No Such Thing As A Useless Condom is the seventy-third episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the twenty-first episode of the second year, and the thirty-second episode of 2015. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest QI Elf Anne Miller. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Dan, James, Anna and Anne discuss the preparations for D-Day, secret library porn, and cannibalistic cane toads.
Facts[]
- As part of the preparation for the D-Day landings, the Allied Forces used condoms to collect soil and sand from the Normandy beaches. (Ptaszynski)
- Every second, at least one star in the universe explodes. (Schreiber)
- Cannibals in ancient Mexico ate their human flesh with chilli sauce. (Harkin)
- Dogs are not allowed in Selwyn College, Cambridge, so the master's Basset Hound has been reclassified as a "really large cat". (Miller)
Trivia[]
- Regular host Andrew Hunter Murray is absent.
- Anne Miller guests, making her tenth appearance on the programme.
- Dan describes as "sound[ing] like a me fact" Anne's fact that the SN 1006 supernova was so bright, people could read their manuscripts during the night.