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No Such Thing As One Direction In North Korea is the 6th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 6th episode of the first year, and the 6th episode of 2014. It features regular presenters James Harkin and Andrew Hunter Murray, QI Elf Molly Oldfield, and guest presenter Marc Abrahams. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.

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This week in the QI Office Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm), James Harkin (@eggshaped), Anna Ptaszynski (@nosuchthing), Molly Oldfield (@mollyoldfield) and special guest Ig Nobel Prizes Founder Marc Abrahams (@marcabrahams) gather round a microphone to share their favourite newly discovered facts from the last days.

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  • This episode marks the first appearance of Molly Oldfield, and the only appearance of Marc Abrahams.
  • Molly Oldfield is the first QI Elf other than the regular presenters to appear on the podcast.
  • Marc Abrahams is promoting his book This is Improbable Too.
  • Marc Abrahams is the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are frequently cited in later episodes.
    • Andy brings up a historical method of using postage stamps to measure erections during sleep. A similar method won an Ig Nobel Prize for Reproductive Medicine in 2018.
  • This is the first episode to feature absences from Dan Schreiber or Anna Ptaszynski, and the first in which two regulars are absent.
    • Since this is the first episode without Schreiber, it is also the first episode in which someone other than Schreiber hosts - in this case Andrew Hunter Murray.
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