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Scotty Horsman
What a Weird Week: the weird stories of the week!
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What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 42 first published Fri Oct 10, 2025. These are some stories from last week which we didn't get to because we did a re-run. But this is perfect because it's Canadian Thanksgiving, so what better time to dig in to some leftovers!!!
Spooky Realistic Robot Face https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/chinese-company-develops-creepy-ultra-lifelike-robot-face-watch-it-blink-twitch-and-nod
Mysterious Snake Lizard Discovered. Remain Calm, it's a fossil. https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/mysterious-160-million-year-old-creature-unearthed-on-isle-of-skye-is-part-lizard-part-snake
Space Lemons?! https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/newly-discovered-comet-lemmon-may-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye-this-month-but-it-will-look-more-like-a-lime
Would you get your teeth tattooed? https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/viral-trend-of-getting-tattoos-on-teeth-sparks-debate-on-dental-health-in-china-9385414
Hold on, waiting around is good for us? https://studyfinds.org/waiting-isnt-bad-can-actually-boost-your-well-being/
Terrifying Bird asked to leave town https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-swan-mr-terminator-stratford-upon-avon-b2837801.html
The Old 'Socks on the License Plate' tick https://www.nj.com/hudson/2025/09/nj-toll-cheat-used-socks-to-avoid-paying-18k-his-scam-stinks-cops-say.html
Ultimate Polly Pocket Fan Level Unlock https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/02/Guinness-World-Records-Polly-Pocket-collection/2701759429173/
Very Long Beard Attains World Domination https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/02/Guinness-World-Records-beard-locks/7671759423849/
icymi, Chunk Won Fat Bear Week https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/01/Fat-Bear-Week-Katmai-National-Park-32-Chunk/8941759322448/
Detroit Gator https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/01/Detroit-Belle-Isle-alligator/1761759320962/
Dali Art Exhibit might be chock fulla fakes https://nypost.com/2025/10/02/lifestyle/cops-seize-21-salvador-dali-works-for-suspected-forgery-at-exhibit-absolutely-strange/
Hotel to offer Smelarm Clocks https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/lifestyle/holiday-inn-express-adds-scent-based-alarm-clocks-to-rooms/ not actually called Smelarm Clocks but should be, right?!
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 41 first published Fri Oct 4, 2024 Yes, it's a beautiful repeat episode
Egg-Drop Smashes World Record, Egg is not smashed thoughhttps://patch.com/pennsylvania/te/tredyffrin-easttown-students-break-egg-drop-guinness-world-record
Man Drinks Pouch of Juice, World Reacts! #MikeJackRecord #CapriSunhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/02/canada-Guinness-World-Records-Capri-Sun/4611727885489/
Italian lady breaks World Record for tongue circumference (cir-tongue-ference)https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/10/italian-womans-unique-tongue-has-bigger-circumference-than-a-ping-pong-ball
David "Record-Breaker" Rush may not know how to stop breaking world records. #LawnmowerChinbreaks world record by walking over 1,100 feet with a running lawn mower on his chinhttps://youtu.be/_6wZ6HIJPoU?feature=shared
Tarantula Mating Season Draws Hundreds to Colorado Town
https://apnews.com/article/tarantula-mating-colorado-spider-festival-da14f6d08bd4b325ce34970ec7864c73
Changing how we use defibrillators makes them more lifesaving - study
https://studyfinds.org/new-way-of-using-defibrillators/
Swallowing might be a thing that makes us happy! #HappinessResearch
https://studyfinds.org/swallowing-makes-people-happy/
Get started on one of these hilarious Halloween costumes! #Shrimp-on-the-Barbie
https://studyfinds.org/best-funny-halloween-costumes/
Mindfulness meditation is more effective than placebo in reducing pain, study finds
https://studyfinds.org/meditation-placebo-effect-pain/
NASA is developing a new time zone specifically for the Moon #CoordinatedLunarTime
https://studyfinds.org/meditation-placebo-effect-pain/
Wait, can AI REALLY pass a law exam? #nope
https://studyfinds.org/can-ai-pass-a-college-law-exam/
I Don't Like Sundays - Survey
https://studyfinds.org/spend-sundays-terrified/
Man discovers $6.6 million Picasso painting hidden in his home for decades
https://nypost.com/2024/10/01/lifestyle/painting-hated-by-owners-wife-turns-out-to-be-6m-picasso/
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 40 first published Fri Sept 26, 2025
Giant Peach Alert!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/19/Guinness-World-Records-heaviest-peach/6441758293973/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYmBj8OaQSI&t=33s
Mystery Creature Found!
https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/mystery-creature-found-in-forbidden-cloud-forest-of-peru-is-new-species-of-marsupial
Daylight Saving Time Study - DST aint great maybe you guys.
https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/abandoning-daylight-savings-time-could-prevent-over-300-000-stroke-cases-a-year-in-the-us-study-claims
Who's more generous and Why is it Cat Owners?
https://www.popsci.com/environment/cat-owners-donate-more-money/
How far would you go for delicious chocolate and why is it 2500 miles?
https://nypost.com/2025/09/19/lifestyle/chef-flies-2400-miles-on-extreme-day-trip-for-this-wild-reason/
Venus is hiding something dangerous
https://studyfinds.org/undiscovered-venus-asteroids-city-destroying-threat-earth/
Very mean squirrel makes news.
https://apnews.com/article/aggressive-squirrel-hurt-people-43efad83aa78de39affc1b3cd3c93afe
The State Park with all the Diamonds strikes again.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/25/Crater-of-Diamonds-Oklahoma-family-birthday/7181758823043/
Running on All-Fours looks like hard work.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/24/japan-Guinness-World-Records-running-all-fours/1411758736682/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxVWHgtwlo&t=74s
Fat Bears!
https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/pets/2025/09/25/fat-bear-week-explained-vote-see-results-katmai-national-park/86346135007/
Unrecognizable Peanut Butter Cup Shapes for Halloween have been saved!
https://www.fooddive.com/news/hershey-wins-class-action-lawsuit-reeses-halloween/760992/
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 39 first published Fri Sept 19, 2025
Anesthetist Leaves Surgery for Romp with Nurse
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly65xkz1xko
Update! Very Tall Sunflower Officially Breaks World Record!
https://apnews.com/article/sunflower-ukraine-indiana-backyard-guinness-world-record-a31f44168431c3ba5d7886d7e994f1c4
World Record Pizza Party
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/15/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pizza-party/7151757965911/
Stone-Skipping Scandal?!
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/scotland-stone-skimming-cheating-scandal-1.7636730
More Research into How to Exercise Less
https://studyfinds.org/can-you-microdose-exercise/
Fried Clam Soap
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fried-clam-soap
Wonderful Wedding Mystery Solved!
https://nypost.com/2025/09/12/lifestyle/bride-uncovers-identity-of-wedding-crasher-4-years-later/
M&Ms spill across N.J. highway
https://www.nj.com/warren/2025/09/mms-spill-across-nj-highway-after-tractor-trailer-crash.html?gift=c5bd5a6c-2d7c-4c7d-bba8-4b76d84f79c4
Comet or Alien Craft Update from NASA.
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/nasa-responds-to-concerns-3i-atlas-is-an-alien-spaceship-coming-to-invade-earth-3251449/
Thief in Scuba Gear Steals from Disney Restaurant, Swims Away
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/scuba-clad-man-robs-disney-springs-restaurant-swims-away/OK52RUCLAZFMNAHRBXR5OD7SVY/
Watch Public Restroom Advertising to Receive TP
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15110961/toilet-wont-you-loo-roll-unless-watch-advert.html
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 38 first published Fri Sept 12, 2025
Are you Haunted by Your Childhood Teddy Bear? #NotAlone
https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/new-national-teddy-bear-day-survey-finds-92-still-have-their-childhood-stuffed-animal
Latest UFO Evidence is Making Headlines
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/congressman-shows-video-military-ufo-hearing/story?id=125413475
Who is the Richest Person in the World? Not so Fast, Elon. Oh, wait, nevermind.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/who-is-larry-ellison-richest-person-oracle
Life on Mars? Life on Mars!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mars-potential-life-1.7630035
World Record Ping Pong Ball Spitter
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/09/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-table-tennis-balls-mouth/2121757440905/
Man Runs Backwards Very Fast While Wearing High Heel Shoes. World Reacts.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/09/spain-Guinness-World-Records-fastest-100-meters-backward-high-heels/3371757345636/
Ghost Doorbell Ringer Mystery Solved!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/09/germany-Bavaria-police-doorbells-slug/5131757429025/#google_vignette
Mouth Wheelie World Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/09/saudi-Guinness-World-Records-greatest-distance-motorcycle-wheelie-mouth/4361757437687/
Mosquitos and Libido!?
https://www.popsci.com/environment/mosquito-beer-blood/
Happy Music Might Cure Car Sickness
https://studyfinds.org/joyful-music-motion-sickness/
Jumping In Skates World Record Inspires Others to Jump Rope in Comfortable Shoeshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/11/Guinness-World-Records-jump-rope-ice-skates/8351757602787/
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. Thanks for rating/ reviewing/ subscribing! These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 37 first published Fri Sept 5, 2025
Robots Can Now Play Badminton: world rejoices.
https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/scientists-taught-an-ai-powered-robot-dog-how-to-play-badminton-against-humans-and-its-actually-really-good
This week in terrible cell phone news: hemorrhoids edition.
https://studyfinds.org/smartphone-toilet-hemorrhoid-risk/
We second-guess everything? Wait... Do we??
study here https://studyfinds.org/average-american-second-guesses-nearly-half-daily-decisions/
this might help https://wamide.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-second-guessing-yourself
These guys and their cornhole world domination
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/03/Guinness-World-Records-longest-cornhole-shot-slingshot/2561756911188/
This genius parrot knows its way around some tiny bins.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/02/Guinness-World-Records-parrot-colors/6741756835361/
Meet Doogie the Croc King of the World
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/29/Guinness-World-Records-Croc-King/2571756489448/
Never caught on film before: Golden Shark!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/28/costarica-orange-shark-Tortuguero-National-Park-first-documented-case/2731756411287/
Famous Sports Figure's (much younger) girlfriend applies to trademark the term "Gold Digger". World reacts.
https://www.fox19.com/2025/08/28/bill-belichicks-girlfriend-jordon-hudson-24-files-trademark-application-term-gold-digger
Wait, Eating Meat Might NOT be bad for you?
https://studyfinds.org/animal-protein-linked-to-lower-cancer-death-risk/
Heroic Lady Runs Across Lego Bricks in her Bare Feet. (Very Fast.)
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/04/nz-Guinness-World-Records-fastest-barefoot-run-Lego/8201757000962/
Some parts of the world get a Lunar Eclipse/ Blood Moon on Sunday, Sept 7th, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/blood-moon-rise-during-total-035435373.html
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 36 first published Fri Aug 29, 2025 Wet-sponges-to-the-face World Domination.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/28/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-wet-sponges/5821756400678/
World Records to Break TODAY!
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr70
Quiz https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr70/record-selector
Japanese City Considers Limiting Smartphone Use
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/26/japan-Toyoake-Japan-smartphone-screen-time-ordinance/3391756229235/
Missing Art discovered in House-for-Sale Listing?!
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/americas/argentina-painting-looted-nazi-intl-latam
Does Talking 'Bout Money get you all revved up?
https://studyfinds.org/modern-romance-young-adults-turned-on-by-salary-talk-on-dates/
Cheap Date Ideas https://www.theadventurechallenge.com/blogs/news/cheap-date-ideas
Hurricanes may now go up to 6 in severity
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/now-is-the-time-hurricane-category-6-could-be-introduced-under-new-storm-severity-scale
Glow-in-the-Dark plants could save us all.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/chinese-scientists-create-multicolored-glow-in-the-dark-succulents-that-recharge-in-sunlight
Haunted Soda Pop!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fanta-teams-universal-pictures-blumhouse-080000039.html
Rare Blue Dragons Attack! *citation needed re attack
https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-but-dangerous-rare-blue-dragons-are-forcing-beaches-to-close
Smelling Rose Scent seems to increase gray matter.
https://www.sciencealert.com/smelling-this-one-specific-scent-can-boost-the-brains-gray-matter
Listen to this song while eating chocolate. Do it for science.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/lifestyle/one-song-makes-chocolate-taste-even-sweeter/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. It's Friday, August 22nd 2025 and I am on a special assignment at a huge concert festival in the town where I live. So this week is a rebroadcast of our show from a year ago. How many of these do you remember? The incredible tattoo story? The bison mystery that finally got solved? What about this first one involving museum nudity?
Here comes the shownotes from Season 5, Ep 35 first published on Friday Aug 30, 2024.
❿ French museum invites visitors to view its naturism exhibit in the nude
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/29/france-Mucem-naturism-nude-visitors/5591724952442/
and also https://billetterie.mucem.org/fr-FR/produits?famille=1703237789240300000
❾ Red pepper spill on California highway leads to bee rescue
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/29/Highway-101-Santa-Maria-California-red-peppers-bees/4511724947303/
❽ Museum invites back 4-year-old who broke 3,500-year-old jar
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/28/boy-jar-smash-3500-years-old/4091724862304/
❼ World's oldest cognac from 1696 confirmed in Netherlands
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/27/netherlands-Guinness-World-Records-oldest-cognac/6311724773272/
❻ Rescued "Injured" Bald Eagle in Missouri Was "Too Fat to Fly" After Enormous Feast
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/27/bald-eagle-too-fat-to-fly/9911724772067/
❺ Riders stranded 243 feet up on Six Flags attraction during storm
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/26/mexico-Six-Flags-Mexico-ride-stranded-storm/7991724705451/
❹ Man builds 54-level house of cards in 8 hours
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/23/Guinness-World-Records-card-stacking/3371724426363/
❸ Connecticut woman sets world records for most tattoos and body modifications. 99.98% coverage.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/22/Guinness-World-Records-tattoos-body- modifications/7431724340679/
❷ Three escaped bison return to Connecticut farm, bringing a newborn baby
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/22/bison-return-North-Branford-Guilford-Connecticut/2551724339497/
🍅 North Carolina eateries engage in a light-hearted "sign war" that involves dozens of businesses
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/22/sign-war-Morehead-City-North-Carolina/5881724345792/
❶ Moving Box Table: A Unique Solution for Moving Day Pizza
https://www.foodandwine.com/pizza-hut-moving-box-table-8701153
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 33 first published Fri Aug 15, 2025
Meteorite that crashed through someone's roof is back in the news.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/fireball-mcdonough-meteorite-atlanta-home
There's a drug you can take that makes you poisonous to mosquitos.
https://www.popsci.com/health/mosquito-repellent-nitisinone/
The future of your dental health will include hair toothpaste.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/health/toothpaste-made-out-of-hair-could-be-on-shelves-in-two-years/
The curious case of the lady who keeps having spontaneous happy fun times.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/lifestyle/young-woman-cant-stop-having-orgasms-doctors-stumped/
What if we never had to plug in our smart devices again?!
https://studyfinds.org/breakthrough-indoor-solar-cells-could-keep-smart-devices-running-forever/
Post office gets a jump on spreading Christmas cheer. *includes kind of bizarre photo op. #joyful
https://apnews.com/article/germany-santa-claus-st-nicholas-29093e02377653ecf3414302573c21ed
Licorice increases the shelf-life of ready-to-eat chicken. That's weird, right?
https://studyfinds.org/licorice-extract-nearly-doubles-chicken-shelf-life-in-lab-tests/
Pine flavoured pop is a thing?!
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zirbe
Jellyfish invasion forces nuclear power plant to shut down.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/12/nuclear-power-plant-forced-shut-jellyfish-infestation-23896483/
Haunted doll hijinks
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/woman-living-with-54-haunted-dolls-claims-they-hack-into-my-amazon-alexa/ar-AA1KjqY3 and also https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRk-_cCwqV0kOhPi7NW7ag
Cat fools around and finds out: has mug shot taken after scratching the wrong cop.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/11/cat-paw-printed-mugshots-taken-scratching-police-officers-23884577/
Maine shark!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Scarborough-Maine-great-white-shark-beaches/9001755028150/
Alligator caught in PA lake
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Bucks-County-Pennsylvania-alligator-Magnolia-Lake/8111755011668/
Diamond found at diamond park
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/14/Crater-of-Diamonds-State-Park-Micherre-Fox/8121755187379/
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
Potatoes are Tomatoes. It's Science.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/evolution/tomatoes-randomly-mated-with-another-plant-9-million-years-ago-the-result-potatoes
New Addition to Stuff to Worry About: Radioactive Wasps
https://www.popsci.com/environment/radioactive-wasp-nest/ and also https://www.facebook.com/reel/4225602121097433
Video Games Linked to Boost in Kid IQ
https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-discovers
Squonkapalooza: A Festival to Cheer Up that sad ol' Squonk
https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/us-news/pas-ugliest-saddest-pig-the-squonk-needs-festival-cheer/
Most Expensive Labubu Doll Fuels Labubu Mania
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/worlds-most-expensive-labubu-doll-sold-for-125-times-its-original-price-9010811
Comedian Matt Rife now owns world's most haunted doll
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/us-comedian-buys-ed-and-lorraine-warrens-home-and-museum-becomes-legal-guardian-of-demonic-annabelle-doll-9009577
Paddleboarding Pooches Break Records
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/01/UK-Dog-Surfing-Championship-paddleboard-records/1591754070614/
New Tarantula Genus 'Satyrex' Discovered with Record-Long [redacted]
https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/it-seems-that-size-really-does-matter-males-of-4-never-before-seen-tarantula-species-have-record-long-genitalia
Scientists Find Asteroid Impact More Likely to Kill Than Rabies
https://www.sciencealert.com/youre-more-likely-to-die-from-an-asteroid-than-rabies-scientists-find
Giant, Cat-sized Rat Discovered in England Sparks Calls for Action
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/05/massive-rat-Eston-North-Yorkshire-England/6271754424099/
Denmark Zoo Asks for Pet Donations to Feed Predators
https://abcnews.go.com/International/denmark-zoo-asks-people-donate-pets-feed-predators/story?id=124367988
Keep talking to your Sunflower, Alex!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/06/Guinness-World-Records-tallest-sunflower/5901754496391/
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.Hi friends, I'm Scott and this week I'm on vacation. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of What a Weird Week from one year ago. See how many of these stories you remember from 2024. Then if you hang around to the end, enjoy the world premiere of Scott's vacation song which reveals how I am spending my vacation. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page.
