Hello and welcome to another episode of No Such Thing as a Fish, a weekly podcast coming

to you from the QI offices in Covern Garden.

My name is Dan Schreiber and I'm sitting here with James Harkin, Anichezinski and Andrew

Hunter Murray and once again we have gathered around the microphones with our four favorite

facts from the last seven days and in no particular order here we go.

Starting with fact number one and that is my fact, my fact this week is that the White

House's Oval Office is a giant weighing scale.

What do they use it for normally?

Wailing the President.

No, to see how heavy he is.

No, it's not.

That's why you weigh things.

Yeah, that's why I thought.

It's to see that he's there full stop.

So the Secret Service need a monitor where the President is at all times.

However, they're not allowed into the Oval Office.

He doesn't want them in there so they have to stand outside.

Now when the door is open they can see where he is but when the door is shut they can't

see where the President is.

So if you look at pictures of the Oval Office there is a giant oval carpet that literally

spans the entire office room except for a few inches to the wall and underneath it are

weighing pads that are connected to a line that goes outside.

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