No Such Thing As A Sentient Jelly is the 305th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 45th episode of the sixth year, and the 4th episode of 2020. 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, James, Anna and Andrew discuss the world's first electric cargo ship, jelly wobbliness testing Edison's near-miss with a flying badger.
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Facts[]
- Thomas Edison was once almost killed by a flying badger. (Harkin)
- There are only two groups of animals on Earth that live entirely on seaweed. They are a type of iguana and a type of sheep. (Ptaszynski)
- In 2017 China launched the world's first electric cargo ship. The ship is now being used exclusively to transport coal to power stations. (Schreiber)
- The first ever instrument made for food quality control was built to test the consistency of jelly. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Edison was also the subject of a headline fact in Episode 209: No Such Thing As A Sexy Black Hole.
- Charles Babbage is the subject of a headline fact in Episode 313: No Such Thing As A Dangerous Coconut.
- NSTAAF is Sian Tarrant's second-favourite podcast - the Fish team appeared on her favourite, The Guilty Feminist, in TBA september 2019.
- The hosts of The Guilty Feminist appeared on Fish during the 20 Hour Podcast.