No Such Thing As Faking The Magic Dream is the 196th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 40th episode of the fourth year, and the 51st episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the New Wimbledon Theatre in Wimbledon, London.
Description[]
Live from Wimbledon, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss what makes flamingos pink, Cape Canaveral's dialling code, and the secret dream that lets you keep bees in the mountains.
Facts[]
- The telephone dialling code for Cape Canaveral, the famous rocket launch site, is 3-2-1.[1] (Schreiber)
- The world's largest honey bees make hallucinogenic honey, and you're only allowed to collect this honey if you've had a specific dream.[2][3] (Ptaszynski)
- The man who invented the pink flamingo garden ornament dressed in matching clothes with his wife for 35 years.[4] (Harkin)
- When Winston Churchill made his first radio address to the people of occupied France, he had his male French coach sitting on his lap.[5] (Murray)
Audience Fact[]
Throughout this tour, the Elves gave away a copy of The Book of the Year to the best audience-submitted fact.
Meghan Markle's ancestors were executed by Prince Harry's ancestors.[6] (Helen @Tall4aHobbit)
Trivia[]
- This is the seventh stop on the 2017 Tour.
- Ash Gardner appears to play the theme tune live.
Notes[]
- ↑ Wikipedia: Area code 321
- ↑ National Geographic: The Last Death-Defying Honey Hunter of Nepal [direct source]
- ↑ Wikipedia: Apis laboriosa
- ↑ The Atlantic: The Guy Who Wore the Same Clothes as His Wife for 35 Years Also Designed the Pink Garden Flamingo
- ↑ Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War by Edward Stourton. (Amazon) [direct source]
- ↑ Vanity Fair: Prince Harry’s Ancestor Reportedly Executed Meghan Markle’s Ancestor