No Such Thing As A Herring-Okapi Hybrid is the 278th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 18th episode of the sixth year, and the 29th episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and special guest Richard Herring. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Dan, James, Anna, Andy and special guest Richard Herring discuss Hitler's feet, greeting hyenas and George III in a house on fire.
Facts[]
- Adolf Hitler had size 13 feet. (Herring)
- In the indigenous Mexican language of Chalcotongo Mixtec it is impossible to ask anyone a question. (Ptaszynski)
- King George III once went to a safety demonstration which involved putting him in a house and setting it on fire. (Murray)
- Female hyenas say hello by licking each-other's clitorises. (Harkin)
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the first appearance of Richard Herring.
- As there are five people around the microphones, Dan Schreiber does not submit a fact.
- The Elves have also made an appearance on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, which they also appeared on around the time of Episode 254 - Episode 257. Herring is promoting his show at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.
- Schreiber talks about Bigfoot.
- Schreiber suggestst that Herring's book Emergency Questions would not have sold well in the language. The question which inspired the book was mentioned in Episode 232: No Such Thing As A Seven Foot Bond.
- Harkin mentions Hamilton, which he eerily predicted in Episode 22: No Such Thing As A Magic Camel Filter.
- Female hyenas' unusual genitals were discussed in TBA.
- Murray mentions Pliny the Elder, "friend of the podcast", who was previously cited in Episode 110, Episode 116 and Episode 250.