No Such Thing As A Pilot Fish is the 1st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 1st episode of the first year, and the 1st episode of 2014. It features presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
A new podcast from the writers of QI, who discuss the best facts they've found that week. The pilot episode features Dan Schreiber (@schreiberland), James Harkin (@eggshaped), Anna Ptaszynski (@nosuchthing) & Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm)
Facts[]
- The Large Hadron Collider was turned off for a short time because a piece of baguette was found in the machinery.[1] (Harkin)
- For the last month of his life, US president James Garfield ate everything through his anus.[2] (Ptaszynski)
- In 2013, six people in the US named their child "Mushroom". (Harkin)
- The person who found Richard III's bones was not an archaeologist, but a screenwriter.[3][4] (Schreiber)
Trivia[]
- As the first episode, this marks the first appearance of the four regular hosts, and the first use of "Wasps" by Emperor Yes as the theme tune.
- The title is a pun on the episode's status as a pilot and the Pilot fish in nature.
- Andy doesn't present a headline fact, while James presents two.
Notes[]
- ↑ Popular Science: Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
- ↑ IFLScience: The US President Who Spent His Final Months Being Fed Beef Extract Via His Anus
- ↑ Wikipedia: Philippa Langley
- ↑ Wikipedia: Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England