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 30 first published Fri July 25, 2025
Dinosaur Museum finds actual Dinosaur Fossil Under Parking Lot
https://apnews.com/article/denver-museum-dinosaur-bone-fossil-parking-lot-a035df2d4c9b1cbcaa32137ebb4bfa2a
Biggest Claw Game in the World
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/22/philippines-Guinness-World-Records-largest-claw-machine/9421753198834/
Snail Races
https://kyma.com/news/national-world/2025/07/21/village-in-england-hosts-annual-world-snail-racing-championships/
The Argument is Strong for a Four Day Work Week
https://www.popsci.com/science/four-day-work-week-study/
Meteor Shower Headsup
https://www.livescience.com/space/meteoroids/see-up-to-25-shooting-stars-an-hour-as-southern-delta-aquariid-and-alpha-capricornid-meteor-showers-peak
Where to report a UFO/ UAP sighting:
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https://www.aaro.mil/Submit-A-Report/
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https://nuforc.org/report-a-ufo/
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https://uforum.blogspot.com/search?q=report+a+sighting and also here is a link to report directly to the Canadian UFO survey https://www.canadianuforeport.com/survey/reportfrontpage.html
Is it a Comet? Or is it Alien Technology?? (It's a Comet)
https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/here-we-go-again-controversial-paper-questions-whether-interstellar-visitor-3i-atlas-is-possibly-hostile-alien-tech-in-disguise
Sea Spiders!
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-common-blood-pressure-drug-extends-lifespan-slows-aging-in-animals
Blood Pressure Drug Might Fight Aging
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-common-blood-pressure-drug-extends-lifespan-slows-aging-in-animals
Paving Stone Flip Flops
https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/lifestyle/maurizio-cattelans-6m-banana-artwork-has-been-eaten-again/
Art Admirer Eats Banana, World Reacts
https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/lifestyle/maurizio-cattelans-6m-banana-artwork-has-been-eaten-again/
How Much Difference Does 7000 Steps-a-Day Make? A Lot.
https://studyfinds.org/7000-daily-steps-lower-death-risk/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 29 first published Fri July 18, 2025
Casino for the rest of us! UNO at the casino https://www.newsweek.com/new-uno-social-club-casino-las-vegas-2098544
Mysterious ship goo is baffling the sciencers https://www.popsci.com/science/ship-goo-great-lakes-mystery/
Really old movie prop sells for record amount https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/17/Heritage-Auctions-Rosebud-Citizen-Kane/6941752775517/Online movie streaming services
How to sleep better but yer not gonna like it maybe https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250716000856.htm
Impossible egg record has finally been cracked! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/16/Guinness-World-Records-largest-scotch-egg/1951752684454/
Sloths and more specifically sloth gas makes science headlines https://www.livescience.com/animals/scientists-thought-sloths-dont-fart-then-one-was-caught-tooting-on-camera
Pooch TV preferences may surprise you #study https://studyfinds.org/dogs-watching-tv-habits/
Has the Green Pigeon shown up in your feeds yet? Earlier this summer it started to gain momentum. I thought it was fake. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5zdyy4lrgo
The science of delicious campfire food https://www.popsci.com/science/why-food-around-campfire-tastes-better/
Why do we feel guilty about using our vacation days? (If you don't, you're winning). https://studyfinds.org/why-do-so-many-american-workers-feel-guilty-about-taking-vacation-days/
The million dollar relationship question that you should NOT bring up with your partner https://studyfinds.org/would-you-leave-your-partner-for-million-dollars/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 28 first published Fri July 11, 2025
Three Easy Brain Boosters for the mindgrapes of your brain vineyard
https://nypost.com/2025/07/04/health/3-weird-tips-for-brain-health-one-you-can-do-in-the-shower/
Even going to a VR forest promotes mental health
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250705084325.htm
Cinnamon Toast and Bacon Crunch Cereal
https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/28590-general-mills-debuts-bacon-flavored-cereal
ICYMI, they solved Hair Loss by mistake
https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-hair-loss-breakthrough-dna-sugar-gel-triggers-robust-regrowth
Whenever you drive, You Hear a Symphony
https://apnews.com/article/uae-fujairah-road-beethoven-ninth-symphony-b1991f9afacb7445f9277fe8ac659ff0
World's Most Expensive Cheese breaks record. Also, it's cave cheese.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/08/spain-Guinness-World-Records-Cabrales-cheese-expensive/7871751993044/
Dad Bods of the world: you ARE desirable!
(https://nypost.com/2025/07/04/lifestyle/the-perfect-male-body-type-according-to-scientists/)
French Stuntman Breaks Guinness Records while on Fire
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/09/france-Guinness-World-Records-motorcycle-fire/1771752080214/
"Blueberry Spill Causes Traffic Jam in British Columbia" (perfect headline via writer Hoops Hooper
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/09/canada-Mission-British-Columbia-RCMP-blueberries-road/2811752081702/
Bees attack the French #serious
https://apnews.com/article/france-bees-attack-8c24d5919db13eac5b817c91daf1e7ab
Large Shoes Found at Dig Site. So Very Large!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/roman-bigfoot-uk-archaeologists-probe-171502887.html
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 27 first published Fri July 4, 2025.
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Cheesy Nightmares
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/can-cheese-turn-dreams-nightmares-rcna215580
Whales feed people? https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/orcas-sharing-prey-1.7574759 and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQu7eA_EnU
Facebook/ Fishbook https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/07/01/ad-the-day-mcdonald-s-resurrects-filet-o-fish-facebook-group-2012
What's up with Cats Sleeping on the Left-Side?
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-most-cats-sleep-on-their-left-side-this-could-be-why
Whales Need to Get a Room
https://www.sciencealert.com/orcas-caught-kissing-for-two-minutes-with-tongue
Laser those mosquitoes
https://newatlas.com/around-the-home/photon-matrix-laser-mosquitoes/
Atlantis Discovered. No Big Deal
https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/lost-city-atlantis-found-expert-1239713
The Emoji that can Save Your Relationship!
https://studyfinds.org/why-your-heart-emoji-might-be-saving-your-relationships/
The T-Rex Race that made Headlines this week
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/03/Emerald-Downs-T-Rex-race/9981751563598/
Big screw-up at Norwegian Lottery
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/01/norway-lotto-Norsk-Tipping-lottery-conversion-error/1871751400305/
Woman Rows Across the Entire Ocean!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/01/Guinness-World-Records-youngest-rowing-Atlantic-Ocean/6931751388748/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 26, a re-broadcast from one year ago (first published Fri June 28, 2024)
Fast Times at Potato Head High... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/25/ulster-Guinness-World-Records-Mr-Potato-Head/6631719334073/
Weird Sky Thing makes headlines... https://www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/hovering-circle-ring-sky-yulin-china-075397-20240625
Earth's Core Backtracks. WTG, earth's core :( ... https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/lifestyle/the-earths-inner-core-is-backtracking-heres-how-it-might-daily-life/
AI is a creep... https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/lifestyle/influencers-ai-clone-of-herself-goes-rogue-becomes-sex-crazed-maniac/
monolith update: what monolith? https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/weird-news/2024/06/21/shiny-monolith-removed-from-mountains-outside-las-vegas-how-it-got-there-is-still-a-mystery/
wide awake for a kidney transplant... https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/fully-conscious-patient-witnesses-own-kidney-surgery-calls-the-experience-pretty-cool-5968442
ugliest dog in all the land... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/22/worlds-ugliest-dog-wild-thang/6881719088267/
do a deep-dive into the Bridgewater Triangle... https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/bridgewater-triangle-paranormal-explained-425293-20240622
There's no place like Grand Rapids... https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/museum-wants-to-raise-3-5m-to-get-dorothys-stolen-ruby-slippers-back/ OR SEE https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-judy-garland-museum-wants-to-buy-dorothys-ruby-slippers-180984604/
Mars Rocks... https://studyfinds.org/mysterious-boulder-on-mars/
Woman sues Boyfriend for being a bad boyfriend... https://screenshot-media.com/culture/internet-culture/woman-sues-boyfriend-over-missed-flight/
The World Record of World Records... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/21/David-Rush-Guinness-World-Records-road-to-181-interview/8751718893537/ AND ALSO https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/25/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-water-pistol-cans/7331719345169/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 25 first published Fri June 20, 2025. (A garage show again)
Steel drums marathon
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/18/trinidadandtobago-Guinness-World-Records-longest-marathon-steelpan-drum/6211750260585/
Museum-goer sits on art, breaks it, flees
https://globalnews.ca/news/11242632/crystal-chair-broken-art-work-italy-video/
Locals shoot tourists with squirt guns
https://globalnews.ca/news/11242709/spain-tourism-protests-water-pistols/
Amusement park bugs might invade your mouth
https://www.lex18.com/science-and-tech/animals-and-insects/kings-island-visitors-warned-to-keep-mouths-closed-on-amusement-park-rides-because-of-cicadas
Enormous game of red light/ green light sets record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/13/Guinness-World-Records-red-light-green-light-Anaheim-California/1291749834068/
Weird signals from Antarctica still a mystery
https://studyfinds.org/radio-signals-beneath-antarctica-theories-debunked/
What's the deal with this chicken wandering around the wings restaurant?
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/19/chicken-Buffalo-Wild-Wings-Des-Moines/8861750361259/
Want to eat less? Spice it up. consult your physician before spicing anything up
https://studyfinds.org/simple-spice-trick-food-portion-control/
Protesters weaponize crickets
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/crickets-released-protest-disrupt-mecklenburg-county-commission-meeting/4QGR67I6KVF67H7CECXEVDJ2HY/
hot dog boat? HOT DOG BOAT!!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK-zX_Lvrgt/
Secret marriage where one half of the couple didn't even know they were married
https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/mclennan-county/man-finds-he-was-married-without-his-knowledge-woman-arrested/
The void cheque scam you need to know about!
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/06/17/connecticut-family-soda-business-scammed-out-100000/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 24 first published Fri June 13, 2025
Tom Cruise World Record for On-Fire-Parachute-Jumps
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/tom-cruise-guinness-world-record-burning-parachute-jumps-mission-impossible-8-1236420534/
Workout Recovery Footwear
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vktry-recovery-clog
Olives stuffed with Philly cream cheese
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/philly-tini-olives
Pasta that's shaped like a Maple Leaf from a pasta brand as old as Canada
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/maple-leaf-pasta
The oldest restaurant in the world scandal
https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2025/06/11/the-worlds-oldest-restaurant-faces-a-challenge-from-another-madrid-tavern-that-says-its-even-older/
Followup: Sydney Sweeney's Bathwater Soap sells out, crashes website.
https://www.unilad.com/celebrity/news/sydney-sweeney-bathwater-bliss-387801-20250609
Avocados seem to help you sleep
https://studyfinds.org/avocado-excellent-sleep/
Man Golfs a very long time, world reacts
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/11/Guinness-World-Records-golf-marathon/3431749672965/
Don't have private convos near your laptop!
https://studyfinds.org/your-laptop-microphone-might-be-spying-on-you-through-walls-even-when-its-off/
Cardio First? or Weights First??
https://studyfinds.org/cardio-before-or-after-weights/
buried in the snow on purpose
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/09/switzerland-Guinness-World-Records-buried-in-snow/5961749489226/
Man Releases Raccoon into local business, gets arrested for it
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/murray-kentucky-man-arrested-releasing-raccoon-business-flee-police-mule/417-e86c53ee-a389-4f40-b623-d75bbbbaabe9
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 23 first published Fri June 6, 2025
weird #news #odd #fun #Interesting #strange #whataweirdweek #podcast
10 Planet Saving!? Plastic that breaks down in sea water.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/scientists-japan-develop-plastic-that-dissolves-seawater-within-hours-2025-06-04/
9 Missing Flight Attendant Found in Airplane Bathroom Having Fun
https://onemileatatime.com/news/british-airways-flight-attendant-arrested-dancing-naked-flight/
8 Work From Home/ Office Supply Hack
https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1925648371508810182
7 Very Expensive Cocktail is Served in a Hermès Birkin bag
https://www.tiktok.com/@mister.lewis/video/7506354506444098847
6 Should This Be the New Version of Hot Ones? Hot Peppers in Wine might be a Thing
https://www.foodandwine.com/jalapenos-sauvignon-blanc-trend-11745102
5 Are you an anxious kisser?
https://nypost.com/2025/06/02/health/how-kissing-can-actually-spread-depression-and-anxiety-study/
*This story discusses with depression and anxiety. If you need help see https://www.crisistextline.org/ or also https://www.nami.org/ and also https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services/mental-health-get-help.html
4 Ladies accused of doing saucy dance at UNESCO World Heritage Site receive sentencing.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/31/lifestyle/five-women-slammed-for-viral-pole-dancing-at-greek-palace/
3 Happy Babies like your singing
https://studyfinds.org/lullabies-soothe-boost-babys-mood/
2 AI fails exam, world reacts
https://studyfinds.org/ai-models-flunk-graduate-history-exam/ also AI is just people https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/ai-company-files-for-bankruptcy-after-being-exposed-as-700-human-engineers-3208136/
HM Headsup re Strawberry Moon which will be swinging unusually low
https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/06/june-full-moon-will-be-lowest-in-decades/ and also https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/strawberry-moon-2025-junes-full-moon-is-about-to-break-an-annual-record
1 Sidney Sweeney's bathwater being sold as soap. https://www.today.com/video/sydney-sweeney-is-releasing-soap-that-contains-her-bathwater-240710213881
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 22 first published Fri May 30, 2025.
weirdnews #odd #fun #Interesting #strange #whataweirdweek
Giant Ocean Bugs you guys
https://www.sciencealert.com/60-of-the-ocean-floor-could-harbor-rare-supergiant-crustacean
Lava Fountain Eruption
https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-1000-foot-lava-jets-erupt-from-hawaiis-kilauea-volcano
"Get Some Daylight!" - medical science
https://www.sciencealert.com/exposure-to-daylight-boosts-the-immune-system-study-suggests.
Lady Gets Functional Red Bull Barcode Tattoo. What barcode would you get?
https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/lifestyle/i-love-red-bull-so-much-i-got-a-barcode-tattoo-and-it-scans-at-the-store/
Amazing, Big Ball Walking World Record!
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/5/woman-bursts-into-tears-of-joy-after-walking-on-rolling-globe-for-record-distance
Robot Uprising Update: Rowbot is a Personalized Rowing Companion.
https://athletechnews.com/ergatta-launches-rowbot-a-personalized-rowing-companion/
Hero's Welcome for Man Who Quit Job to Sail to Hawaii with His Cat
https://apnews.com/article/sailing-cat-phoenix-oregon-hawaii-d6dbdaea88e09c9b6d24fba61d8729a3
Japan's New Law Restricts "Flashy" Baby Names
https://slguardian.org/japan-cracks-down-on-flashy-baby-names-in-new-naming-law-reform/.2
Annabelle Doll Missing Rumors Debunked, World Sighs with Relief.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/internet-panics-over-rumours-that-haunted-annabelle-doll-is-missing-heres-the-truth-8502844.
Hm Slaw Dog Wins Wienie 500
https://apnews.com/article/indianapolis-500-wiener-race-c5fd033c5ee3151c489093734b10188a
Hm We're Getting Closer to Bionic Vision!
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/contact-lenses-that-provide-supervision-developed-by-scientists-8499048
Hm The Accordion-Guitar made Headlines this Week. #Guitardion
https://www.thatericalper.com/2025/05/26/quebecs-eric-coquin-poirier-unveils-the-guitardion-an-accordion-guitar-mashup-masterpiece/#google_vignette
Florida Neighborhood Living in Terror because: Angry Duck.
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida/2025/05/26/duck-terrorizes-florida-neighborhood-sending-1-to-hospital/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 21 first published Fri May 23, 2025.
The Dangers of Mouth Taping for Sleep Improvement
https://www.popsci.com/health/is-mouth-taping-safe/
First Ever Photograph of Elusive - and large - and cute - and terrifying- Woolly Rat
https://www.popsci.com/environment/woolly-rat-photo/
Innovative Snacks at the 2025 Sweets & Snacks Expo
https://www.fooddive.com/news/5-attention-grabbing-products-from-the-2025-sweets-snacks-expo/748462/
Scrambled Cookies
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scrambled-cookies
Jello Shots Mixup
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/15/kindergarten-jello-shots-pennsylvania/83653787007/
Journalist goes into labor during newscast
https://dailyvoice.com/ny/albany/albany-cbs6-anchor-olivia-jaquith-goes-into-labor-on-air/
Golden Toilet update
https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/man-sell-64m-gold-toilet-stolen-english-country-121952575
Spoon Man World Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/21/iran-Guinness-World-Records-spoons-balanced/3351747843033/
Coupons on the First Date?
https://studyfinds.org/is-it-ok-to-use-coupon-on-first-dates/
Smurfs Smurf it up like smurfin' smurfs
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/19/france-Guinness-World-Records-gathering-Smurfs/7101747670259/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 20 first published Fri May 16, 2025.
Is your Cat a Psychopath? Icymi, there's a test.
story https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-developed-a-questionnaire-to-find-out-if-your-cat-is-a-psychopath and questionnaire https://osf.io/ysb9z
Nutella with peanuts to launch this Spring
https://www.fooddive.com/news/ferrero-launches-a-nutella-spread-with-peanuts-to-fuel-us-growth/747112/
Papa John's and Mountain Dew Launch Limited-Edition 'Cini Dirty Soda'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/05/14/mountain-dew-papa-johns-dirty-soda/83621951007/
NYC Carpet Performance Artist Kevin Carpet Divides Opinions
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/nyc-performance-artist-divides-people-with-sidewalk-carpet-stunt-perverted/ Accidental Alchemy: Turning Lead into Gold at the Large Hadron Collider
https://studyfinds.org/physicists-accidentally-turn-lead-into-gold/
Tofu the Cat's $5,000 Gold Tooth: A Viral Sensation
https://www.newsweek.com/cat-gets-5000-dollar-gold-tooth-internet-sensation-2070856
Purdue University Students' Robot Breaks Rubik's Cube Solving Record. We're doomed #robotuprising
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/14/Guinness-World-Records-Purdue-University-Rubiks-cube-robot/6291747242972/
Woman Breaks World Record for Longest Time Suspended by Hair
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/13/Guinness-World-Records-hair-hanging/8161747167471/Irish Soccer Player Sets World Record for Longest Throw-in
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/08/Guinness-World-Records-farthest-distance-soccer-throw-in/8741746726152/
Big Shakeup in Tiny Dog Town
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/15/canada-Guinness-World-Records-smallest-dog-Lulu/9541747323543/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 19 first published Fri May 9, 2025.
Kissing and Gluten Transmission: A New Smooch Study https://www.popsci.com/health/kissing-gluten-celiac-disease/
Lemonade Flavored Chips? idk you guys https://www.utzsnacks.com/products/utz-lemonade-potato-chips-7-75-oz?srsltid=AfmBOorX1IVgVhb3LS-qKtlY1Rvcne6aTTqHeYI3-CTMe1ZAwUgtCBZU&variant=44273818107948
Politician gives really, really long press conference, breaks records https://www.yahoo.com/news/maldives-president-holds-record-15-051213492.html
You become the music you love https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250506170920.htm
Robot goes berserk, world reacts https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/tech/violent-humanoid-robot-snaps-attacks-factory-workers-video/
Eat this food in the morning to be some kind of super genius later in the day https://studyfinds.org/walnuts-breakfast-brain-boost/
Missing Person Cold Case finally solved: Person has been found safe and sound after 60 years https://apnews.com/article/missing-wisconsin-woman-found-0c428beb785602e0bba14a9ee0d49b19
Cat Makes World Record Jump https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/07/Guinness-World-Records-longest-jump-cat/8481746634523/
HM More than five thousand people win a lotto jackpot after the Pick Three Winning Number turns out to be 000 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unlucky-0s-odd-pick-three-195809426.html#:~:text=In%20North%20Carolina%2C%20there%20were,getting%20rich%20from%20their%20winnings.
Selfie-taker bitten by Croc because, thought it wasn't a real croc https://www.yahoo.com/news/tourist-bitten-crocodile-while-taking-235533944.html
Little Gaffer buys seventy thousand suckers using mom's phone https://apnews.com/article/lollipop-delivery-kentucky-home-71775d424d9f9f3dcae49b1fbecdc216
Ten Fun/ Weird/ Odd/ Interesting/ Neat things from the news #weirdnews #RobotGoesBerserk #Crocs #GlutenKiss #LemonadeChips
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 18 first published Fri May 2, 2025.
Terrible news about deep fake videos from our friends, the scientists https://www.popsci.com/technology/deepfakes-undetectable-heartbeats/
Hikers Discover $340,000 Gold Treasure in Czech Republic https://www.popsci.com/science/hikers-discover-gold-coins/
US Navy Loses Fighter Jet in Red Sea/ sharp turn incident https://www.popsci.com/technology/super-hornet-falls-overboard/
Plant Screams https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-really-do-scream-we-just-never-heard-them-until-now
High fashion sandwich bag https://shop.panerabread.com/en-ca/products/croissantclutch
Tall Pooch and Short Pooch World Record Event https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/30/Guinness-World-Records-tallest-dog-shortest-dog-meet/8381746035488/
Rescued climber lost phone, returns to Mount Fuji, gets rescued again https://explorersweb.com/climber-rescued-twice-from-mount-fuji-in-one-week-after-returning-to-retrieve-lost-phone/
One step closer to Jurassic Park in real life via T Rex leather Purse?! https://studyfinds.org/dinosaur-skin-purses-real-leather-from-t-rex-dna/
Eight Million Dimes Spill Onto Texas Highway https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/30/Texas-highway-dimes-Alvord/8391746043732/
Snake Falls into Woman's Margarita at Virginia Restaurant https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/28/snake-margarita-Patron-Mexican-Restaurant-Cantina-Sandston-Virginia/8521745850402/
David Rush Breaks World Record for One-Handed Toilet Paper Stacking https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/28/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-toilet-paper-stacking-one-hand/7381745851311/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 17 first published Fri Apr 25th 2025.
Mood Stickers. They're real. https://www.popsci.com/health/wearable-sticker-reads-emotions/
Is there a new color or what? *colour here in Canada, but you know what I mean. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-say-they-found-a-new-color-humans-have-never-seen-before
Man Accidentally Buys Back His Own Stolen Car https://www.ladbible.com/community/weird/man-buys-stolen-car-back-same-price-reveal-909862-20250423
Australian Twin Sisters' Synchronized Interview Goes Viral https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/australian-identical-twins-weirdest-tv-interview-ever-403591-20250422
Woman's Cooking Oil Tanning Hack Sparks Health Warning https://www.ladbible.com/news/health/skin-expert-warning-sunbathing-hack-cooking-oil-tan-accelerator-tiktok-408104-20250422
Sounds and Pounds! https://nypost.com/2025/04/22/health/can-sound-waves-help-weight-loss-method-may-trick-fat-cells/
Smart Pills https://studyfinds.org/psychedelic-cognitive-boost/
Robots Running #terrifying https://apnews.com/article/china-robot-half-marathon-153c6823bd628625106ed26267874d21
Minion Record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/23/australia-Guinness-World-Records-Minions-Despicable-Me/4391745421372/
Easter Beer Hunt makes headlines https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/21/belgium-Easter-beer-hunt-Lutgarde-Lasne/4441745245220/
Amazing Quicksand Love Story https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/21/Lake-Michigan-Traverse-City-quicksand/8071745257801/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 16 first published Fri Apr 18th 2025.
It's our Easter special so we've got some weird news and other interesting Easter stuff for you this week.
If you don't celebrate the holiday, I think you'll still find this stuff to be neato but if you want to skip this ep, we'll be back with the usual format next week.
Churches in a good-natured Easter fireworks battle on island of Chios. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouketopolemos
Enormous Easter omelette tradition in France inspired by Napoleon. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/weirdest-easter-traditions-crucifixion-rabbit-hunting-running-madonna-a7682576.html
Do folks in Papua New Guinea really hide smokes at Easter?! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13256711/The-strangest-Easter-traditions-world-whipping-people-giant-omelettes-large-feed-2-000-people-hiding-cigarettes-near-churches.html
Easter Butter Lamb https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13256711/The-strangest-Easter-traditions-world-whipping-people-giant-omelettes-large-feed-2-000-people-hiding-cigarettes-near-churches.html
Norway's Easter crime drama and crime novel tradition. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13256711/The-strangest-Easter-traditions-world-whipping-people-giant-omelettes-large-feed-2-000-people-hiding-cigarettes-near-churches.html
Marshmallow decorating kits. https://people.com/jet-puffed-marshmallow-dyeing-kit-offers-cheaper-alternative-this-easter-amid-high-egg-prices-11715031
Matt Stonie once ate 255 Peeps in five minutes. *Professional eater/ Do not attempt! https://majorleagueeating.com/contests/732 and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tbJ2ccROkY
🐰 World Records you could break this Easter Season:
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most Instagram likes of an egg (more than 60 million)
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biggest batch of scrambled eggs (more than 6,800 pounds)
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most people to pass an egg around (390+ people did this, I think with spoons but hard to find more info)
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Most eggs eaten while watching Egg Scene from Cool Hand Luke... it's 49 eggs you guys *personal fave
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Most boiled eggs peeled and eaten in one minute (6)
Here are some Amazing Peeps Facts via https://nationaltoday.com/peeps-day/
🐤 Early 1950s... the company that makes Peeps went from hand-made to marshmallow automation (manufacturing time went from close to 27 hours to six minutes!)
🐤 2017... World Peeps-eating champion... Matt Stonie of California won the second annual World Peeps Eating Championship in 2017 when he ate 255 peeps in five minutes!
🐤 Amazing Peeps Fact Quote: "In 1999, some scientists at Emory University tested the theory that Peeps are indestructible by microwave, tap water, acetone, boiling water, and sulfuric acid. The candies survived them all until they were tested with phenol, in which only the eyes remained!"
🐤 What is the best-selling Peep? Yellow chicks are the original Peeps and still the people’s favorite.
🐤 Peeps are the Best-selling non-chocolate Easter candy... around 700 million Peeps are eaten each Easter season!
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 15 first published Fri Apr 11th 2025.
Robot Horse https://newatlas.com/automotive/kawasaki-corleo-robot-horse/
Fried Chicken-Flavored Toothpaste https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/lifestyle/kfc-introduces-fried-chicken-flavored-toothpaste/
We have an average of 1000 unread emails https://allaboutcookies.org/digital-clutter
Custom Crocs mystery https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/us-news/man-creates-croc-style-shoes-to-put-on-nyc-sculptures-video/
Who is Horsegirl? https://ca.yahoo.com/news/horsegiirl-half-human-half-horse-132000634.html
Mysterious Creature in Colorado #video https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/09/mystery-creature-Pueblo-Colorado-raccoon-mange/7891744214916/
Some of us sincerely believe we can outrun a horse https://nypost.com/2025/04/06/lifestyle/1-in-50-men-believe-they-can-outrun-a-horse-survey-reveals/
New lotto strategy: play your Odometer Numbers https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/04/lotto-Maryland-Lottery-odometer-numbers-Pick-5/2831743797104/
Urinal Splashback: a scientific deep dive https://studyfinds.org/physics-solves-one-of-mans-biggest-problems-urinal-splashing/
Giant Easter Egg https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/biggest-easter-eggs-world-worlds-35018296
Peeps Pizza: just in time for Easter https://www.fsrmagazine.com/industry-news/pizza-inn-launches-new-peeps-flavored-dessert-pizza/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 14 first published Fri Apr 4th 2025.
Video Game Playing Linked to Increased IQ in Children
https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-finds
Three-Year-Old Girl Discovers 3,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet in Israel
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-year-old-picks-up-beautiful-stone-discovers-3-800-year-old-scarab-amulet-in-israel
A $12 Antique Store Drawing Could Be a Renoir Masterpiece Worth $1 Million
https://nypost.com/2025/03/27/lifestyle/12-drawing-bought-at-antique-store-could-be-a-renoir-and-worth-1m/
Cold Water Immersion Improves Cellular Resilience
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250328173516.htm
Pennsylvania Storm Aftermath Yields Possible Bigfoot Sighting
https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/bigfoot-sasquatch-sighting-pennsylvania-mountains-1060721
Tonguejenga©
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/31/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tongue-Jenga/2651743431104/
Minnesota Cat Receives Guinness World Record for Longest Tail
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/27/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tail-domestic-cat/2161743104475/
Dreamies Cat Treat Billboard Campaign
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/03/28/ad-the-day-cats-climb-billboards-dreamies
Octopus hitches a ride on a shark's back in New Zealand
https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/lifestyle/octopus-hitches-ride-on-sharks-back-in-remarkable-footage/
CIA's Psychic Search for the Ark of the Covenant
https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847774
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 13 first published Fri March 28 2025.
Mysterious Golden Orb Discovered in the Deep Ocean
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-golden-orb-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean
Marathon Proposals: A Controversial Trend
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/marathon-proposals-1.7491884
Bill Gates-backed company launches butter alternative made from carbon dioxide and hydrogen
https://www.fooddive.com/news/savor-startup-bill-gates-butter-palm-oil/743071/
Were the 380-Million-Year-Old Fossils sent to the landfill because of mailroom mixup?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/380-million-year-old-fossils-dumped-landfill-new-jersey-college-didnt-rcna196769
Recordbreaker Rush Sets New Passing Record, Causes Damage
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/24/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-behind-the-back-basketball/9061742846234/
Pilot Forgets Passport, Commercial Flight Diverted
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/united-airlines-flight-china-diverted-san-francisco-pilot-forgets-pass-rcna197942
Mysterious Skeleton-like Figure Found on UK Beach
https://nypost.com/2025/03/21/lifestyle/beachgoers-baffled-after-finding-skeleton-like-figure-with-fins/
Big Ol' Ice Chuk Did Not Come From a Plane!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/20/Palm-Coast-Florida-ice-chunk-not-from-plane-FAA/4071742492591/
Free Energy Breakthrough Disproves that it was Impossible to Start With
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-disprove-their-own-work-by-producing-power-from-earths-rotation
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Check-in: Don't Panic Yet
https://www.sciencealert.com/asteroid-may-not-hit-earth-in-2032-but-it-will-come-back
What is Boomerasking: a Deep Dive
https://studyfinds.org/small-talk-selfish-boomerasking/
121-Hour Basketball Game for Charity sets World Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/21/Guinness-World-Records-longest-basketball-game/2041742584957/
What the Hey is Going on Beneath the Giza Pyramids!?
https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847207
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 12 first published Fri March 21 2025.
How to win at social media through science
https://studyfinds.org/way-you-use-social-media-how-long-you-scroll/
HEINZ Launches Limited-Edition Chip Dip (spoiler alert: it's ketchup)
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250312754707/en/HEINZ-Launches-Dip-for-Potato-Chips-Same-Unmistakable-Ketchup-New-Way-to-Enjoy
Regular Blood Donation May Improve Blood Health at a Genetic Level
https://www.sciencealert.com/regularly-giving-blood-could-benefit-your-own-health-too
Massive Gold Deposit Discovered in China *citation
https://www.sciencealert.com/supergiant-gold-deposit-may-be-worth-over-us80-billion
Wine Glasses with removable stems are here
https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/03/10/i-thought-wine-glasses-were-perfect-until-this-modular-space-saving-one-proved-me-wrong/
We need First Aid Kits for Mice
https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/mice-administer-first-aid-to-friends-even-trying-to-bring-the-dead-back-to-life
Chewing Wood May Boost Brain Antioxidant Levels and Memory
https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/health/chewing-on-wood-can-boost-your-memory-how-it-works/
wiener dogs on parade #worldrecord
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/17/germany-Guinness-World-Records-dachshund-parade/4571742241820/
Cheboygan Gator!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/17/Cheboygan-Police-Department-Michigan-motel-room-alligator/7701742220816/
Regular Seafood Consumption in Children Linked to Improved Prosocial Behavior
https://studyfinds.org/children-eating-fish-kinder-more-cooperative/
Gold toilet check in
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/18/man-found-guilty-over-48m-oxfordshire-gold-toilet-heist
Should we stop signing emails to save the world? / The Environmental and Human Cost of Email Signatures
https://studyfinds.org/email-signatures-harm-planet-environment/
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 11 first published Fri March 14 2025.
Capri Sun's Moon Punch: A Glow-in-the-Dark Lunar Eclipse Experience
https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2025/Capri-Sun-Heads-for-the-Moon-Takes-a-Lunar-Leap-with-Debut-of-First-Ever-Moon-Punch/default.aspx
First Loch Ness Monster Sighting of 2025 Reported
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/lifestyle/loch-ness-monster-sighting-reported-first-in-2025-fantastic/
Vegetable Orchestra Achieves Guinness World Record #cucumberphones
https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/lifestyle/this-orchestra-only-plays-instruments-made-out-of-vegetables/
Dolphin Crash-Lands into New Zealand Fishing Boat
https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-boat-zealand-fishing-northland-bottlenose-421fbe9a3175eea93159238dfcad61b1
Four-Year-Old Calls 911 Over Stolen Ice Cream, Turns 'states evidence' on Mom.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/11/Mount-Pleasant-Wisconsin-911-ice-cream/7791741710288/
Flamin' Hot Cheeto Resembling Charizard Sells for $87,840 #Cheetozard
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/06/Cheetozard-Pokemon-Cheeto-Charizard-auction/5541741281385/
The Odds of Finding a Lost Bitcoin Hard Drive in a Landfill... not good.
https://studyfinds.org/lost-hard-drive-bitcoin-fortune-landfill-wales/
London Comedy Club Bans Botoxed Audience Members #facebreakercomedy
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/10/Top-Secret-Comedy-Club-Botox/4131741623420/
Canadian Headband Enthusiast Breaks Guinness World Record for Eating Carolina Reaper Peppers
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/06/canada-Guinness-World-Records-chili-peppers/7621741295300/
Red vs. White Wine: which one is worse for you?
https://studyfinds.org/red-wine-white-healthier-cancer/
Butter and Plant-Based Oils: which one is worse for you? do not pair with wine
https://studyfinds.org/butter-plant-oils-death-risk-harvard-study/
Woolly Mice: A Step Towards De-Extincting Mammoths
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/04/genetically-modified-woolly-mice-mammoth
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 10 a March Break rebroadcast of a show from March of 2024.
Thoughts on the Nuclear Reactor on the Moon idea... as a proof of concept, first they should build a doughnut shop on the moon. Prove that you can safely-build a doughnut shop on the moon, and then I'll trust you with the nuclear reactor thing.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/03/05/russia-china-planning-for-joint-nuclear-power-plant-on-the-moon-by-2035/?sh=5ecdec160e1c and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_probes
Rare Lego piece makes news... It was found at a thrift store and sold for a lot of money. It ended up getting auctioned off for 18,000 bucks. I love stories like that.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/goodwill-lego-auction-2446077
They've discovered a new sea creature off the coast of England... it's quite Blobby.
https://news.sky.com/story/new-species-of-sea-creature-discovered-by-scientists-in-uk-waters-13084273
Scientists stunned by man who has gotten the Covid vaccine more than 200 times. No side effects is what they're finding. The fellow is healthy.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/05/lifestyle/scientists-study-man-who-received-over-200-covid-19-vaccines/
Something incredibly rare happened the other day... a Grey Whale was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean... They thought Grey Whales were extinct and did not live in the Atlantic Ocean anymore.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/gray-whale-spotted-nantucket-200-years-after-extinct/story?id=107844301
Campbell Soup is in the news for their limited time offer of grilled cheese and tomato soup.
https://www.foodandwine.com/campbells-grilled-cheese-tomato-soup-flavor-8605028?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
The return of Don Gorske! Is he your hero? Does the name not ring a bell? He still might be your hero. We talked about Don Gorske before on this program. He is a fellow who holds the world record for Big Mac consumption. He first got the world record in 1999. He just goes to McDonald's every day and eats Big Macs. He's back in the news because the tally is now over 34,000 Big Macs in his lifetime. Quote in the story from Don is "Many people thought I'd be dead by now." He had his first Big Mac in 1972 you guys. Congratulations, Don.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10329460/big-macs-eating-guinness-world-records-donald-gorske/
This is one from Ben "Hoops" Hooper, weird news guru at United Press International... The rabbit tattoo world record in the news this week. Congratulations Craig Evans of Wales who just got his 69th rabbit tattoo... that's a world record.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/03/01/wales-Guinness-World-Records-bunny-tattoos/9691709328578/
Dave Rush back in the news with another world record attempt. This latest record attempt seems like a world record you could do this weekend... You could get a couple of balloons and keep those balloons in the air over 14 minutes using only your head... the official record is "longest duration to keep 2 balloons in the air with the head." You've been training for this one since childhood. 14 minutes and change the current record... good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbkVhFSQFaQ and https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/428220-longest-duration-to-keep-two-balloons-in-the-air-with-the-head
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Spider Goat, Spider Goat, Does Whatever a Spider Goat can
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/21/spain-window-goat-apartment-building/3901740171768/ and watch video at https://www.facebook.com/BomberosMad/videos/1021071826609510
Really REALLY tiny Lego world record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/20/Guinness-World-Records-tiny-Lego/5391740080162/
What is Cheetozard and why are people freakin' out?
https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/pokemon-fans-are-bidding-thousands-on-a-charizard-shaped-flamin-hot-cheeto-3140859/
Science changing it's mind about Mars?
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-been-wrong-about-why-mars-is-red
Solved! Why tomatoes aren't more deadly.
https://www.popsci.com/health/why-tomatoes-arent-poisonous/
City-destroyer keeps popping up in the news.
https://studyfinds.org/asteroid-2024-yr4-earth-collision-odds/
Does AI eventually lose its marbles?
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-tested-ai-for-cognitive-decline-the-results-were-a-shock
Enormous Fondue breaks records, and the hearts of people who don't eat dairy.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/24/france-Guinness-World-Records-largest-cheese-fondue/6981740418744/
Golden Toilet back in the headlines.
https://apnews.com/article/golden-toilet-stolen-blenheim-palace-trial-bb3cd346713923d59304880ca209dcd4
Mortuusequusphobia/ Fear of Ketchup. What's that like?
https://nypost.com/2025/02/20/lifestyle/fear-of-ketchup-or-mortuusequusphobia-is-real-sufferers-say/
Thieves can't claim lotto jackpot without outing themselves as thieves.
https://apnews.com/article/france-lottery-ticket-stolen-card-thieves-50a0fa5a3fb22baac08899e5100dc1db
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 8 first published on Friday Feb 21, 2025.
Man cannot stop setting world records, it's your move, juggling world
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/17/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-juggling-tricks/3391739808759/
Venomous Snake Found in New Hampshire Banana Shipment
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/17/venomous-snake-banana-shipment-New-Hampshire/7681739812069/
Kayaker Swallowed and Regurgitated by Humpback Whale in Chile
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/14/chile-humpback-whale-kayaker/1921739555842/
14-Year-Old 'Human Calculator' Breaks Six Guinness World Records
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/12/india-Guinness-World-Records-human-calculator/1921739393971/
Opossum Eats Entire Costco Chocolate Cake in Nebraska
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/12/nebraska-wildlife-rehab-opossum-chocolate-cake-costco/4611739382611/
Lab-Grown Chocolate
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/good-food/lab-grown-chocolate-bird-flu-beans-egg-substitutes/lab-grown-chocolate
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we are hard-wired to want to dance like no one is watching
https://studyfinds.org/body-hardwired-to-dance-music/
Nap at 1:42p - Science
https://studyfinds.org/best-time-nap/
Followup: asteroid math
https://globalnews.ca/news/11023757/yr4-asteroid-hit-earth-possibility-percentage-record-high-2032/
Limited-Edition Pepperoni Pizza Soda
https://drinkperfy.com/products/pepperoni-pizza
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, get in touch, and more links, see www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 7 first published on Friday Feb 14, 2025.
Fatberg Cancels Big Time Concert
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/entertainment/fatberg-bryan-adams-cancel-australia-show-intl-hnk/index.html
Fastest Round of Frisbee Golf was very very fast
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/11/Guinness-World-Records-disc-golf-fastest/6491739299481/
Chopstick Spill on California Highway
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/10/California-Highway-Patrol-chopstick-spill/3251739221852/
Colombian Circus Performer Sets World Record for Juggling While doing Headstand
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/06/colombia-Guinness-World-Records-headstand-juggling/1521738875496/
New way to Dump Someone and Help Memphis Zoo this Valentine's Day (emphasis on "Dump")
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/06/Memphis-Zoo-Valentines-Day-elephant-poop/2221738861169/
Valentines and Bugs: a loving combination
https://dailyvoice.com/ny/schenectady/via-aquarium-offering-cockroach-sponsorships-for-v-day/
Increased Chance of Asteroid Hitting us #dontpanichttps://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/nasa-says-chance-of-asteroid-hitting-earth-in-2032-is-2-3-231819333855
Financial Arguments in Couples: so many fights!?
https://studyfinds.org/average-couple-argues-about-money-58-times-a-year/
peperoni perfume! because: of course.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/lifestyle/dominos-launching-pepperoni-inspired-perfume-for-valentines-day/.https://chocolocket.com/product/the-ghirardelli-chocolocket
Square on Mars! SQUARE ON MARS!!
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-nasa-mars-square-structure-what-is-elon-musks-plan-after-mysterious-square-structure-has-been-found-on-mars-by-nasa-all-details/articleshow/118063156.cms?from=mdr
Show them you care with: Chocolocket?
https://chocolocket.com/product/the-ghirardelli-chocolocket
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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, get in touch, and more links, seewww.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 6 first published on Friday Feb 7, 2025.
The lovely nachos plate that turned out to be antique. (citation: my stomach is growling)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/lifestyle/thrifter-bought-a-pristine-plate-for-just-5-he-found-out-it-was-worth-a-whole-lot-more/
Is China building a giant laser facility and is it to become a Nuclear Fusion Superpower?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/climate/china-nuclear-fusion/index.html
Man Sets New World Record for Farthest Axe Throw. (about as far as Cinderella's Castle is tall.) https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/30/turkey-Guinness-World-Records-farthest-ax-throw/6151738271697/
Painting found at garage sale is a Van Gogh - experts.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/style/garage-sale-van-gogh-elimar-scli-intl/index.html
Possible New Life Form found in the Human Gut. https://www.vice.com/en/article/scientists-discovered-virus-viroid-like-obelisks-human-mouth-gut-bacteria/
🎵 Men are Secretly the Biggest Romance Novel Fans - study.https://studyfinds.org/men-confess-were-secretly-obsessed-with-romance-novels/
Australian Bodybuilder Defends Risky Airplane Engine Push-up Stunt
https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tiktok/preslie-ginoski-plane-engine-sydney-airport-response-646490-20250203
Toco, a Japanese man who spent over £11,000 on a realistic collie dog costume, has opened Tocotoco Zoo, a unique establishment where people can pay to wear animal costumes and interact as their chosen animal.https://www.ladbible.com/community/weird/man-spent-11000-become-dog-opens-zoo-japan-424784-20250202
Blind Box Toothpaste: A Novel Approach to Oral Care
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blind-box-toothpaste
Scotland Denies Plans to Ban Cats https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/05/scotland-John-Swinney-cat-ban-denial/1591738778051/
Giant Snow Butt Constructed outside Museum https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2025-01-14/a-giant-butt-appeared-on-the-nelson-atkins-snowy-lawn-this-cheeky-artist-is-behind-it
Boy arrested at hospital for 'impersonating a doctor' https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/boy-13-arrested-hospital-impersonating-30935258
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 5 first published on Friday Jan 31, 2025...
100 meter dash on Lego bricks
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/barefoot-lego-record-1.7437554
Chinese Corgi police dog gets pee-shamed on Socials
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/chinese-police-dog-loses-year-end-bonus-for-sleeping-on-job-peeing-in-bowl-internet-reacts-7567371
High Dudes/ Hot Air Balloon/ Slack line world record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/germany-Guinness-World-Records-highest-slackline-walk/7101738095308/
42 Museums in 24 Hours record. not quality visits
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/Guinness-World-Records-museums-visited-24-hours/9221738089833/
Idaho Man covers head in shaving cream, world reacts.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/27/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-table-tennis-balls-shaving-foam/7911737998434/
Robots vs Humans Half Marathon this Spring will no doubt start robot apocalypse citation needed
https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/robots-to-race-humans-at-china-half-marathon/
Wonderful Retraction Time! Sparkling Water and Weight Loss: A Critical Look at the Evidence
https://studyfinds.org/no-sparkling-water-likely-wont-help-you-lose-weight-despite-new-finding/
Electronic Tongue makes headlines, takes licks.
https://studyfinds.org/electronic-tongue-taste-spoiled-milk/
Parental Favoritism: A Complex Issue of Birth Order, Gender, and Personality
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/favourite-child-study-1.7443452
Ranking Groundhog Weather Prediction Accuracy.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/29/NOAA-groundhog-accuracy-study/7991738184509/
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd and weird stories in the news this week. See https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. here are ten weird things from this week's news... Turkish Woman Sets World Record for Watermelon Crushinghttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/17/turkish-woman-crushes-watermelons-using-thighs/6221737129404Swedish Duo Sets New Record for Longest Table Tennis Rallyhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/16/guinness-table-tennis/9561737044067/Contagious Urination in Chimpanzeeshttps://www.popsci.com/environment/chimpanzees-peeing-contagious/The superpower you didn't know you had! National Archives Seeks Citizen Archivists to Transcribe Historical DocumentsThe superpower you didnt know you had! National Archives Seeks Citizen Archivists to Transcribe Historical Documents.https://www.popsci.com/technology/cursive-national-archives/Staten Island Beautification Squadhttps://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/staten-island-speed-cameras-flowers/Rats Infest Houston Police Evidence Room, Consuming Large Quantities of Marijuanahttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/16/houston-rats-drugs-police-evidence-roomDream Ads: The Commercialization of Dreams and its Ethical Implicationshttps://studyfinds.org/your-dreams-are-for-sale-and-companies-are-already-buying/Sparkling Water and Weight Loss: A Modest Effecthttps://www.sciencealert.com/a-modest-weight-loss-boost-might-be-hiding-in-your-glass-of-waterUnsweetened Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk: A UK Studyhttps://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-coffee-linked-to-lower-risk-of-dementia-but-theres-a-catchScientists have discovered a new species of giant isopod, Bathynomus vaderi, off the coast of Vietnam, named for its resemblance to Darth Vader's helmet, measuring 12.8 inches long and weighing 2.2 pounds.https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/science/massive-new-bug-species-is-so-horrifying-its-been-named-after-darth-vader/Taiwanese Surgeon Performs Self-Vasectomyhttps://nypost.com/2025/01/21/lifestyle/surgeon-father-of-three-performs-vasectomy-on-himself-for-his-wife/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See link below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 3 first published on Friday Jan 17 2025...
Swedish Stunt Man Fast Handlebar Wheelie Record
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/1/daring-motorbike-stunt-rider-first-to-break-200-kmh-barrier-during-handlebar-wheelie
People as Dinosaurs Gathering World Record
https://strathmorenow.com/articles/american-city-breaks-dino-world-record-despite-drumhellers-attempt-last-year
World Record for the longest underwater walk with one breath
https://www.facebook.com/GuinnessWorldRecords/videos/longest-underwater-walk-guinness-world-records/1131907685395510/
1 in 5 Online Job Postings Are Either Fake or Never Filled?!
https://gizmodo.com/1-in-5-online-job-postings-are-either-fake-or-never-filled-study-finds-2000549706
Nut Job (Nutmobile pilot needed)
https://ekkh.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2002/job/26936/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share
Marriage Annulled because bride thought it was a social media stunt
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/australia/court-annuls-marriage-instagram-stunt-australia-intl-scli/index.html
Beware of the Pooch Smooch!
https://studyfinds.org/dogs-drug-resistant-salmonella/
To Eat (your Christmas tree) or not?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sweden-says-christmas-tree-needles-173426923.html
First Time Ever?! Sound of PEI Meteorite captured!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-charlottetown-meteorite-strike-first-audio-1.7430018
Farmers use bear costume to battle cheeky monkeys
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/lifestyle/fed-up-farmers-in-india-have-started-wearing-bear-costumes-to-protect-crops-from-monkeys/
Large underpants study
https://studyfinds.org/average-american-has-4-good-pairs-of-underwear-in-rotation/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. For a full transcript of the podcast episode, to subscribe, or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 2 first published on Friday Jan 10 2025...
Dave and Chris' Guinness World Record for most behind-the-back basketball passes in one minute (70 passes)
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/06/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-behind-the-back-passes/7991736193963/
Chinese Man Breaks Guinness World Records by throwing cards like a super villain.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/06/Guinness-World-Records-playing-cards-cucumbers-matches/7501736186000/
Hot Dog Banishment.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/world-news/kim-jong-un-cracks-down-on-sale-of-hot-dogs-in-north-korea-with-a-penalty-of-time-in-labor-camp/
A bananas mystery.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/06/mystery-of-bananas-left-on-nottinghamshire-road
Hockey Team sets Guinness Record for Teddy Bears.
https://theahl.com/news/hershey-breaks-teddy-bear-toss-record-again
Italian Mayor places ban on getting sick.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/07/italy-Belcastro-Calabria-mayor-proclamation-illness/6801736271304/
The best juice for weight loss #newstudy
https://studyfinds.org/how-elderberry-might-transform-metabolism-in-just-7-days/
Great News! Coffee continues to be good for you. Mostly in the morning.
https://studyfinds.org/drinking-coffee-only-in-the-morning-lowers-risk-of-death-from-any-cause/
Valentine's chocolate might get a price hike.
https://www.fooddive.com/news/cocoa-price-hike-supply-2025-candy-chocolate-weather/736372/
Is this a weird alien sculpture? idk you guys, I don't see it.
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/archaeologists-stumped-strange-alien-like-figurine-dating-7000-years-raises-questions
Study confirms your our secret: that we only stare at ourselves while in a Zoom call or Teams meeting. ... there's a boom in cosmetic procedures that might be linked to this phenomenon.
https://studyfinds.org/video-calls-cosmetic-surgery-procedures/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd/ interesting/ weird stories in the news. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 1 first published on Friday Jan 3 2025. Our "Worst Stories of 2024" episode! January... From Study Finds: "Magic mushrooms traced back to asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs" ... - icymi, magic mushrooms are called that because they look like tiny magicians wearing top hats... just kidding. Magic mushrooms are psychoactive and please consult ten physicians, 40 spiritual advisers and 9 lawyers before going any further on this journey. Especially foraging for them, because that can be extremely dangerous if you get it wrong!
The article is about how researchers have learned that the dinosaurs didn't have magic mushrooms but around the time the dinos went extinct, magic mushrooms showed up on planet earth... 65 million years ago, the same time that an asteroid hit earth and started the beginning of the end for dinosaurs... which was new information for researchers. https://studyfinds.org/magic-mushrooms-asteroid/ February... From NBC 9 News... Two high school kids in Colorado have received scholarships to play Division One Cornhole for Winthrop University... The athletes are very jacked about it quoted as saying "It's groundbreaking... It's making history!" ... Congratulations to Jaxson and Gavin. At some point professional Cornhole became a thing? and now also opportunities for young athletes to get an education on that Cornhole scholarship... btw Winthrop University is in South Carolina, United States of America. They are the first Division 1 school to offer Cornhole scholarships... Here's another quote... This is from Jaxson talking to media about receiving that Cornhole scholarship... "It's super awesome to make history." I can't argue with that. How fantastic is this? There's a whole new college sport being thrown into the mix... Well, it's not new but new to Division 1 schools... btw, if they don't have Cornhole where you are, it's that lawn game where you throw a beanbag and try to get that bean bag in a hole... The most basic way to describe it. It's a game that at one time I bet people who played horseshoes would make fun of... that part is just speculation.
https://www.9news.com/article/sports/local-sports/colorado-cornhole-scholarship/73-ba279aed-6721-4a17-8610-1f6c3fd583dfMarch... The moon was back in the news this week. Russia has announced that they hope to team up with China and build a nuclear power plant on the moon. There's been a lot of moon action from different countries and different agencies... Many of them haven't gone well. Just recently one famously flipped over on its side... It's a little unnerving when you think they're going to be rocketing radioactive stuff to the lunar surface ... You don't want that nuclear power plant to be a failed mission... I just want to float this out here that before we dabble in what has potential to be catastrophic nuclear disaster... wouldn't it be nice, as a proof of concept, If we could put a donut shop on the moon first? Prove to me that you can remotely build a doughnut shop that nothing has gone wrong with, and then I'll be convinced/ I'll trust you with the nuclear thing. I'll trust you with nuclear reactors if first you give me donuts I guess is what I'm saying.https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/03/05/russia-china-planning-for-joint-nuclear-power-plant-on-the-moon-by-2035/?sh=5ecdec160e1c and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_probes April... The Grammy who made the news after receiving a speeding ticket. (actually 2 tickets!) The only thing was she wasn't driving her van. *(character limit) full shownotes at www.shownotes.page.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 52 first published on Friday Dec 27 2024. Our "Top Stories of the Year" episode! Here are this week's stories... January The 10 year old girl behind the movement to bring back Haggis flavored chips (crisps)...
10 year old Grace is in Scotland. She loved Haggis chips and when she heard that Haggis flavored chips were being made a seasonal flavor instead of year round, Grace wrote a polite letter to the company saying it would make her sad. They're giving her a year's supply of chips, a tour of the chip factory, and the Haggis chips are back! Victory!!
https://news.sky.com/story/girl-10-wins-years-supply-of-crisps-after-campaigning-to-get-niche-flavour-back-on-shelves-13041322 February Gizmodo headline "Japan zoo recaptures escaped man in costume in adorable emergency drill." So at the zoo, they have this thing where they practice what to do if a bear got away... they do it every year. I think we even talked about it on this program before But it made news again because, you know, it's kinda gaining popularity... they hire someone or an employee gets dressed up as a bear and then the zoo workers initiate a take-down. They get one of those bear traps and that's it! Just kidding.
https://gizmodo.com/zoo-simulated-bear-escape-japan-1851209277 March Couple of things I didn't know... first of all, hello to our friends in Missouri... the area code in St. Louis is 314 and so that's become a bit of a local holiday in St. Louis... 314 Day/ March 14th. And so I didn't know that... I also didn't know the world record for most people in one place with underwear on their head is 270 participants... Well on March 14th/ 314 Day in St. Louis they're going to try to get 314 participants wearing underwear on their head. This is at a museum in St. Louis. They will supply the underpants. You just got to be there. All we need is your presence and a good attitude. So good luck and shout out to the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/us-museum-attempts-underwear-on-head-world-record-for-local-holiday-5193222 April When to exercise for maximum staying alive capabilities!? This is from our friends at Study Finds. Here's a headline. "Why exercising at night may be best for health. 61% lower risk of death from any cause!" They start out by talking about how, and we've all learned this... if you just exercise, It's good for you. Just do it. Any exercise is good. But... now there's a study about... if you're gonna exercise for maximum health potential, what time of day?? It's a pretty big study from the University of Sydney. 30,000 participants... they did moderate to vigorous physical activity. The 30,000 people were studied over an eight year time-frame... the exercising at different times of the day... and there was a pattern to the healthier outcomes. There was a certain time of day when people with the healthiest outcomes did their exercise. Evening.
Evening people seem to get the most out of their exercise. 61% lower risk of death from any cause! That's pretty great. If you're an exerciser and you're able to exercise in the evening, you're going to get more out of it according to this study. Now, if you're exercising in the morning or afternoon, it's not like it's bad for you. And please consult your physician. So why is exercising at night or in the evening better? They think because our bodies handle blood sugar better in the day. At night, our bodies can use a bit more help. Blood sugar tends to (character limit)
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What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 51 first published on Friday Dec 20 2024. Here are this week's stories... This week, our usual format of Weird News is OUT THE WINDOW because, it's Christmas time, baby!
Here are some things we cover this episode:
Here is the HALLMARK OR HOAX quiz we played. These are all via Reddit contributor ajaj (see https://www.reddit.com/r/HallmarkMovies/comments/18iie5j/1_of_4_hallmark_holiday_movie_plot_or_plot_i_made/?rdt=57451)
There was a gathering of over 2,000 people dressed as angels in the Philippines, which was enough to break the world record. The previous record of 1,275 people was set in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada around ten years ago.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/ 2024/12/16/philippines- Guinness-World-Record-angels/ 3591734371304/video link is https://fb.watch/ww_g-UwuYL/
"Christmas Traditions from around the World":
The Yule Goats of Scandinavia! (https://www.visitgavle.se/en/ gavle-goat)
🎄 Christmas World Records!
Dateline, December, 2024!
A North Texas drone show company has a new Guinness World Record after using 4,981 drones to create a big ol' gingerbread house in the sky.
Congratulations to Sky Elements Drone Shows on the record for "Largest aerial display of a gingerbread village displayed by drones."
Important Note: the Gingerbread House was NOT made out of actual gingerbread, which is disappointing.
(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/ 2024/12/17/Guinness-World- Records-drones-gingerbread- house/3591734469408/)
friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 50 first published on Friday Dec 13 2024. Here are this week's stories...Giant Leg Lamp Yard Decoration in Flrioda makes the news... https://www.news4jax.com/video/news/morning-show/2024/12/05/neptune-beach-man-honors-classic-holiday-movie-with-giant-replica-leg-lamp/ Dangerous Christmas Song! https://nypost.com/2024/12/07/lifestyle/the-most-dangerous-christmas-song-to-listen-to-while-driving/ Remember the Macarena? It's 100% Back *citation neededhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/09/Guinness-World-Records-Macarena-dance/4531733766447/ Coffee might prolong your life https://studyfinds.org/2-extra-years-drinking-coffee/Mysterious Drone Sightings in New Jersey Spark Investigation https://apnews.com/article/fbi-drones-new-jersey-a978470fa3bb07ed3e98c5b7c18f0abbVery Small Arcade Game Makes Newshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/11/canada-Guinness-World-Records-smallest-arcade-video-game-machine/6361733938438/Googly Eyes Bandits Take Over Bend, Oregon https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/11/Bend-Oregon-googly-eyes-sculptures/9281733942948/Canadian Wins World Championship Belt in Excel https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/11/Microsoft-Excel-World-Championships/5121733939976/Melted Chocolate all over the Highway! (call me to help clean up next time) https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/09/California-Highway-Patrol-chocolate-truck-fire/3001733770546/Pro Back Scratchologists make big $$$ https://nypost.com/2024/12/06/lifestyle/pro-back-scratchers-rake-in-big-bucks-but-its-not-about-sex-you-have-those-people-with-their-mind-in-the-gutter/Friday the 13th Fact Sheet https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/12/13/happy-friday-the-13th-origin-brief-history-meaning-7-superstitions-to-know/76915160007/ Animal Sounds and Breathing Techniques for Easier Bowel Movements (don't have a cow, man)https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/health/making-animal-sound-on-the-toilet-can-actually-help-you-poop/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 49 first published on Friday Dec 6 2024. Here are this week's stories...
Australian restaurant sets Guinness World Record with 1,212-pound kebab
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/11/worlds-largest-kebab-and-fries-fills-dumpster-sized-container-and-weighs-660-lbs
Man receives $2.53 compensation for smooth Mars bar missing its signature ripple
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx247dwx1p7o
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur eats $6.2 million banana art after purchasing it at auction
https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymail/video/7442716275274419499
Miller High Life Introduces Dive Bar-Scented Perfume
https://www.today.com/food/trends/miller-high-life-dive-bar-perfume-rcna183045
Guilt tipping is real and bad for business.
https://studyfinds.org/guilt-tipping-changing-consumers/
Blank white canvas valued at over $1.5 million to be auctioned in Germany
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/this-blank-pure-white-canvas-expected-to-sell-for-over-1-5-million-7176018
9-Year-Old Boy and the 60,000-Year-Old discovery
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-831604
Loch Ness Monster Mystery: Expert Suggests 'Standing Waves' Could Be Behind Sightings
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14136099/Mystery-Loch-Ness-Monster-finally-SOLVED.html
Cow Fart Reduction: Feeding grazing cattle seaweed can reduce methane emissions by almost 40%
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/cows-seaweed-methane
Underwater Man: "I think I'm still married"
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/lifestyle/im-living-underwater-for-120-days-to-break-a-world-record/
Resetting your "V card" via $19000 medical procedure
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/lifestyle/influencer-drops-19k-on-surgery-to-become-a-virgin-again-but-a-doctor-warns-of-the-risks-involved/
Oldest Bird known to science has laid an egg (74 years young!)
https://apnews.com/article/oldest-bird-lays-egg-wisdom-hawaii-5e7867ba9c8a51373d4d570f73fa7c2d
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 48 first published on Friday Nov 29 2024. Here are this week's stories... Weasel and the shoeshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/25/japan-kindergarten-shoes-theft-weasel/2961732556642/World's Thinnest Spaghetti is comically thinhttps://studyfinds.org/worlds-thinnest-spaghetti/Plastic that Completely Dissolves in Seawaterhttps://studyfinds.org/Pizza Hut China Introduces Deep-Fried Frog Pizzahttps://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/pizza-hut-china-launches-deep-fried-frog-pizza/tpa241127zcpdw Beer Fireplacehttps://www.trendhunter.com/trends/miller-litesVest-wearing deerhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/deer-high-vis-jacket-vest-mcbride-bc-1.7392483Xmas movies jobhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/get-paid-to-watch-christmas-movieslick the paper! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-IAe6RhJuorascal goats!https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/26/loose-goats-Kent-Washington/3841732642798/lake-soaked frozen turkey https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/27/Thanksgiving-turkey-Great-Salt-Lake/9131732728004/hooping world record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/26/australia-Guinness-World-Records-aerial-hoop/5821732644762/giant iced latte https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/27/Guinness-World-Records-largest-iced-latte/8491732741716/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 47 first published on Friday Nov 22 2024. Here are this week's stories...
Idaho couple break record for fast clothes put-away
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/19/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-hanging-up-clothes/7011732041128/
White Claw Cans as Far as the Eye can See!!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/20/loop-303-white-claw-arizona/9341732136190/
Grandmother, DonnaJean does a LOT of pushups
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/20/Guinness-World-Records-pushups/1571732121106/
Grandmother, DonnaJean does a LOT of pushups
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/20/Guinness-World-Records-pushups/1571732121106/
pizza hut tomato wine is a thing
https://torontosun.com/life/food/pizza-hut-introduces-limited-edition-wine-but-its-not-made-of-grapes
A Booze Stocking you can Drink Out Of
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fireball-wishes-america-a-slappy-holidays-with-slap-the-bag-style-whisky-stocking-filled-with-35-shots-of-cinnamon-y-goodness-302310841.html and also https://youtu.be/4qPh2iyG8AA?feature=shared
Jug-O-McRib Sauce
https://www.foodandwine.com/mcdonalds-mcrib-sauce-half-gallon-jug-8747360
Hidden Valley Ranch Holiday Cards
https://www.hiddenvalley.com/ranch-shop-products/hidden-hidden-valley-ranch-holiday-cards/
Kraft 'Everything Bagel' Mac-n-Cheese
https://www.foodandwine.com/kraft-everything-bagel-mac-and-cheese-8746682
KFC Chicken Bucket Scented Candles
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bucket-of-chicken-candle
Extra Gum/ ASMR Release #hardpass
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chewns
a LOT of Couples DO NOT like how their marriage proposal went
https://studyfinds.org/messed-up-marriage-proposal/
is the Duct Taped Banana Saga Over?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/that-viral-banana-duct-taped-to-a-wall-it-just-sold-for-6-2-million-180985523/
Transcript? See podcast stuff at www.shownotes.page.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at https://www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 46 first published on Friday Nov 15 2024. Here are this week's stories...
Emperor penguin rescued after 2,200-mile swim to Australia. Gus!
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/emperor-penguin-recovering-after-2200-mile-swim-to-australia/1713752
Rhode Island man sets Guinness World Record for largest collection of energy drink cans.
https://www.turnto10.com/news/local/tiverton-man-breaks-guinness-world-record-for-the-largest-collection-of-energy-drink-cans-youtube-channel-caffeine-man-november-7-2024
Be grateful, kids. It's good for your parents.
https://studyfinds.org/saying-thank-you-family-happiness/
Bug that eats plastic may save us all!
https://studyfinds.org/plastic-eating-insect-discovered-in-kenya/
National Toy Hall of Fame Inducts My Little Pony, Transformers, and Phase 10
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/12/National-Toy-Hall-Fame-Transformers-My-Little-Pony-Phase-10/4491731434350/
Famous and Very Old Piece of Cake gets Auctioned Off.
https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/royals/slice-of-old-royal-wedding-cake-sold-auction/
Taylor Swift Inspires McDonald's Canada to Introduce Friendship Bracelet Meal.
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a62919222/mcdonalds-taylor-swift-bestie-bundle/
M&M's Snack Jacket is a Thing.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/lifestyle/mampms-drops-puffy-red-jacket-with-pockets-for-snacks-thats-perfect-for-gluttons-this-holiday-season/
Wrong Website Printed on Doll Boxes/ they linked to a saucy website/ The saucy website is getting record traffic.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/12/lifestyle/porn-site-traffic-surges-to-12-year-high-after-mattel-mistakenly-prints-url-on-wicked-doll-boxes/
Comb jellyfish discovered to have reverse aging ability, challenging understanding of animal development.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/10/science/time-traveler-jellyfish-can-age-in-reverse-accidental-discovery/
Man benches his weight 44 times in 30 seconds. Yes, that's a record.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/13/canada-Guinness-World-Records-bench-press-body-weight-reps/4591731532068/
Artist/ Doctor creates world's largest drawing.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/11/nigerian-doctor-and-artist-creates-worlds-largest-drawing-to-celebrate-countrys-culture
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 45 first published on Friday Nov 8 2024. Here are this week's stories... Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) makes world's largest thumbtack
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/01/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pin/5291730478715/
just 5 minutes of exercise to lower blood pressure?! Seems like a game changer you guys.https://studyfinds.org/5-minutes-exercise-blood-pressure/
Eggs on a spoon. MANY eggs on a spoon.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/07/mexico-Guinness-World-Records-egg-spoon-race/8191731011180/
Japanese fellow arrested for alleged quiet calls to wife
https://quirkl.net/lifestyle/relationships/japanese-man-arrested-after-calling-his-wife-over-100-times-a-day-in-bizarre-act-of-love/
Russian court fines Google $2 decillion. That's more money than actually exists.https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/russian_court_fines_google/
Jumbo Chicken turns out to be a hotel, actually. So don't panic.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/05/philippines-Guinness-World-Records-rooster-hotel/5001730831321/
Would a therapy llama and alpaca calm you down at the airport? (me neither. sorry llamas.) https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/03/nx-s1-5173755/therapy-animals-portland-airport-llama-alpaca
Fart Kontrol seems like a skill we all need, but it's actually something else.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/swedens-fart-kontrol-signboard-goes-viral-internet-says-too-hilarious-6950454
Perfume for kids that is enriched with prebiotics and Vitamin B3. That's kinda weird, right? https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/seven-kids
Taylor Swift Cake Hands Damaged During Transit. #DramaAlerthttps://nypost.com/2024/11/03/lifestyle/life-sized-taylor-swift-cake-has-hands-shaken-off-in-horrifying-mishap/
Merlin the 17-year-old goldfish has a new lease on life after surgery. https://nypost.com/2024/11/07/lifestyle/goldfish-17-gets-life-saving-surgery-to-remove-deadly-tumor/
Nov 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada and Veteran's Day in the USA. Why Canadians wear a poppy at this time of year: https://www.legion.ca/remembrance/the-poppy
Transcript available at https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/11/what-weird-week-friday-november-8th.html
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See shownotes.page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 44 first published on Friday Nov 1st 2024. Here are this week's stories... Idaho man reclaims world record for sorting Peanut M&M's by color in under a minutehttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/29/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-Peanut-MMs/4591730219106/
Firefighters rescue a parrot and a human from a tall tree in Californiahttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/25/parrot-tree-teenager-Buena-Park-California/3641729872928/
Saskatchewan town of Kyle and the mayoral election with no candidateshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/24/canada-Kyle-Saskatchewan-no-mayor-candidate/7321729801603/
Bat escapes German zoo by hiding in visitor's jackethttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/24/germany-Karlsrule-Zoo-bat-escape/6841729800843/
Bristol Zoo seeks help identifying "mysterious winged and horned creature" caught on camerahttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/24/Bristol-Zoo-mystery-creature/4421729791251/
New Zealand airport sets a 3-minute limit for farewell hugs in the drop-off zone to ensure smooth traffic flowhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/21/nz-Dunedin-Airport-hug-time-limit/1701729524986/ Dog walking world record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/18/canada-Guinness-World-Records-walking-dogs/9901729277436/
Werther's Original Launches Limited-Edition 'Werther's Original Pocket Denim' Jeans with 30 Tiny Pockets for Caramelshttps://www.foodmanufacturing.com/consumer-trends/news/22923962/werthers-original-unveils-werthers-original-pocket-denim
British "King Conker" Cleared of Cheating Allegations at World Championshipshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/conkers-champion-cleared_n_6716498ce4b0b4263c8afd85
Bangladeshi woman sets Guinness record for eating 37 grains of rice in one minute using chopstickshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/23/bangladesh-Guinness-World-Records-rice-chopsticks/4021729697928/
Standing Desks: Not the Health Booster We Thought? Study Reveals Risks of Prolonged Standing...https://studyfinds.org/standing-desks-bad-for-health/
Melbourne Train Stations Flooded Due to Amorous Couple Dislodging Sprinkler https://www.huffpost.com/entry/train-station-floods-australia_n_6710e3eae4b0b6831a11cf7f
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See shownotes link below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 43 first published on Friday Oct 25th 2024. Here are this week's stories...
From study finds, Consensus Picks for the Top 5 Best Halloween Candies
https://studyfinds.org/best-halloween-candy/
5 Best Cat Halloween Costumes for a Spooktacular Feline Transformation
https://studyfinds.org/best-cat-halloween-costumes/
5 Best U.S. Cities for an Unforgettable Halloween Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=NF9oZ5HHb1k&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY and also https://studyfinds.org/best-u-s-cities-for-halloween
America's Fascination with Horror Movies: Childhood Scares to Adult Thrills
https://studyfinds.org/your-halloween-personality/
5 Best Halloween Couple Costumes for 2024: From Barbie and Ken to Mario and Princess Peach
https://studyfinds.org/best-halloween-couple-costumes/
5 Easy and Creative Halloween Costume Ideas for Last-Minute Partygoers
https://studyfinds.org/best-easy-halloween-costumes/
5 Best Dog Halloween Costumes That Pet Parents Love
https://studyfinds.org/best-dog-halloween-costumes/
11-Year-Old Boy's Viral Taylor Swift Halloween Costume Earns Him Eras Tour Tickets
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/GMA/Family/boy-surprised-tickets-taylor-swift-viral-eras-tour/story?id=115001922&cid=alerts_halloween
How to do everything episode about Peanut Butter Cups - the Halloween ones taste better according to 14 year old math-e-magician
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/1256914737/pumpkins-spiders-and-henry-winkler
Halloween: not as scary as climate change https://www.timminspress.com/opinion/halloween-is-very-scary-this-year-2
Death Clock App: nope from me
https://www.deathclock.co/
What booze pairs with the Halloween treats you stole from your kids? *please enjoy responsibly
https://www.thestar.com/life/food-and-drink/here-s-what-to-drink-with-all-the-halloween-treats-you-ll-swipe-from-your/article_23d49c3e-8f3e-11ef-b06c-a37f847f7834.html
The Halloween Mystery of the 5 Bucks
https://www.ladbible.com/community/mum-finds-money-letterbox-scary-reason-966832-20241018
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 42 first published on Friday Oct 18th 2024. Here are this week's stories... BIG pumpkin is named Rudy. Is that a good name? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Odd_News/2024/10/16/Safeway-World-Championship-Pumpkin-Weigh-Off/8211729109668/Very Large Jeans may not be wearable https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/16/Guinness-World-Records-largest-jeans/5731729100424/ Conktroversy! ... Don't know Conkers? Well trust me, conktroversy is a great pun.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/15/World-Conker-Championships-steel-chestnut-cheating/2541729011522/
Man climbs Everest for charity. Except it's his stairs at home... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-stairs-everest/6281728591635/
Giant kebab! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/17/cyprus-Guinness-World-Records-sheftalia-kebab/8871729181601/Weird lights under plane...https://www.unilad.com/news/travel/atlantic-ocean-strange-lights-clouds-theory-913590-20241017
Royalty in a UFO?https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/11/king-charles-flew-a-prototype-ufo-canada-1975-21777839/
Professor UFO newshttps://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/huge-alien-announcement-imminent-professor-741499
Dolphin Breath has microplastics...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241017113845.htm
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 41 which is an encore performance from a year ago. Happy Thanksgiving! Here are the stories... If that chair could talk! someone started a Facebook group based around chair appreciation... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1434160430714378/ and see https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/09/Chair-Watch-Dennis-Township-New-Jersey/2661696871859/
Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... https://youtu.be/zg4OkrefKDs?feature=shared and https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/teen-stacks-143-000-playing-cards-to-create-worlds-largest-card-structure-759373
Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... https://vigourtimes.com/controversy-erupts-at-world-conkers-championships-due-to-waterlogged-chestnuts/ and https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-67046823 and also https://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/
I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down... it made news because the town in charge of Harry Dick Road (Bonnechere Valley near Eganville, Ontario) is tired of replacing the street sign... it's gotten annoying and expensive...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/harry-dick-road-name-sign-change-bonnechere-1.6981502
a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord ...
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/boarderie-shatters-guinness-world-records-title-for-the-largest-charcuterie-board-weighing-769-lbs-301948299.html
Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling.
*viewer discretion advised https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/winnie-the-pooh-horror-movie-shown-to-children-in-florida-school-18006345
*Warning: PG 13. Earmuffs for the kids! OK, here's the story ... Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines... - This is such a wild story... they think that helicopters flying low to try to get photos of crocodiles may have accidentally set-off a crocodile lovefest...https://www.iflscience.com/crocodile-sex-bonanza-triggered-by-low-flying-chinook-in-australia-70971
Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce...
https://edition.cnn.com/style/german-munich-museum-stolen-paintings-sold/index.html
Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery?- If you go by those terrifying movies, Chucky is evil and can't be trusted. https://bnn.network/breaking-news/crime/chucky-doll-handcuffed-and-arrested-in-mexico-after-series-of-robberies-a-bizarre-tale-of-crime/
HONORABLE MENTION... Congratulations to Steve from Missouri who broke the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat! It took almost 11 hours to paddle his 1200 pound pumpkin 38 miles on the shark-infested Missouri River. (citation needed. River may not be shark-infested. Sounded good though.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/09/man-with-pumpkin-vessel-breaks-guinness-world-record/71125133007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world?
