No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard is the 421st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 5th episode of the ninth year, and the 14th episode of 2022. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and special guest Tim Harford. It was recorded from home.
Description[]
James, Anna, Andrew, and special guest Tim Harford discuss vital vitamins, stinging schemes, and the practice of pyrography.
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Facts[]
- In 1939, a young doctor at Boston City Hospital went on a scurvy-producing diet to see what would happen. In May 1940, his fellow doctors staged an intervention after his skin started to bleed from his follicles and an old post-operative scar reopened.[1] (Harford)
- There are more people alive today who have been World Chess Champion than there are people skillful enough to carve a knight for use in a World Championship chess match.[2][3] (Harkin)
- In Ecuador, "cleaners" are people who rub you down with stinging nettles.[4] (Ptaszynski)
- The people of the remote island of St Kilda used to yell if they saw themselves in a visiting tourist's mirror. They actually had plenty of mirrors, they just wanted to keep the tourists coming.[5] (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Regular presenter Dan Schreiber is absent.
- In his place, Tim Harford guests, making his first appearance. Tim is the host of the Cautionary Tales podcast.
Notes[]
- ↑ JAAD: Adult scurvy
- ↑ Business Insider: "Why Championship Chess Sets Are So Expensive | So Expensive" (YouTube) [direct source]
- ↑ Business Insider: Why championship chess sets are so expensive
- ↑ BBC: The healers who treat 'bad luck'
- ↑ Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages by Matthew Green (Amazon) [direct source]