No Such Thing As The Handshake Police is the 373rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 10th episode of the eighth year, and the 21st episode of 2021. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and special guest Ella Al-Shamahi. It was recorded from home due to COVID-19.
Description[]
Anna, James, Dan and special guest Ella Al-Shamahi discuss unhealthy handshakes, pioneering pilots and Seattle's favourite shrink.
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Facts[]
- An anti-handshake society was formed in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1894 because of a cholera outbreak. You paid 6 rubles as membership, you wore a pin to identify yourself, and just in case you did slip up and shake hands, you had to pay 3 rubles as a fine. (Al-Shamahi)
- The 2013 recipient of the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award, who later successfully completed Amelia Earhart's fatal circumnavigation of the world, is called Amelia Earhart. (Schreiber)
- Scientists have started putting fossilised poos in particle accelerators. (Ptaszynski)
- Frasier Crane was an early investor in Microsoft. (Harkin)
Trivia[]
- Ella Al-Shamahi guests, making her first appearance.
- Schreiber jokes during the introduction that Andrew Hunter Murray is away looking at thatched roofs around the UK, something he said he wanted to do in the previous episode when they were part of a headline fact.
- Particle accelerators were previously parts of a headline fact in Episode 1, an audience fact in Episode 75, and an outtake in Episode 333.