No Such Thing As A Dice The Size Of The Universe is the 523rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 4th episode of the eleventh year, and the 12th episode of 2024. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, as well as special guest Matt Parker. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Holborn, London.
Description[]
Dan, James, Anna and Matt Parker discuss Rising Sun, falling bridges, celebrity computers and tear-away trollies.
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Facts[]
- The first computer to ever discover a shape “starred” in an episode of Laverne & Shirley. (Parker)
- The woman who invented the trolley problem was the daughter of a man who made railway tracks for a living. (Harkin)
- On the first ever road trip across America multiple bridges collapsed under the weight of the cars and had to be rebuilt along the way. (Ptaszynski)
- In the board game Rising Sun, players are able to collect monsters that are inspired by both Japanese mythology and—by complete accident—a New Zealand farmer. (Schreiber)