Hello and welcome to another episode of no such thing as a fish presents international fact bowl. This is a football podcast, probably the only one out there. That makes absolutely no mention of football whatsoever brought to you like you. I elves in association with visiting linda, come. My name. Is Dan I'm sick here with James and anna, and we have a special guest today, which is Alex Edmund archimedean friend, whose had a lot of twitter interesting. Getting you back onto the the podcast popular demand from his mum today's match is usa, vs, russia, and we begin. the usa allergy

I have some usa facts or have plenty of usa that, oh, my god, we've actually got a bit of a proper personal battle going on today, because James, your wife paulina, is russian and an alex you are from the greatest country on the planet. So there we go. So this is going to be interesting. How do you want to con first killer facts about america or my first killer facts about america is that they lost the cold war you know, but when the space war, so my first killer fact about america is that there was something called the great raft which was a series of law, gems, several hundred miles long started in the eleven hundreds. How this I can't even visualize that how that would work? Well I think it's interesting to imagine because obviously nobody was around, or there were native americans around, but a bunch of dead trees, clogged up a river and kept piling backwards and backwards and backwards backwards and eventually there was just this thing. Is there a lot of invasive species that were carried by that river overflowing its banks and too little lakes?

belong there that are only there, because this giant damn flooded these planes in louisiana, ass, brilliant everything's, bigger in america. Isn't it especially our logjams since you engine logs? What is your thing with log cabins in america and why do so many precedents came to have been born in them? I don't even think seven year s president's were born and no cabins, one that you're pretty sure

at washington wasn't know it washington wasn't that it was a myth, wasn't it that he has different image, that he is yes, he said ten people. I think it's seven most reliably. What I do know is that before they invented log cabins or before they had log cabins in america, they all lived in salt huts, but it was a big. It was a big thing. There was symbolism to it and atleast stephenson who ran for president against Dwight Eisenhower. He said I wasn't born in a log cabin I wasn't raised in one and there's no use trying to pretend that I was and he lost in a goddamn landslide. Rarely you dwight eisenhower. Really, oh my god. Absolutely, but it was just it was a symbol of self building and pioneer prism and was a really really potent american. You think. Do you think of the time when,

He made that speech that all of his team knew that he just lost the election. Did he go back the next page edge? I've had a word with my parents, and it turns out that I was actually born in la screw that I'm totally was born in a log. Cabin have there's a similar thing. I know when I'm going into russia yet, but in russia you get a lot of people who said that they were sons of cobblers, and usually it just means that they had a very poor background and then built themselves up. Okay, I know we're not talking about russia yet, but it's got good is a good tease for the second half and twelve percents of all the coca cola in america is drunk at breakfast. Lots get out of town really, that's amazing. That is incredible, and americans eat enough peanut butter in a year. It's called the the floor of the grand canyon away, how thick coating of flora, probably one not only to take us a bit

although yeah I love these, like it would stretch to the moon, facts yeah, it's true, because that's a distance and you can make things really thin like that's. Not you wouldn't want to eat that history. All right. Do you know where Jimi hendrix's first gig was seattle? Was it in seattle at yet it was, and where was a pikes place market now he was in a synagogue. Is that a synagogue as in a synagogue I know like that alex is? Jewish? I probably hear it that it was in the temple de hirsch, synagogue that in the adarsh and his bandmates fired him between sets because he was playing too wildly. That makes me think synagogues is so much more fun than judges when they fired him immediately. When that is incredible, that is so cool Abraham lincoln before he became president was a licensed bartender. Wasn't he? Yes, that's pretty cool? Isn't he

I'm saying he was a wrestlers, well yeah yeah wrestling hall of fame. What like next to whole coggan lies fantastic. If he is a wrestling name, the shared four score. I think they put him. later down the line when they realise that he liked wrestling, and they said while he was an early guy who we ve heard off? Who, like wrestling soul, put me in the hall of fame, but he was a big guy? Wasn't he gave us really how tall was a sixty five or something like that, and we are approaching at the time by the way yeah. So we're going to soon such a big, such a bigger country, so many facts, and so, if anyone's got any, they want to chuck in, as, alas may one in fifty americans executed for murder had the middle name wayne then hang out with wayne's yeah, here's another guy and he Barry wall. He was a guy who popularized wearing tuxedos and

He was very sad, horribly elegans, more wonderful, wonderful clothes and people wrote newspaper articles about him, but then another newspaper wrote ass goes about another guy called bob hell out, and so these two men who was supposed to be fashion icons had a bit of a fashion dual where they wore bore more amazing clothes and eventually a very while one when he turned up to a party and a pair of black leather boots that went all the way up to his hips and from then on. They called him. king of deeds? Chanted saw alike are not idle remained until until done, schreiber came on the scene. If you can't stay here, now, but I'm wearing boots right up to my nose. You guys do you guys know which president gave his name to a footballer? Will resign went out there isn't enough? run a right really his moments, big fat. what's a year. They told me that his adviser was called Donald Reagan.

