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3/1/202630 min
Dan, James and Andy discuss YOUR facts, including avocado, almonds, Geese and Grace Kelly. James takes us on a hell of a Kentucky Derby ride. And we name eight more Friend of the Podcast fact custodians.
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First 90 secondsAndrew Hunter Murray· Host0:00
[upbeat music] [bubbles popping] [machine beeping] [upbeat music] Hi, everybody. Welcome to Little Fish. This is our weekly audience fact show. We've done all of our facts. We've run out. And while we wait and think of some more, you've sent some in to podcast@qi.com. My name's Andrew Hunter Murray. I'm here with James Harkin and Dan Schreiber. Let's get into it. Who's got an audience fact?
Dan Schreiber· Host0:31
Uh, shall I open with one?
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host0:32
Yeah.
Dan Schreiber· Host0:33
Here we go. This is from Steven Corcoran, and his fact is China defends its border partly with geese.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host0:39
Okay.
Dan Schreiber· Host0:40
So- That's good ... yeah, so this is a pandemic thing. Uh, China's border with Vietnam, they were worried that people with COVID were gonna come in through the border illegally, and so they hired a gaggle of geese- [laughs] ... 500 of them to stand guard- Wow ... and honk and bite at anyone who was coming through.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host0:58
Bite?
James Harkin· Host0:58
They have teeth.
Dan Schreiber· Host0:59
Well, they've probably got a strong snout on there.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:01
They've got a nasty nip on them though.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:02
Yeah.
James Harkin· Host1:02
They do.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:03
Exactly.
James Harkin· Host1:03
The, um, Romans used guard geese.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:05
Well, this is the thing, guard geese. They're apparently way more efficient than most animals that we would use, like a guard dog. Police often use them in their stations.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:14
[laughs] No.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:14
They do.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:15
No.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:15
They do.
Andrew Hunter Murray· Host1:15
No, they don't.
Dan Schreiber· Host1:16
There's, there's been examples in Brazil where they have, uh, used them in place of dogs because they have incredible eyesight. They have incredible hearing. They're extraordinarily territorial. Therefore, if a stranger comes in, they immediately sound the alarm, unlike