- 2749 pounds! see https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/anoka-mans-world-record-pumpkin/89-b829f565-3933-4942-b7ae-04016a456822 and also https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pumpkin-Half-Moon-Bay/8671696948687/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 40 first published on Friday Oct 4th 2024. Here are this week's stories... Egg-Drop Smashes World Record, Egg is not smashed thoughhttps://patch.com/pennsylvania/te/tredyffrin-easttown-students-break-egg-drop-guinness-world-record
Man Drinks Pouch of Juice, World Reacts! #MikeJackRecord #CapriSunhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/02/canada-Guinness-World-Records-Capri-Sun/4611727885489/
Italian lady breaks World Record for tongue circumference (tonguecumference)https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/10/italian-womans-unique-tongue-has-bigger-circumference-than-a-ping-pong-ball
David "Record-Breaker" Rush may not know how to stop breaking world records. #LawnmowerChinbreaks world record by walking over 1,100 feet with a running lawn mower on his chinhttps://youtu.be/_6wZ6HIJPoU?feature=shared
Tarantula Mating Season Draws Hundreds to Colorado Town
https://apnews.com/article/tarantula-mating-colorado-spider-festival-da14f6d08bd4b325ce34970ec7864c73
Changing how we use defibrillators makes them more lifesaving - study
https://studyfinds.org/new-way-of-using-defibrillators/
Swallowing is key to eating disorders... but wait, there's more! #HappinessResearch
https://studyfinds.org/swallowing-makes-people-happy/
Get started on one of these hilarious Halloween costumes! #Shrimp-on-the-Barbie
https://studyfinds.org/best-funny-halloween-costumes/
Mindfulness meditation is more effective than placebo in reducing pain, study finds
https://studyfinds.org/meditation-placebo-effect-pain/
NASA is developing a new time zone specifically for the Moon #CoordinatedLunarTime
https://studyfinds.org/nasa-moon-time-zone/
Wait, can AI REALLY pass a law exam? #nope
https://studyfinds.org/can-ai-pass-a-college-law-exam/
I Don't Like Mondays Sundays - Survey
https://studyfinds.org/spend-sundays-terrified/
Man discovers $6.6 million Picasso painting hidden in his home for decades
https://nypost.com/2024/10/01/lifestyle/painting-hated-by-owners-wife-turns-out-to-be-6m-picasso/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 39 first published on Friday Sept 27, 2024. Here are this week's stories... Toad Found in Bagged Salad Purchased from Grocery Store
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/25/bagged-salad-waitrose-bracknell-england/5281727275603/
The Kraft-Heinz plant in Lowville, New York, successfully reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the world's largest cheesecake at the annual Cream Cheese Festival, with a massive dessert weighing in at 15,008 pounds
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/24/Guinness-World-Records-largest-cheesecake/2271727195952/
David Rush reclaims chopstick throwing world record with 28 hits in one minute
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/23/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-chopsticks/3931727105593/
Chinese zoo sparks controversy with dogs disguised as pandas
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/20/Shanwei-Zoo-pandas-dogs/7791726861083/
National Toy Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Finalists
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/19/National-Toy-Hall-of-Fame-finalists/8891726764795/
German supermarket finds €7 million worth of cocaine in banana crates
https://www.dw.com/en/german-supermarket-finds-7m-of-cocaine-in-crates-of-bananas/a-70303810
Ancient Cheese Discovery Rewrites History of Kefir Origins
https://studyfinds.org/oldest-cheese-smeared-mummies/
AI's Impact on Jobs: Study Reveals Vulnerable Occupations and Highlights Potential for Labor Shortage Solutions
https://studyfinds.org/which-jobs-will-ai-replace/
Moderate Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Cardiometabolic Diseases
https://studyfinds.org/3-cups-of-coffee-diseases/
Close Encounter with the World's Most Dangerous Bird: A Cassowary's Visit to an Australian Beach
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/police/woman-encounters-worlds-most-dangerous-bird-457604-20240923
Man claims to have encountered the Loch Ness monster while swimming in the Scottish lake
https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/17/loch-ness-monster-brushes-man-swims-21622610/
Trending this Halloween: Sexy Ozempic Halloween Costume
https://nypost.com/2024/09/24/lifestyle/now-you-can-dress-up-as-a-sexy-ozempic-shot-for-halloween-is-anyone-surprised/
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 38 first published on Friday Sept 20, 2024. Here are this week's stories... Scientists discover Doritos dye can make mice translucent... • Researchers at Stanford University found that a common food dye, Yellow No. 5, can make mice translucent.• Tartrazine (Yellow No. 5) is approved for use in the United States and Canada and is found in various foods and beauty products.• When applied to mice, Tartrazine makes the skin transparent, revealing organs, muscles, and blood vessels.• The researchers are working to improve the technique for human applicationshttps://globalnews.ca/news/10739992/doritos-dye-mice-translucent-study-humans/ Mysterious radio signal travels 8 billion years to reach Earth...• The origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) remains a mystery, challenging our understanding of the universe.• Might be something resulting after a star explodes.https://www.earth.com/news/deep-space-radio-signal-reaches-earth-after-8-billion-years-frb-20220610a/ Tuesday the world didn't get smacked by a giant space rock... hurray!NASA issued alert for stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth... Potentially hazardous... passed within 1 million KM of Earth... it posed no risk to Earth on its current trajectory... this asteroid’s 99 per cent larger than any other near-Earth objects.Ohio Police and the missing 8-year-old... she's OK you guys... they found her shopping at Target... after she took a car and drove there by herself... they don't know the exact route she took to get to Target, but it was at least a 10 mile drive... she told the cops that she “struck a mailbox” en route. No injuries. No charges. MO/GO Hiking Pants make headlines as the world's first powered pants.• These pants feature built-in exoskeletons with AI-controlled motors that increase leg strength by 40% and reduce pressure on the knees... • The rechargeable battery pack lasts about three hours...• They cost around $5,000https://www.odditycentral.com/technology/company-launches-motor-powered-pants-that-increase-leg-strength-by-40-percent.html Americans' Coffee Preferences include having it before having... other things... • Over half of Americans believe a good cup of coffee can improve their day... one outta five prefer coffee to sweet, sweet, loving, lovetimes... https://studyfinds.org/fresh-coffee-better-than-sex/ Grasshoppers: Some day we'll all be HOPPED UP on Grasshoppers... • Research into the health benefits of eating grasshoppers... right now is in the rat stage but it's doing good things to those rats... improved sleep, healthier hair, and increased libido.https://studyfinds.org/eating-grasshoppers-libido/New "grumpy" fish species found in the Red Sea...• A new fish species called the grumpy dwarfgoby has been discovered in the Red Sea.• It has a resting fish face. (I'll show myself out.)https://news.sky.com/story/new-grumpy-fish-species-discovered-in-the-red-sea-13217205 Ken in California has been paying his neighbor's power bill for 18 Years... he wondered why his bill never decreased, despite trying to cut energy consumption... then the power company investigated and they all found out why... some sort of mix up had Ken paying the neighbor's bill...https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/18/PGE-power-bill-wrong-apartment-18-years/3531726677942/ Nickelodeon breaks pinata world record to celebrate Dora show... •1800 pinatas at the 78th Annual East Los Angeles Mexican Independence Day Parade set a new Guinness World Record... and hopefully got lots of attention for the Dora show.(character limit)for full shownotes see www.shownotes.page
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 37 first published on Friday Sept 13, 2024. Here are this week's stories...
❿ a couple of plum farmers in South Africa are making headlines with their world record plum... it weighs 16.3 ounces... that's 464.15g! More than a pound!!! It's described as mango-sized.
Accident!? The big plum came off an ordinary commercial plum tree... this was basically a happy accident - no special farming secrets to mention.
Congratulations Dean and Deon.
https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/Agriculture/the-barnards-colossal-plum-smashes-world-record-202408300920
❾ Blindfolded man makes long basketball shot, world reacts!
Jeremy Ware of Arizona made a blindfolded, underhand, 60 foot basket which is a Guinness World Record.
60 feet is about as long as a Bowling Lane... or about two-fifths as long as Ha'Penny Bridge` in Ireland... or around a third as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
https://youtu.be/cF0kEAeryNg?feature=shared
❼ Texas market breaks record with 1,032-pound charcuterie board...
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Guinness-World-Records-charcuterie-board/5111726172755/
❻ "Grapes spill on California highway, causing traffic JAM"
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Merced-County-California-Highway-165grapes/9241726159835/
❺ YouTubers Construct World's Largest Functional iPhone... 6.74 feet tall...
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/06/Guinness-World-Records-largest-smartphone-replica/5031725653486/
❹ Coffee Grounds Can Be Used to Make Stronger Concrete?! ...
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-our-leftover-coffee-grounds
❸ The Cheeszies and the Cave...
https://canoe.com/news/weird/is-it-worth-crying-over-spilled-cheetos-absolutely-say-rangers-at-carlsbad-caverns-national-park/wcm/dc0079a9-a9aa-453f-9628-ee7b4fb0b544
❷ Watercress: The Healthiest Vegetable...
https://www.foodandwine.com/watercress-health-benefits-8710408?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
🍅 Mega-tsunami in Greenland was as mega as the name denotes... https://studyfinds.org1c/landslide-earth-vibrate-9-days/
❶ Horseback Wrestling is a thing... https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/09/12/horseback-wrestling-to-sheep-bone-tossing-highlights-from-the-world-nomad-games
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friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 35 first published on Friday Aug 30, 2024. Here are this week's stories... ❿ French museum invites visitors to view its naturism exhibit in the nude• Marseille's Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations is inviting visitors to view its Naturist Paradises exhibit in the nude on designated dates.• The exhibit features hundreds of pieces of art from naturist communities, including paintings, sculptures, photographs and films.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/29/france-Mucem-naturism-nude-visitors/5591724952442/and also https://billetterie.mucem.org/fr-FR/produits?famille=1703237789240300000❾ Red pepper spill on California highway leads to bee rescue• A semi truck overturned on Highway 101 in California, spilling its load of red peppers and damaging a signpost that contained a massive bee hive.• Robert Dias from Swarm Catchers safely gathered the bees for relocation using a special vacuum.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/29/Highway-101-Santa-Maria-California-red-peppers-bees/4511724947303/❽ Museum invites back 4-year-old who broke 3,500-year-old jar• A 4-year-old boy accidentally broke a 3,500-year-old jar while visiting the Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel.• The jar, which was not encased in glass, was designed to carry goods like olive oil and wine and predated King Solomon and King David.• Despite the damage, the museum said the jar could be restored and invited the child and family back for an organized tour.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/28/boy-jar-smash-3500-years-old/4091724862304/❼ World's oldest cognac from 1696 confirmed in Netherlands• A 328-year-old bottle of cognac belonging to a collector in the Netherlands has been officially recognized as the world's oldest cognac by Guinness World Records.• Previously, the oldest known cognac was a 1762 Cognac from Gautier, with only three remaining bottles, one of which was sold at auction for $146,000 in 2020.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/27/netherlands-Guinness-World-Records-oldest-cognac/6311724773272/❻ Rescued "Injured" Bald Eagle in Missouri Was "Too Fat to Fly" After Eating Raccoon• A bald eagle rescued from Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in Missouri was found to be "too fat to fly" after consuming a large raccoon.• The eagle underwent rehabilitation and was released back into the park.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/27/bald-eagle-too-fat-to-fly/9911724772067/❺ Riders stranded 243 feet up on Six Flags attraction during storm• Riders on the Supergirl Sky Flight ride at Six Flags Mexico were stranded 243 feet in the air for about 10 minutes during a storm last week.• The ride ceased operation due to heavy rain and winds, but all passengers were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/26/mexico-Six-Flags-Mexico-ride-stranded-storm/7991724705451/ ❹ Man builds 54-level house of cards in 8 hours• Bryan Berg, a trained architect and card-stacking expert, broke the Guinness World Record by creating a 54-level house of cards in just 8 hours.• Berg, who did not use glue or any other form of extra support, also holds the overall record for the tallest playing card structure at 25 feet and 9 inches since 2007.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/23/Guinness-World-Records-card-stacking/3371724426363/❸ Connecticut woman sets world records for most tattoos and body modifications• Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina, 36, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has 99.98% of her body covered in tattoos and 89 body modifications, earning her two Guinness (CHARACTER LIMIT)
❿ Sticky, Gooey, World Record!- the other day, on National S'mores Day, the folks at Smoresapalooza were officially awarded a Guinness World Record for most people S'moring at the same time...- 891 people in Grapevine, Texas put Graham Wafers, chocolate, and toasted marshmallows together to make this record... so sticky... yes delicious, but so darn sticky! #heroes- btw, they used 500 fire pits to do this b/c everybody had to do their own s'more at the same time.. See www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/hundreds-in-texas-combine-to-break-smores-related-guinness-world-record/3314230/%3famp=1 ❾ The Canadian Amateur Safe Cracker and the 75 year old safe...- This bookstore in Baltimore had an old old safe without a combination... they couldn't get into it and of course they wanted to... if you have a 75 year old safe and you DON'T want to get that thing open, you might be a psychopath consult your physician.- the bookstore put the challenge out on social media... "Hey safe crackers, we've got one for ya" (paraphrase)...- a fella named Rick from Winnipeg who is a lock-picking and safe-cracking enthusiast (not a professional) did some crowdfunding and had enough money to travel to Baltimore within three or four days... so Rick got to go and try what a bunch of other safe crackers tried and failed at... and he got the safe open!- the deal from the bookstore was that you could split whatever was inside the safe 50/50... but it turned out that the only thing in there was a pay stub from the 1920s- I get the feeling it was never about the treasure for Rick, it was about the adventure... See the CBC report
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2255109187975 ❽ Riding a bicycle backwards for 500 miles is not impossible? *citation needed- Hoops Hooper at UPI filed this one the other day... a guy from Alaska who can ride his bike backwards needed more of a challenge, I guess, and so he entered a 500 mile bicycle race and did the whole thing riding backwards!- they think that's a world record, now we just wait for the folks at Guinness World Records to make it official...- byw, his name is Walker... Will Walker... but he bicycles... backwards... idk why that's messing with me but it is... a guy named Walker who is famous for a 500 mile race but he didn't walk it... or use a walker, that also would've made more sense to me... See www.upi.com/amp/Odd_News/2023/08/10/Guinness-World-Records-distance-cycling-backward-RAGBRAI/5631691686278/ ❼ The Butter Cow of the Illinois State Fair...- this was picked up by a lot of news sources and I'm glad because I had never heard of the Illinois Butter Cow before...- If you're like me and extremely disappointed in yourself because you are only now learning of the Butter Cow phenomenon, let's promise each other that we'll live each day to the fullest from now on, OK?- according to MyStateLine.com, "The Butter Cow has been a tradition at the Illinois State Fair since the 1920s. This year’s edition was created by sculptor Sarah Pratt, and can be viewed via a webcam housed within its refrigerated display." (See link below.)- I don't know art, but I know what I love... and it's 800 pounds of delicious buttery goodness made to look like a glorious cow.See www.mystateline.com/news/800-pound-butter-cow-sculpture-unveiled-at-illinois-state-fair/amp/ and the webcam at https://statefair.illinois.gov/info/webcams/buttercow.html ❻ Live Frog in Package of Spinach! -(character limit!)
See https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/08/what-weird-week-show-revisiting-top-ten.html for full blog post and show notes
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 33 first published on Friday Aug 16, 2024. Here are this week's stories... ❿ David "Record Breaker" Rush is the GOAT!https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/09/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush/6541723222751/
Is there an official announcement coming? This article (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/21/David-Rush-Guinness-World-Records-road-to-181-interview/8751718893537/) from weeks ago said he was ~four records away from being the GOAT... but for now we're waiting for an official announcement... ❾ Live Groundhog in Claw Machinehttps://www.facebook.com/pagamecomm.SCR/posts/529662372965544
and https://www.wtae.com/article/groundhog-claw-machine-pennsylvania-name/61847683
❽ Mayonnaise: delicious and helping to solve nuclear fusion?!https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/nuclear-energy/physicists-solve-nuclear-fusion-mystery-with-mayonnaise
❼ Robot Dentist! https://news.sky.com/story/robot-dentist-performs-worlds-first-fully-automated-procedure-13191514
❻ Fish Falls from Sky, Smashes Windshield...
https://tasteofcountry.com/tesla-windshield-fish/
❺ Using horse milk to make ice cream made headlines this week... https://phys.org/news/2024-08-viability-horse-ice-cream.html
❹ Sad News re Most-Dogs-at-a-Movie World Record Attempt...https://www.addisonindependent.com/2024/08/12/dog-film-screening-falls-short-of-setting-world-record/
❸ Coke and Oreos! (new title of my autobiography?)
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/coca-cola-r-and-the-oreo-r-brands-become-besties-launch-limited-edition-drink-and-cookie-that-perfectly-pair-iconic-brands-857678653.html
❷ Great news everyone, AI isn't becoming sentient. Or is that just what it wants us to believe?
https://studyfinds.org/ai-wont-lead-to-human-extinction/
🍅 This guy got game(s)https://youtu.be/FLaTSb8k518?feature=shared
❶ Maine BBall Coach hits 1134 three-pointers for World Record!https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/14/Guinness-World-Records-basketball-three-pointers/2881723665820/
To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 32 first published on Friday Aug 9, 2024. Here are this week's stories... ❿ The high you get from bargain shopping lasts 3.5 hours!?https://studyfinds.org/216-minute-buzz-from-bargain-shopping/ ❾ Seagull steals man's wallet from grocery store parking lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDwjKjKOgk ❽ Spontaneous Chewing Combustion https://youtu.be/nEh8L1-D93k ❼ Apollo the Parrot names names!https://youtu.be/BmstxZfDXrU?feature=shared ❻Broken Shoelace... ... record... broken shoelace record!