Raise gmos, and I could see first, we donald reagan, ample ronald reagan. She was fond of him as an actor rather than the president s. Itchy, ok Alex one last facts: we're gonna go to have time America's on quite well here by really feel like you can just devils hold pop fish. Ok, what's that it is a species of fish that exists completely. One tiny pawns in a place called devils home of out of that has no bigger than this table and if this is not a big table and what was discovered and used as evidence in a court to try to make sure that, while people couldn't prey on this kind of land,

and and since then, since we discovered, then we've been slowly wiping them out by trying to observe them scientifically and move them to other places, but yeah. That's one! Tiny genetically specific fish to this one, this one like that is very cool. I like it called devil's hole as well as a nice name. One thousand four hundred and thirty one americans live in a town called elephant, but just throwing it out there there's a place in new mexico, called truth and consequences at the half time, whistle well done america very strong, very strong, happy there Alex, I feel like We could have done better, but I am confident that will put out ok before we get to the second half of our match. Those our half time show which comes in the form of a quiz brought to you by visiting linda, come, and we ve got three questions for you this time. James. First question. Ok, my question is in fourteen fifty eight there was an event in london called loveday. What did it entail

in a murder or isn't it yeah, maybe, while you'll find out after the show what kind of festivals you go to. If it's before seventeen hundred it's either a fire or a murder, you should be a history teacher, just inscribed in nineteenth century england for what was bitch the pot slang? What did it mean and alex last question what famous english event began as a fundraiser for a swimming pool. was it a murder? Was it a fire? Was it london when you're swimming to a fundraiser yeah. I love that I dunno, how famous that is or will be qualified, that the ad says those questions you can hear them at the end of our podcast. But in the meantime, let's head back to the match and it's the second half

russia every james get on it now? Why look really? This is your tea, James. This is easier. English. I've gotta get facts. I was just thinking about you being married. I am polina is russian. I suddenly rumour that there was that fact about how they altitude female russian spies in the war by the fact that when they were giving birth they would yell in russia as opposed to english, and I was the give away- was that true? Is that a true fact now? Is that true, that's a really good question. We were told this by. I am a guy who used to work on Q. I called vitale vitale of who was russian. Then he'd found it in his research. I didn't found any evidence, no reason: stouter yeah, that's great! Isn't it so that live in american life was a double agent and then, as she was giving birth, suddenly russians where it's coming to. Russia is a big place. It's the size of pluto, no yeah! It wants latin pluto out and stick it on the earth it'll be about the size of russia. Oh my god, siberia

Siberia was a country, it would still be the largest country in the world by land, thus, in america's biggest state used to be russian o alaska. Alas, because actually Russia did have an area called russian america, they conquered the quota.

Islands in the exit century and they called the area russian america that would not come down well today, would now until eighteen, eighty five in russia but covers only sold in buckets, and that was the size of twelve point three letters while as the only size you could buy, why has impressed eyes of asia where they still good as strong a strong vote? Could drinking tradition haven't night in ninety? Ninety five boris yeltsin was on a trip to the white house visiting president and he was found drunk in his underwear outside the white house in the middle of the night, when it was discovered by the: u s secret service and only did was larger than that. He was looking for pizza, really catherine, the great area of the russian empress, Catherine, the great I'm sure it's not gonna, be the fat you'll. Think enough. Alex causes, not

What I find interesting about her is that she wasn't called Katherine that wasn't her name and she hated being called the great really so when you put all three of those words together, that's just that was a nightmare for her whole life. So why is everyone calling me kathryn for starters yeah? What was we called you katherine? What she was bones of sophie. I wish you well sophie Frederica, c'est selfie, then not that great sophie. The all right is molly, but she'd go for so as well as hating her name. She hated the fact that she had rickets, which is you know the disease rickets annabelle, and so they what they wanted to do was find someone who could treat her and they can find anyone in their town who, who is good enough to do it, but they eventually did find someone, and it was the towns executioner who eventually became her. I guess personal doctor and I'll kill. You have rickets if each up someone's head off exactly

