No Such Thing As A Dangerous Coconut is the 313th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 1st episode of the seventh year, and the 12th 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 fruit that's expensive and dangerous; and people who got very hot and very cold.
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Facts[]
- Computer pioneer Charles Babbage once cooked himself in an oven for 4 minutes at 265 degrees just to see what would happen. (Schreiber)
- The Manchineel tree is so toxic that if you park under it and it rains, the drips from the branches can strip the paint from your car. (Harkin)
- Cryonic freezing chambers are built to store up to 4 bodies and 5 heads. (Ptaszynski)
- If Hamlet had wanted to buy a lemon, it would've cost him €700. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode of Year Seven.
- This is the last non-Working From Home episode until Episode 332: No Such Thing As An Innocent Apple.
- Charles Babbage was also discussed in Episode 305: No Such Thing As A Sentient Jelly.
- Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii were discussed in the previous episode.
- After Murray brings up two fake facts in order to debunk them, his own headline fact is called into question, and he claims he has Dan's Notes.
- Murray got his fact from the guidebook to Kronborg castle, which he bought during the In No Particular Order tour's stop in Copenhagen.
- Murray mentions this trip again in Episode 347: No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask.