No Such Thing As A Testicle-Retracting Sumo Wrestler is the 21st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 21st episode of the first year, and the 36th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
This week in the QI office, Dan (@schreiberland), James (@eggshaped), Andy (@andrewhunterm), Anna (@nosuchthing) and Alex (@alexbell) discuss freedom kissing, hippo castration, iceberg cowboys and whether or not we should blow up the Moon.
Facts[]
- "Made in Germany" product labels were originally invented to put people off buying the product. (Ptaszynski)
- In 1991, Prof. Alexander Abian of Iowa State University proposed that we could solve virtually every problem of human existence by blowing up the Moon. (Schreiber)
- In New York City, until 1925, drivers going East or West would stop on an amber traffic light and drive on green, while drivers going North or South would drive on amber and stop on green. (Harkin)
- There are companies which lasso icebergs to stop them hitting oil rigs. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- This is the fifth appearance of Alex Bell.
- There are no absences, so Bell is fact-checking for this episode.