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/city-museum-breaks-guinness-world-record-longest-shoelace/63-7b6364a3-b1a9-4a0c-8499-f6bca4921fcf and see https://www.facebook.com/citymuseum/videos/331447143269969/ ❺ Bluey Coin Theft Story...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3848691go ❹ Black Clothing Banhttps://www.kkco11news.com/2024/08/06/middle-school-bans-all-black-clothing-citing-mental-health-concerns/ and also
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/science-wearing-black-clothing-ryan-w-mcclellan/ and see
https://www.lofficiel.at/en/fashion/all-black-the-desire-to-wear-all-black-and-its-unconscious-message-to-ourselves ❸ Dolce & Gabbana's new dog perfumehttps://apnews.com/article/dogs-pets-perfume-dolce-gabbana-vets-fashion-f89cbd3f9876a85aeceae12e279183f1 ❷ Crab found snapping at snacks inside vending machine in Iowahttps://www.fox10tv.com/2024/08/04/live-crab-found-snapping-snacks-inside-vending-machine/?outputType=amp 🍅 Lake Erie alligator eludes capture...
https://youtu.be/WviFkJVIHhA?feature=shared ❶ "Bad at Shimmy Shammy" still remains a top cause for marital strife
https://nypost.com/2024/08/07/lifestyle/too-fat-husband-granted-divorce-after-wife-demands-a-fee-for-incompetent-sex/
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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 31 first published on Friday Aug 2, 2024. Here are this week's stories... ❿ Dragonfly Invasion!https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/dragonfly-swarm-rhode-island-video/
❾ Famous Space Bikini sells for a lot of money!https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/style/princess-leia-bikini-star-wars-auction/index.html❽ Boop and The Ick added to Cambridge Dictionary...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c19k2rdzxyko❼ You change to look like your name...https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-people-evolve.html ❻ World Record for pulling planes while walking on your hands?!https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/07/30/italy-Guinness-World-Records-aircraft-pulled-walking-hands/2731722369482/❺ Bear Car Theft Ring Confirmed (video)https://987theriver.iheart.com/featured/mark/content/2024-07-31-bear-opens-suv-in-search-for-food-while-the-driver-was-still-in-the-car/❹ Dorset, UK, soft on crime? #ShopliftingSeagullhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gzj693pxo
❸ Australian Field Hockey Olympian Decides on Amputation #PG13https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-field-hockey-finger-amputated-8d07b3ac1818d25d21c6ddae106bfae1 ❷ Desert Sand Fights Hurricanes?https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sahara-desert-sand-causing-hurricane-season-lull-1.7280954
🍅 We love glass. It's an unhealthy relationship.
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-glass-bottle-orange-juice-planet.html
❶ We're Friend Rich!https://phys.org/news/2024-07-friendships-america-peril-previously-thought.html To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 30 first published on Friday July 26, 2024. Here are this week's stories... ❿ Brazilian sharpnose sharks near Rio de Janeiro tested positive for high levels of cocaine...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-cocaine-sharks-discovered-in-brazil/
❾ Nigerian man breaks world record for longest duration twerking... 3 hours and 30 minutes... he used this opportunity to shine a light on the importance of mental health.https://www.tiktok.com/@niva_news/video/7395555366462819615
❽ Fish cake flingers bring end to sports contest... matchhttps://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40614391/fishcake-fury-sees-norwegian-game-cancelled-var-protest
❼ Texas family saves orphaned baby bird by wrapping it in a tortilla...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/owl-saved-tortilla
❻ Giant Rolling Hot Dog Flips! Oscar Mayer Wienermobile involved in a crash on Chicago-area highway/ no injuries reported...
https://apnews.com/article/wienermobile-crash-suburban-chicago-oscar-mayer-b81452ebaa5ae0823871eabbf06135cd
❺ Naturally-occurring sugar compound may stimulate hair regrowthhttps://studyfinds.org/sweetest-cure-for-baldness-sugar-compound-hair-loss-treatment/?nab=1
❹ phone spinner spins like life depends on it... #worldrecord
❸ Underpants sorrow turns to elation #worldrecord #AGT
❷ How many steps does a lazy person like me need to take each day to be healthy?https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-the-optimal-number-of-daily-steps-to-offset-sitting-down
🍅 Potato-based ice pop is MMMmmm... different... https://www.fooddive.com/news/kraft-heinz-ore-ida-popsicle-french-fry/721626/
❶ Boneless Wings and the Supreme Court of Ohio...https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5052004/boneless-chicken-wings-ohio-supreme-court
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What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. It's Friday, July 19th 2024 and these are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 29 which is a look back at one year ago. Please enjoy this enhanced re-broadcast from July of 2023! #SummerSpecial
❿ update to our pushup story... the world record has changed hands again! ❾ Birds are using those anti bird spikes to build their nests now. ❽ Scientists invent a sucker/ lollipop to help doctors diagnose stuff... ❼ When you find gold coins buried in your yard, that's a good day... ❻ Burger King Brazil launches limited time Barbie Burger... which contains a lot more pink than we are used to in a hamburger... ❺ If at first you don't succeed in getting approval to have a dog DNA database which will enable you to identify which dog pooped in front of city hall... try, try again! ❹ Headline from CTV: "Mystery object washes up on Australian beach, investigation underway" ❸ Rare fish sighting, every news org shared the photos... ❷ Dinosaur fossil is a game changer... headline from NPR was "This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle's final moments"... ❶ David Rush, the World Record Breaking Phenom does it again!
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 28 first published on Friday July 12, 2024. Here are this week's stories... full episode transcript below
❿ Pooch Starts Fire. Tries to Blame it on Cat (may not have tried to blame cat, but pretty sure )https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/07/09/Colorado-Springs-dog-stove-fire/2411720537136/
❾ Record-Breaker Rush is just about there... the King of the World! (records) https://youtu.be/BRYGiVqdYJI?feature=shared ❽ Las Vegas man breaks Guinness World Records using eye socket strength https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYL2GhMIhYg ❼ Mia is the Fastest Mermaid in all the Sea https://www.ksl.com/article/51060424/provo-woman-becomes-fastest-mermaid-in-the-world-at-merlympics ❻ Driverless Taxi Pulled Over by Police in Phoenix... what happened next?https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/phoenix-police-waymo-driverless-car-b2574861.html ❺ The mysterious gnome nappers of BC have gotten away with another weird crime.https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mystery-group-prowls-community-conducting-mischievous-kindness-stealing-restoring-and-returning-garden-gnomes/ ❹ Lady Swept Out to Sea after Floatie Odysseyhttps://news.yahoo.com/news/swimmer-swept-sea-rescued-japanese-092115699.html ❸ Hobby Horsing is intense you guys... https://news.yahoo.com/news/why-finns-deadly-serious-hobby-012636960.html ❷ Hippos Can Stay Airborne for "substantial amount of time" ... that time? Up to 0.3 Seconds. https://news.sky.com/story/hippopotamuses-can-become-airborne-for-substantial-periods-of-time-researchers-discover-13173957 🍅 Nasal Spray Breakthrough shows promise in prevent Alzheimer's. #GoodNews
https://studyfinds.org/nasal-spray-alzheimers-brain-health/ ❶ Lovelorn Lions Risk Crocs for Romance Across River, Set New Record
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-lion-longest-predator-infested.html
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❿ Happiness is Birdseed and Acorns?! A Canadian Study made news this week that seems to suggest that people in cities are happier when there is a variety of birds and trees around. More birds and trees = better mental health outcomes paraphrase. In other words, (go with me here) we should be going to the park dressed in my new invention, the Bird Seed Vest! Enjoy the trees around you while the birds flock towards you bringing joy and better mental health outcomes! Just what the doctor ordered! (no doctors have ordered this.) Remember the name, the What a Weird Week brand Birdseed Vest of Mental Well-being! Free to patreon members in our platinum tier. Sign up today for one million dollars!! Study link https://carleton.ca/biology/2024/birds-tree-diversity-has-significant-impact-on-peoples-mental-health-says-rachel-buxtons-research/
❾ Canadian Chicken Pecks way to World Record!
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/this-pet-chicken-from-b-c-is-now-a-guinness-world-record-holder-1.6950737
❽ Beach Balls and Determination: the David "Record Breaker" Rush Saga Continues!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/07/01/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-beach-ball-passes/3601719855156/ and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbyumFT-ec
❼ Politics on a Weird News Show? OK Let's get into it!!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-candidate-zero-votes-election-loss-1.7247339
❻ Another monolith, making headlines.
https://www.cpr.org/2024/07/03/mysterious-monolith-in-northern-colorado-removed/
❺ This one's about a poop truck, so you've been warned.
https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/us-news/truck-tips-over-and-splatters-connecticut-homes-with-something-too-gross-to-believe/
❹ We've got another truck loses its load story this week... not as gross as our last one... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/26/California-Highway-Patrol-avocados-San-Mateo/7791719433472/A truck with 8 tons of avocados overturned on the California highway. No major injuries reported but whattamess©!
❸ Headline from Study Finds is "Scientists flip switch on fat cells, discover way to naturally burn more calories"https://studyfinds.org/flip-switch-on-fat-cells/
❷ Cool pineapple publicity stunt in the news...
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snack-hackathon *USA Contest Only
🍅We just had Canada Day on July 1st... if you're unfamiliar it is a day where we all go to a park and get our faces painted red and white, then watch a Canadian band play, then there's fireworks... we had a Canadian restaurant chain make headlines with their Canada Day S'mores burger...
The WORKS Craft Burgers & Beer is the place... here's what they did in case you want to try a home version... it's a beef patty stuffed with melting milk chocolate, topped with toasted marshmallow and graham crumbs.
MMMmmm or MMMnnnope
If it's something you'd try let us know in the poll this week... that is available on the spotify feed.
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smores-burger
❶ The most famous bikini in all of space is getting auctioned off.
https://gizmodo.com/allaccess-leia-star-wars-bikini-auction-carrie-fisher-1851573508
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❿ Fast Times at Potato Head High... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/25/ulster-Guinness-World-Records-Mr-Potato-Head/6631719334073/
❾ Weird Sky Thing makes headlines... https://www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/hovering-circle-ring-sky-yulin-china-075397-20240625
❽ Earth's Core Backtracks. WTG, earth's core :( ... https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/lifestyle/the-earths-inner-core-is-backtracking-heres-how-it-might-daily-life/
❼ AI is a creep... https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/lifestyle/influencers-ai-clone-of-herself-goes-rogue-becomes-sex-crazed-maniac/
❻ monolith update: what monolith? https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/weird-news/2024/06/21/shiny-monolith-removed-from-mountains-outside-las-vegas-how-it-got-there-is-still-a-mystery/
❺ wide awake for a kidney transplant... https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/fully-conscious-patient-witnesses-own-kidney-surgery-calls-the-experience-pretty-cool-5968442
❹ ugliest dog in all the land... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/22/worlds-ugliest-dog-wild-thang/6881719088267/
🍅 do a deep-dive into the Bridgewater Triangle... https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/bridgewater-triangle-paranormal-explained-425293-20240622
❸ There's no place like Grand Rapids... https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/museum-wants-to-raise-3-5m-to-get-dorothys-stolen-ruby-slippers-back/
❷ Mars Rocks... https://studyfinds.org/mysterious-boulder-on-mars/
🍅 Woman sues Boyfriend for being a bad boyfriend... https://screenshot-media.com/culture/internet-culture/woman-sues-boyfriend-over-missed-flight/
❶ The World Record of World Records... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/21/David-Rush-Guinness-World-Records-road-to-181-interview/8751718893537/ AND ALSO https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/25/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-water-pistol-cans/7331719345169/
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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. This is season five, episode 25, first published Friday, June 21st, 2024. Here are this week's stories...
❿ McDonald's AI Gets Fired https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c722gne7qngo
❾ Another Mysterious Monolith Found in Nevada Desert https://people.com/new-mysterious-monolith-found-nevada-desert-8665454?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
❽ Manchester engineers design record-breaking jumping robot https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/manchester-engineers-unlock-design-for-record-breaking-robot-that-could-jump-twice-the-height-of-big-ben/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
❼ Kevin the Tall Dog https://news.sky.com/story/great-dane-named-worlds-tallest-dog-but-is-terrified-of-familys-vacuum-13152314
❻ Should we throw the liars in jail? Followup: who would run our governments? https://studyfinds.org/wales-first-country-to-criminalize-politicians-who-lie/
❺ Amazing Record-Breaking Luck Clover https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/20/japan-Guinness-World-Records-63-leaf-clover/6371718899172/
❹ David Record Breaker Rush may have a prob you guys, he's re-breaking his records now?? https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/19/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-fist-bumping/8151718809394/ and https://youtu.be/zkiM3-ITV6c?feature=shared
❸ Four dollar vase turns out to be priceless #thriftingWin https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/maryland-thrift-store-mayan-vase-b2565567.html
❷ Pope to priests: "Don't put people to sleep with long sermons!" (paraphrase) https://news.yahoo.com/news/pope-urges-priests-not-bore-153434476.html
🍅 Honorable Mention: Engulfed in the Netflix Zone https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/netflix-house
❶ Stonehenge, more like Orangehenge, amiright?! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg0683e7po
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skateboarding cats and speeding wheelbarrows. What a weird week!
Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. If you want a transcript or stuff to subscribe to our podcast, all the links that we talk about, you can get everything at shownotes.page. Shownotes.page. This is season five, episode 24, first published Friday, June 14th, 2024.
❿ I'm calling this one Fast Times in Barrowville. When they make the movie.
Dylan Phillips, a British mechanic, broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest wheelbarrow. Record speed was over 52 miles per hour. He built the wheelbarrow just for fun at first and then found out there was actually a world record. If he could make his wheelbarrow go really fast, he set the record in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Apparently, one of the worst forms of transportation is a fast wheelbarrow because according to Dylan, no suspension. It's a rough ride. and also a little bit terrifying. But imagine how fast you could get all your yard work done if your wheelbarrow went 50 miles per hour. So far not available commercially.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9961lg6l1o
❾ elephant names are in the news. Researchers think that elephants in the wild have names and call each other by their names. Not a lot of animals do that. How do they know elephants are actually doing it? Short answer is they're experts.
That would be me paraphrasing the short answer on that one. Longer answer is they studied hundreds of sounds made by mom elephants and their elephant children over the decades. And it seems as though mom was using a certain sound to talk to each elephant kid. That's me paraphrasing a scientific article. It also seems like those elephant children recognize their unique sound or name because they could record some of these sounds and the kid would be like, what?
Who said my name when they played the sound back? Again, that's me paraphrasing. That wasn't an actual... In case you thought I was playing the actual audio from the field. No, that was it was me saying who's calling my name. It was me portraying the elephant, you guys. All right, we're off to a hot start.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/12/call-me-by-my-name-elephants-low-rumbles-could-be-unique-to-one-another-research-reveals
Up next is a dinosaur discovery. A big old hailstone, maybe a record breaking hailstone. It's a biggie.
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❽ A driver... No, he wasn't driving. He was diving. Sorry. We'll keep that in. Let's just- We're on a deadline here, you guys. A diver discovered a rare mastodon tusk off the coast of Florida. The diver's name is Alex. First, he thought it was wood, just a big old chunk of wood. But upon closer inspection, a much rarer find than a chunk of wood.
A mastodon tusk measuring four feet long, 70 pounds. Now Alex is a fossil hunter. He goes diving and looking for fossils. He's found some before, but this is rare and big and becomes now this tusk becomes the property of the state of Florida. I believe we'll go to the Florida Museum of Natural History is where this tusk will end up. Well done, Alex, rare find and so much better than a chunk of wood.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mastodon-tusk-fossil-hunting-diver-florida-b2561733.html
❼ A giant hailstone is in the news. This is in Texas. A couple of storm chasers, Val and Amy, were chasing a storm and they found a hailstone nearly 18 cm in diameter. That's about 7 inches. That's well, they describe it as the size of a pineapple. Hailstone the size of a pineapple. Imagine if you're caught in a storm and it is hailing pineapples down on you. A couple of things. The article doesn't mention if it tasted like pineapple, which... (CHARACTER LIMIT) for full shownotes to this episode see https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/06/what-weird-week-ten-weird-things-that.html
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Electric spoons and mysterious goldfish. What a weird week Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is what a weird week It's a weekly catch up on all the weird stuff that happened in the news. I think that's it that summed it up. Let's go This is season five episode, can't remember, first released on June 7th, 2024.
❿ Our number 10 story this week was on a lot of newscasts about the fisher, the magnet fisher, the person who you go to a bridge, right? Magnet fishing, you have this powerful magnet on a rope or some sort of leash, maybe, and you throw that magnet in the water. And what comes up a lot of times is junk. In this case, it was a safe with waterlogged $100 bills, totaling an estimated $100,000. So this fellow, this James fellow, reports it to the authorities. There is some sort of finders keepers situation. So James gets to keep the approximately $100,000. The plan now is take it to Washington, see how much is salvageable and leave Washington with a whole bunch of money that you found with a magnet. This all happened in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, New York. Do you think there'd be more money in that body of water, that particular body of water? Is it teeming with mysterious money? Is it gonna be a tourist destination now for magnet fishers? These are questions that remain to be answered.
❾ Nine. Electric spoon enhances saltiness on sale in Japan. So it's a battery operated spoon that somehow makes food taste saltier. The theory behind it, like why we should all have one is we will consume less salt. It is only simulated saltiness. So we'll eat less salt, but we'll still have that salty flavor that many of us crave. And for some of us, it's too much salt and it's not good for us. So electric salt spoons is the way to go. It's gonna save us all, you guys. I'll put a link if you wanna learn how it works, how it interacts with sodium ions on our tongue. So you can kind of do a deep dive on that if you want to.
Or maybe, like me, you're just like, don't care about the science, take my money, please. Up next, we have a story of an alleged Pringles thief who may end up with a lifetime supply of Pringles and a mysterious goldfish discovered. Those stories are next.
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❽ Friends, I am Scott and this show is What a Weird Week. We catch you up on the weird news of the week. Thank you for listening.
- Pringles in the news this past week. A fellow stole a lot of containers of Pringles. This is Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom. Stole some Pringles, admitted guilt, got sentenced, and then Sky News, we got the headline, the thief told police, once you pop you can't stop. That wasn't an official defense, I don't think. Perhaps it was presented in court, your honor. Once you pop, you can't stop. But that did not convince the authorities. And so this fellow, Adam, now sentenced. I don't want to make light of any of this. I hope Adam gets on the straight and narrow, pays his debt to society. But then also I hope after upon release, I hope Pringles comes a-knockin' with some, you know, an idea for an ad campaign. If you go to our podcast page and you get the podcast through Spotify, there's the survey. If you were going to go to jail for a snack food, what would your snack food be? You can find all our podcast stuff if you go show notes that page show notes dot page.
