't testify in court if you'd seen a crime through a window.[1] (Harkin)
- American pioneering explorers Lewis and Clark have been tracked via their poo.[2] (Schreiber)
- The authors Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, and Joseph Conrad have all written books the size of postage stamps.[3] (Ptaszynski)
- Army ant nests are made of other army ants.[4] (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Windows made of walrus penis membrane were previously mentioned in Episode 124.
- Andy doubts what Herodotus said about laxatives given his writings about India from Episode 169.
Notes[]
- ↑ James' fact was sent to him by Richard Tisdale @richiet1892. (original tweet)
- ↑ MEL Magazine: Lewis and Clark's Mercury Laxatives: The Strange but True American Story
- ↑ BBC: Stamp-sized book created for Queen Mary's doll house published
- ↑ Discover Magazine: How Army Ants Build City-Like Nests Using Their Own Bodies