The Unbelievable Truth

David Mitchell hosts, as Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, Lou Sanders and Tony Hawks talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as legs, cheese, New York and guitars.

The Truths

Marcus Brigstocke - Legs

- In Shanghai, women can buy hairy tights to ward off unwanted male attention. [note[Found by Lucy.[/note]

- Whales have legs, but they serve no purpose and are retained entirely within the body. Their forearms evolved into flippers. Found by Lucy.

- Male elephants can use their penis as a fifth leg. Found by Lucy.

- A woman from Manchester has been trying to anyone who will turn her amputated leg into a bag. Successfully smuggled.

- Hyundai are trying to make the world's first walking car. Successfully smuggled.

Holly Walsh - Cheesep

- The ploughman's lunch was not invented until the 1960s, created by the British Cheese Board as a way of boosting sales of cheese. Found by Tony.

- Eating bread and cheese was used as a lie detector in ancient Britain. The food would be blessed by a priest, and if the accused could not swallow or choked they were found guilty. Successfully smuggled.

- 4% of all the cheese produced in the world is stolen. According to Interpol, cheese is the most stolen foodstuff in the world. Successfully smuggled.

- The cheese industry was behind one of the first cases of a film being banned. A 1903 silent film featuring cheese mites on stilton shot through a microscope was banned for fear the film would cause a collapse in cheese sales. Successfully smuggled.

- In order to be considered genuine, Flor de Guia cheese from the Canary Islands has to be made by women. Successfully smuggled.

Lou Sanders - New York

- 15% of the air in the New York Subway is human skin. Found by Holly.

- Every year, 1,500 New Yorkers are bitten by other New Yorkers. They come second to dogs that bit 9,000 New Yorkers per year. Found by Marcus.

- In 2012, Deborah Stevens from Long Island donated a kidney to her boss, only for the boss to fire her immediately after doing so. Found by Holly.

- Residents of New York City can get free condoms and lube by calling 311. This is the largest condom distribution network in the USA. Found by Tony.

- In January 1902, New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public. Successfully smuggled.

Tony Hawks - Guitars

- Guitars have been made out of guns in Columbia. Found by Marcus.

- Damon Hill played guitar in a band called Sex Hitler and the Hormones. Found by Lucy.

- Inflammation from rubbing the guitar against the chest is known as: "guitar nipple". Successfully smuggled.

- Roger Black played bass guitar in a punk band called the Psychopathic Vegetables. Successfully smuggled.

- Brian May released a cologne that smells of badgers. Successfully smuggled.

Scores

- Holly Walsh: 8 points
- Marcus Brigstocke: 0 points
- Tony Hawks: -2 points
- Lou Sanders: -4 points