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Little Fish: Poor Benighted Mountain Beaver

November 23, 2025·30 min·2 clips

Jeff Bezos's biological dad was a president of the world's first unicycle hockey club.

This Little Fish episode features hosts James, Andy, and Dan sharing listener-submitted facts. They begin with Rosie Watson's fact about Jeff Bezos's biological father, Theodore John Jorgensen, a notable unicycle hockey player and president of the Albuquerque Unicycle Hockey Club. Germany reportedly has 89 unicycle hockey teams, and the hosts imagine the unique challenge for goalies who must balance on one wheel. Paleontologist Thomas Halliday contributed a fact about ancestry, stating you are genetically descended from only about half of your ancestors alive 250 years ago. James explains this occurs because DNA is inherited in chunks, making it statistically certain over generations. Felicia Vinterhoff shares that the entire church in the Swedish mining town of Kiruna was moved three kilometers due to subsidence risks. Louise Drake reveals that during the 2005 "Pride and Prejudice" ball scene filming at Basildon Park, National Trust conservation staff wore costumes as extras to monitor priceless artifacts. James adds historical gossip about the estate's original owner, Francis Sykes, an East India Company figure, and his descendant whose wife, Henrietta, had affairs with Benjamin Disraeli and painter Daniel Maclise. Kate Moore's fact describes mountain beavers as the most primitive rodents, hosting the world's largest flea, which can reach 10 millimeters. Jesse Quick details performer Johnny Strange's record of slicing 10 watermelons on a partner's stomach in 30 seconds while she lay on a bed of nails. Shona Mack notes the world's oldest continuously operating post office in Sanquar, Scotland, has run since 1712. Richard Galt's fact explains that SI units are based on the kilogram, meter, and second, and in 1970, there was a proposal to rename the kilogram the "Einstein." Ari Toon Samuelsson writes that in 2020, the number of near-complete Viking helmets doubled from one to two with the authentication of the Gjermundbu helmet. The hosts then award archived fact custodianships to Clubfish members, including facts about giant rats, Pope John Paul II's secret skiing trips, and New York's historic moving day. The episode maintains a lighthearted, conversational tone with playful banter and humorous tangents. Listeners who enjoy eclectic trivia, historical anecdotes, and casual comedy will appreciate this episode. Those seeking structured, in-depth discussions on a single topic might find the rapid-fire fact format less engaging.

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