No Such Thing As An Accidental George is the 251st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 43rd episode of the fifth year, and the 2nd episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest QI Elf Anne Miller. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Anna, James, Andy and Anne discuss undercover restaurant reviewers, weightlifting cockroaches, and what to pack for a trip on the Orient Express.
Facts[]
- Cockroaches can carry 900 times their own body weight on their backs. (Ptaszynski)
- The first British travellers aboard the Orient Express were advised to bring a revolver and a teapot with them. (Miller)
- The largest known prime number has 24,862,048 digits. When written in binary, it has 82,589,933 digits, but they are all the number 1. (Harkin)
- To preserve their anonymity, Michelin restaurant reviewers are advised not to tell even their parents what they do for a living. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Regular host Dan Schreiber is absent.
- In his absence, Ptaszynski hosts.
- Cockroaches becoming rear-heavy with age was also mentioned in No Such Thing As Wasted Material 2017.
- The previous largest known prime number was Andrew Hunter Murray's headline fact in Episode 98: No Such Thing As Planet George.