So he heed. This is what he ordered. This was his. This is the medication that her back and shoulders should be rubbed every day with the saliva of a servant. Girl who is under an outright was under instructions. Knotty anything forehand on. I don't know how much beforehand me, how do you like it and they got this saliva of her like they made her now eat anything before a hundred then put something smells really nice lay some bacon infringe like roasters like homer sims. While that's amazing, I have a question you got any. We know about the tb. Eighty two I do not. It is a smooth bore, shrivel, barreled soviet firearm, which was carried by cosmonauts on space missions in case they encountered aliens or landed and hostile territory, even more for learning, and I think what it was Martha was when they landed in russia. That might be best really. I announced

Let's be right yeah. I thought it was in case. They landed in a place that wasn't friendly to russia could be like that as well yeah yeah. Does anyone have any interesting cosmonauts? I have one which we've had, Thank you I years ago, but it was my favorite sites that I found, because it was amidst some data that always looking, which is that the first hour thing to go around the moon. Wasn't the apollo way you're, not from america. It was a russian and it was a russian tortoise and it in design and five and it went around the moon months before apollo, I got back to the first hour thing and in terms of the space race, that's quite a message to send

Is some see metaphorically, as the slowest animal? Maybe when I get back, yea did and its possible that, with the life expectancy of that particular type of toward us that it still alive, we know what buzz aldrin still lives all take him over the tortoise, yeah sure on Kosovo, it's so Eric up our and the russians love him really really proud of embryo so and he inadvertently started tradition when, on his way to become the first guy in space, he was taken the shuttle bastard it take off point and stuff. I picked up too. We on their backs I have the bass and now every single russian mission into space. They stop the boss, an older men get out all the astronauts get out my own I last year when Neil Armstrong died, the russian news agencies were saying, of course, Neil Armstrong was a nice man, but he was no one near as good as a great guy got a nice.

Is, first of all, he wasn't a nice guy and okay, where we are fastly approaching the end of our match. James, we you want my absolutely biggest gates is fact yeah a ready, yellow status. Sixty five percents of russia is covered in permafrost. What type of butter? No? Not really! I know my favorite things maybe like by call in Siberia light thy such an amazing place it's a thousand times older than any of the lake on earth, and even if all the rest of the watch on earth disappeared, there would still be in a fresh water and light by cow to keep the world's population going for if the years I is wow credible yeah. That is good. That is very good. Okay, that's the end our match, that was that was big before we find out who's one though, let's quickly get the answer to our visiting linda com, quiz and waste I did with a question from you james. Yes, we did my question.

us about the events in fourteen fifty eight called loveday in london, and this was a march with the lancastrians and the yorkists from the war of the roses to show how much they all still like each other and weren't going to go to war and eighteen months later they were count. It didn't really. Why do work? They are. My question was what did bitch the pot me? in a nineteenth century english slang- and it meant pull the t policy for the two could bring that, but it's like, as if Doug, would you like a cup of tea yeah, exactly that's a good name for a song, but let's put that god, okay, last question alex my question: was which famous english events began as a fundraiser for a swimming pool. It was the isle of wight. Music festival, really the isle of wight. What at the annual

major music vessel. Yes, the wishes and found I performed at its a couple of weeks ago. Yes, I did ok, so that's the end of that quiz. If you want to win prize, though, by any chance, you can win some q. I got a's by heading over to visit england dot com where they have hats and t shirts and books. We can get Alex to sign a copy of one of the books. I'm sure you are all keen on that and then be okay, but now we need to find out who won today's match and because I can't go to either james or alex to decide, I'm going to have to throw it to you, anna I'm, going to say Mr Schreiber tear down this wall and make it a draw

Neither I nor my legs are happy with that. Another war that ends in a stalemate our right, so we ended, draw my god, ok, america and russia going in harmony to the next round. Ok! Well, that's that's it! If you want to ask us any questions about the stuff that we were talking about, if you'd like to bash either, in america or russia. You can get us on our twitter handles alex at Alex underscore edelman and james at egg shaped and anna replied to click a pdf or you can email podcast at qr, dot com and I'm an ad tribal and that's it for today's match. If you would like to join us again, mara, there's gonna be another match and it is James you'll be interested in this town. That's your home country of australia against mexico. I don't think when you do that one would you spoke

australia straight through and we'll just continue under the next may. I have been researching some amazing mexico facts, so you could be in trouble. I've I've got ozzy covered, so that's it for us today come back tomorrow and watch me whip. The crap out of james is mexico. Fagus. I will see you, then goodbye, usa. You say you say