No Such Thing As Unicorn Stew is the 19th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 19th episode of the first year, and the 34th episode of 2014. 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 (@schreiberland), James (@eggshaped), Andy (@andrewhunterm) and Anna (@nosuchthing) discuss the estate agent army, bankers in sacks, medieval snail fights, tricky recipe ingredients and 'legs or tails'.
Facts[]
- A kangaroo's tail is used as a leg, so they either have three or five legs, but not four. (Harkin)
- During the financial crisis of 1720, known as the South Sea Bubble, the Houses of Parliament called for stockbrokers to be sewn into sacks filled with poisonous snakes and thrown into the River Thames. (Ptaszynski)
- There are three times as many estate agents in the UK as there are members of the British Armed Forces. (Murray)
- Medieval manuscripts are littered with drawings of warfare between snails and knights. No-one knows why. (Schreiber)
Trivia[]
- The QI Travel Game is promoted. James Harkin uses a QI Klaxon buzzer during this podcast.