No Such Thing As A Fish Little Fish: See You In The Charts
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Feb 22, 2026 Listener-submitted curiosities spark tales of a spectator hit twice by a baseball, a forgotten Air India plane tucked away since 2012, and a supermarket pack hiding new mushroom species. Conversations wander to a mysterious guinea pig in the Burmese zodiac, a rotating indoor ski tunnel idea, and how ferries used infrared goggles to dodge floating debris.
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Air India Plane Forgotten In Kolkata
- An Air India aircraft parked at Kolkata airport was effectively forgotten since 2012, accruing £83,000 in parking fees and only recently rediscovered.
- The plane will now be repurposed as a training airframe for engineers.
Outerbridge Is A Person Who Shaped US Tennis
- The Outerbridge Crossing is named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, not an adjective, and his sister Mary Ewing Outerbridge introduced lawn tennis to America.
- Eugenius later helped form the US Tennis Association to standardize court and equipment sizes.
Burmese Zodiac Uses Weekday Animals Including A Mystery Guinea Pig
- The Burmese Zodiac assigns animals by weekday, splitting Wednesday into morning and evening, giving eight animals including an elephant with and without tusks.
- One mysterious slot corresponds to a guinea pig, puzzling because guinea pigs are native to South America.