❼ Seven mysterious goldfish. This one is a bit of a doozy, you guys. A doctor has gone viral on social media after discovering a goldfish on their lawn. I would say lawn. This is Newcastle, United Kingdom. So I think you would say garden, perhaps in the United Kingdom. Let me know if I got that wrong. So Dr. Ben Beska has no idea where this goldfish came from, found on the grass, (CHARACTER LIMIT) For Full Episode Shownotes see https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/06/what-weird-week-catching-you-up-on-this.html
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We've got a follow up to a story we had earlier on this show where the town in Japan installed a giant black screen to stop people from taking pictures of Mount Fuji. It just got to be too much. And these pictures, some of them got famous on social media. So everybody wanted to get this certain angle of a picture of Mount Fuji where it looks like Mount Fuji is on top of a gas station or something like that. So they installed this giant black screen, eight feet tall, 66 feet long. The next day holes were in the black screen, holes the size of camera lenses. People were, you know, poking holes and still getting the special shot. But the town is still pleased. It's cut down and over tourism quite a bit. The giant black screen with the holes in it. That's your update.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/holes-found-in-screen-used-to-stop-people-taking-mt-fuji-photos/103906396 ❾
This one got picked up by a lot of national news orgs. I mean, you got a built in soundbite, you got video role that you can play. The Michigan man who went to Zoom court. So he had a Zoom call court and he was driving while appearing in Zoom court. And it was about his suspended license case. The fellow named Corey, the judge, Judge Simpson, was astonished. According to headlines. Let's put in a soundbite right here. "Mr. Harris, are you driving? Just give me one second. I'm parking right now. OK. So maybe I don't understand something. This is a driver license suspended. That is correct, your honor. And he was just driving. I don't even know why he would do that. So defendant's bond is revoked in this matter."
So, of course, you're not supposed to be on Zoom while driving. That's dangerous. But I could understand in a way, in a sense, I mean, if you want to prove to the judge that you shouldn't have a suspended license and you can Zoom call while driving, the defense rests, your honor. Anyway, the judge didn't think of it that way and ordered the fellow quarry to return to jail, revoked his bond and he was ordered to return to jail. ❽
Just about every headline took advantage of the fact this truck was in the news, the truck carrying strawberries overturned and caused a traffic jam. Strawberry jam. A strawberry traffic jam. Most every headline had some kind of variation on that. This is about the big rig carrying 40,000 pounds of strawberries which overturned on a freeway in San Jose. And traffic was backed up for some hours as the strawberry spill was cleaned up. A couple of other notes about this, no major injuries reported and strawberry jam is delicious.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/truck-carrying-40k-pounds-strawberries-overturns-creating-sticky-traffic-jam ❼
A fellow in India has made headlines for breaking his own Guinness World Record by typing the alphabet very quickly with his nose. He's owned this record before and he keeps besting his own record. The current record, if you would like to beat this, 25 seconds and change To type out the alphabet, you have to do a letter, a space, and the next letter and move on down the line in 25.66 seconds. It would appear as though we posted a link, some photos and stuff. I don't think, I think you just need tenacity, practice. I don't think you need any sort of special nose training or a particular type of nose structure. I think you mostly just need practice and tenacity and this record could be yours. But 25.66 seconds is going to be hard to beat. Standard QWERTY keyboard, by the way. Next, we have some wild chickens causing chaos. They made headlines and also the dog airline.
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What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.Show Notes by ScottyWhat a Weird Week May 24th 2024: Killer Bee Beer and Delicious Chocolate Lawsuitposted by Scotty on May 24, 2024 to PODCASTWhat a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.See www.shownotes.page for all the podcast stuff. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 20 first published on Friday May 24th, 2024.(BEGIN EPISODE TRANSCRIPT) ❿ The fire breathing street performer who had a brawl with a mariachi band in Mexico City, a turf war and breathed fire on them. There's security camera footage of this. It happened on a busy street. It's believed they were fighting over turf location. You know, who gets to perform on the hot corner to do the street performances and get all the best tips. So the fire breather breathes fire on some of the mariachi band. Some of them have their clothes catch fire. This is all in the security cam footage. Some reports have it that the mariachi started it and the fire breather is the only one, according to the report, the only one who sought medical treatment. He said he was attacked first and that's when he started breathing fire on his foes. Nobody got arrested in this one, kind of amazing. We'll link to the security camera footage in today's show notes. Viewer discretion. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-street-fire-breather-mariachis-video-b2549364.htmlVideo is age-restricted so you have to watch on YouTube, so go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be60gx8naL0Show Notes by ScottyWhat a Weird Week May 24th 2024: Killer Bee Beer and Delicious Chocolate Lawsuitposted by Scotty on May 24, 2024 to PODCASTWhat a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.See www.shownotes.page for all the podcast stuff. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 20 first published on Friday May 24th, 2024.(BEGIN EPISODE TRANSCRIPT) ❿ The fire breathing street performer who had a brawl with a mariachi band in Mexico City, a turf war and breathed fire on them. There's security camera footage of this. It happened on a busy street. It's believed they were fighting over turf location. You know, who gets to perform on the hot corner to do the street performances and get all the best tips. So the fire breather breathes fire on some of the mariachi band. Some of them have their clothes catch fire. This is all in the security cam footage. Some reports have it that the mariachi started it and the fire breather is the only one, according to the report, the only one who sought medical treatment. He said he was attacked first and that's when he started breathing fire on his foes. Nobody got arrested in this one, kind of amazing. We'll link to the security camera footage in today's show notes. Viewer discretion. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-street-fire-breather-mariachis-video-b2549364.htmlVideo is age-restricted so you have to watch on YouTube, so go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be60gx8naL0❾ Cards on the table, you guys. I don't know too much about too much. I don't know art. I don't know politics. I don't know Australia. And I'm sorry, Australia. I do know Santa's sleigh is pulled by six white boomers. That must count for something. Anyway, the National Gallery in Australia has this exhibit. That's a bit controversial. It's portraits of people. It's meant to be a little bit different, I think. It's a bit unusual. A different take on portraits. These paintings. The portrait, they have a billionaire, Gina Rinehart. (Character limit) for more see https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/05/what-weird-week-may-24th-2024-killer.html?m=1--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 20 first published on Friday May 17th, 2024.(BEGIN EPISODE TRANSCRIPT) ❿ Older Family Film continues to terrify grownups... https://studyfinds.org/adults-scared-of-et/
Study: "1 in 8 adults still find the movie 'E.T. ' scary."
Another interesting stat from the study... "Men are twice as likely to find E.T. scary compared to women."
Also, "37% of people believe aliens are living among us, 41% say nope. ❾ AI is lying to us https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240510111440.htm
An article in Science Daily gets into the details... even some AI systems that were trained to be helpful and honest are telling lies in order to get a certain outcome... like a simple AI that plays poker and was programmed to to be honest... it bluffed in order to win at poker... the article gets into more examples... I'm not a fan of these panicky AI articles but if we can't trust AI because sometimes it lies to us... who's gonna want to use AI for anything important? Like, "Hey, AI, do I look fat in these pants? What's that? I look like a catalog model? Well thanks." #PackOfLies! ❽ Kids Eating Sugar: New Research is Great News for some Kids https://studyfinds.org/where-kids-get-their-sugar/
A study about kids eating sugar and obesity seems to indicate that it's not so important how much sugar you eat, it's more important where the sugar comes from/ what food...
Kids who eat sugar from sweetened snack foods are more likely to become obese... but sugar from fruit seems to cause less of a weight gain problem...
Also less likely to lead to obesity: dairy products (unsweetened).
Parents are advised to give their children fruit and milk instead of sweetened milk and other products with added sugar.
It's been a long time since my kids were little, but didn't we always kinda know - try to get your kids to have fruit instead of cookies? Now we have some recent research to justify it. ❼ Giant Hummingbirds make headlines https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240513150528.htm
The giant hummingbird world has been rocked by this discovery... The Giant Hummingbird of western South America is actually two species... they look identical and science thought they were one kind of giant hummingbird but, nope. Really... this scientific discovery makes our weird news recap show because... did you know we had giant hummingbirds?
I did not. I was picturing hummingbirds the size of penguins! In fact, the giant hummingbird is just, bird-sized... weighing in at a whopping 24 grams... and measuring about 9 inches long... big for a hummingbird, but about the same length as a robin... ❻ Boozing it up gets revolutionized! https://studyfinds.org/alcohol-blocking-gel-intoxication/
Researchers have made this gel that you swallow and it coats your stomach, then it prevents you from absorbing booze... it has the capabilities to make you un-drunk.
They're still testing it so hang in there, but it helped mice avoid liver damage and other alcohol- related bad things.
Imagine the potential for this drug if it can sober you up!? To be continued. ❺ Thumbtacks World Record: I don't get the point. Hahahahahaha HiiiiYoooooooo!!!!!
David Record-Breaker Rush sets a world record by sticking 243 thumbtacks into a bulletin board in one minute
icymi, Dave wants to break every world record in the history of the universe and currently has 168.
He uses these record attempts to shine a light on STEM education. See https://youtu.be/kskebMYX5Ss?feature=shared ❹ Boat Owner fights City Hall with passive aggression, art. (Character Limit!)
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What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. (BEGIN EPISODE TRANSCRIPT) Cuddling cows and backwards tornadoes. What a weird week. Hi friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on all the weird things that happened in the news the past week. You can get show notes and a transcript and all that jazz... go to show notes dot page. Here we go. Season five episode can't remember for Friday, May the 10th. Mother's Day weekend, you guys.
*see www.shownotes.page! This is actually Season 5, Episode 19 first published on Friday May 10th, 2024 ... ❿ Look, we've all been through some sort of pandemic situation, right? And then you hear about this bird flu in the news. It's not fun. It's not funny, but it is weird. As a matter of fact, it's stressful and all you want to do is cuddle a cow when you hear about the bird flu outbreak. And in a sad irony.
Our lead story this week from Sky News is how bird flu, as it infects cows, is cutting into the lucrative cow cuddling market. People pay money and cuddle cows. I didn't know that, but they call it, Sky News calls it a US craze. Our friends in the United States of America, is it a craze? A cow cuddling craze? And now, you know, instead of getting therapeutic comfort from cows, officials are urging farmers to limit outside visitors.
So you're stressed about the headline and then you can't even cuddle the cow and you get more stressed and it is a vicious circle. I'm sorry you guys, this one is not a light story. I try to keep it light but let's keep it down to one bird flu story per week. How about that?
https://news.sky.com/story/bird-flu-outbreak-could-threaten-us-cow-cuddling-craze-13128725
❾ Headline from Smithsonian Mag. Rare tornado spinning the wrong direction forms over Oklahoma. Another serious story. But weird. First of all, I didn't know see where I live.
We get one tornado every 10 years, maybe. I don't know, estimating. So I don't know from tornadoes. Maybe The Wizard of Oz. There, that's... That is the only primer I've had on tornadoes. The Wizard of Oz. And apparently, that movie isn't factual. I never even thought about tornadoes spinning one direction all the time. Of course they spin one direction all the time. Well, no. They recorded in Oklahoma this anti-cyclonic tornado spinning the wrong way.
unusual tornado action in Oklahoma. The National Weather Service describes it in the article, for a while was nearly stationary. That also would be freaky. I feel like even if you lived in tornado alley and you saw a tornado spinning the wrong way, standing still, that's pretty freaky. Side note, should we change the name of this show to, what a freaky week? Or just freaky week, it has a ring to it. Let me just double check, freakyweek.org. Oh wait, no, don't, don't click that.
God bless you folks in Oklahoma. They say this particular tornado episode did property damage, but no injuries were reported. I'll put a link in the show notes, ways you can help folks impacted by tornadoes. Hang on, next, not as serious a story. Well, it involves a serious amount of money, I guess. $14,000, that's a serious amount.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-tornado-spinning-the-wrong-direction-forms-over-oklahoma-180984298/To offer support in the aftermath of tornadoes see https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief/tornado-relief/midwest-tornadoes.html ❽ So this one is not quite as serious as the first two stories we had this week, but it involves a serious amount of money. And I'm curious to know if you like this one or maybe this story disturbs you. The headline from ABC7, Man snags $14,000 Cartier earrings for $14 after website price glitch.
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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 18 first published on Friday May 3rd 2024 ... ❿ From Sky News. Headline is, 13 year old boy finds holy grail of Legos... that was lost at sea.
The story is about a shipping container filled with Legos, which was lost at sea in 1997. And this young fellow in Cornwall, UK has been going to the beach to find Legos. And the holy grail of the Legos is the octopus. And after two years of searching... The 13 year old has found an octopus. Quite rare, quite a find. There's a whole project, someone named Tracy Williams has started up the Lego Lost at Sea Project. And for years now they've been finding Lego pieces that were lost at sea.
The last plastic octopus was found 18 years ago. They're excited. Some more pieces are turning up because of the winter, the type of winter they had at the seashore in Cornwall. Interesting hobby. I really feel like this is a wholesome pastime, finding those rare Lego pieces. Well done. LEGO Archaeologists!
https://news.sky.com/story/boy-13-finds-holy-grail-lego-octopus-piece-from-sea-spillage-in-1997-13123805 ... ❾ Milan, Italy To ban ice cream. That was the headline from Sky News earlier this week. Milan, Italy has had enough and ice cream is outlawed. You will go to ice cream jail and you will, which I imagine is very hot, and you will sit there and think about what you've donen, Ice cream lovers. In fact, if you read the article, it's first of all, they're talking about gelato, not ice cream, which I believe they're different things, aren't they? I'm not all that cultured. And it's not exactly a ban. It's places that sell ice cream or gelato and other fast food like pizza and late night foods. They have to shut her down after midnight because tourists and revelers. Tourists and people who eat food are too darn loud for the good folks of Milan, Italy. So that's why they're looking at a partial band of delicious gelato and pizza.
https://news.sky.com/story/milan-poised-to-ban-ice-cream-pizza-and-more-after-midnight-after-new-proposed-law-13121064 ... ❽ From the Associated Press, the headline... To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen to block the view of Mount Fuji. Headline says it all. The town has had enough of tourists taking photos and being a nuisance. And so to stop people from pausing in a certain place in town and taking an iconic photo of Mount Fuji. They're putting a giant wall screen. They're blocking the view for folks. And it all started, you guessed it, you guys, with social media. There was a trend, somebody got a photo of Mount Fuji in the background. And it looked like Mount Fuji was sitting on top of a convenience store. And that's hilarious. I can't blame you, social media. That is hilarious. But it became too much. So now the screens are growing up. There will be no viewing Mount Fuji from this place. Move along tourists. That's me paraphrasing.
https://apnews.com/article/japan-fuji-tourists-screen-9ac5d8f02062ff3c1e573870a6787f16 ... ❼ Chicago's rat hole back in the news. This one has a happy ending. I'll tell you right now.
If you missed it, we talked about the rat hole and was all over the news (character limit!)
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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week: Ten Weird Things from this Week's News. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 17 first published on Friday April 26th 2024... Nine Nines Revisited!! In this episode we check in on 9 former stories to see how they're holding up... ❿ Dog story (From Jan 12th)
A couple of scary dogs caused $350,000 damage at a car dealership in Houston.
And there's video.
The dogs have been arrested and are being detained at an animal shelter.
They scratched the paint and tore bumpers off cars. They went HAM on these automobiles. But why?
They think cats were hiding under the cars and the dogs got all fired up and took it out on the poor vehicles.
https://abc13.com/dogs-tear-apart-cars-g-motors-cypress-tx-barc-houston-stray-canines/14262071/
*UPDATE: Those dogs have yet to sign any deals for Influencer Boxing or as Junkyard Spokescanines, or any number of possibilities... Snickers Bar for Dogs? "We're not ourselves when we're hungry."
*Does it hold up? This story holds as a weird one. Also, it keeps happening! It happened again last month in Florida. https://nypost.com/2024/03/30/us-news/dogs-cause-3000-in-damage-to-car-trying-to-get-to-cat/
❾ A New Approach to stop floods... get bent! (From Jan 19th)
This is an article out of the UK from Sky News about how some rivers have gotten "canalised" over the years ("canalised" = "straightened out like a canal").
Now they're gonna try to bend those rivers again and if the researchers are right, when we bend it like Beckham our rivers might be less likely to flood. Or... you're able to control where it happens, maybe is more accurate... It's about slowing the water flow just like a bendy road slows down traffic. (Looking at you, Lombard St. San Francisco.)
https://news.sky.com/story/could-making-rivers-bendy-again-help-prevent-flooding-13047000
*UPDATE: Other than a report on how costly flood prep is, there has been little followup on this.
*Does it hold up? Yes. Yes it does. Flooding remains a problem to be solved. Or we can all live in an ark.
❽ Chinese marathoner disqualified for chain smoking through the entire race... (From Jan 26th)
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the fellow's name is Uncle Chen... he is 52... he finished the race in 3hrs and 33mins! (winner's time was 2:06:46).
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this was at the Xiamen Marathon... tens of thousands of runners take part in this...
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official ruling was disqualification smoking on the track.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12979881/chinese-marathon-runner-uncle-chen-smoking-brother-disqualified.html
*UPDATE: Weeks after that report, Uncle Chen was banned from competing at the same marathon for two years.
*Does it hold up? 10/10 it holds up! In a world where people run marathons dressed like bananas, etc., Uncle Chen continues to get be talked about in running circles. This article from Run Society goes deep into the sport psychology of Uncle Chen... https://www.runsociety.com/races/chain-smoking-marathoner/
❼ Super Swiftie breaks world record... (From Feb 2nd) This is a fellow in Pakistan... 20 year old fellow... who was able to break the record for the most Taylor Swift songs identified from their lyrics in one minute. The world record is now 34 Taylor Swift songs. Maybe you want to try to break that record this weekend. So it's quite straightforward. You have to listen to the lyrics, identify the songs. No peeking... wear a blindfold. It looks like it takes intense concentration.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/1/worlds-number-one-swiftie-breaks-record-for-naming-taylor-swift-songs-763982
*UPDATE: A month ago Bilal posted a video on YouTube unboxing his plaque/certificate.
*Does it hold up? 10/10 it holds up. That record will be tough to beat!
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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 16 first published on Friday April 19th 2024
❿ Please check your cookies for a diamond...
The lady who lost her diamond in cookie dough. And now they're asking that you check your cookie dough and be careful eating your cookie dough. This happened in Kansas. This poor lady lost a diamond off her wedding ring. It's worth about four grand. Figures it is either in the chocolate chip cookies that went out last Friday, or in the sugar cookies, or peanut butter cookies. So be careful eating those cookies. We link to the story and also to the Facebook post from SIS's Sweets Cookies and Cafe. It was on their Facebook where they made the announcement (be careful eating cookies may contain diamonds.) ❾ Beard World Records and Facial Hair World Records were acknowledged this past week by the Guinness World Records folks. These were all set during the National Beard and Mustache Championships late last year. Just being acknowledged now and officially written up by the Guinness World Records folks over on their website. One of the records was Longest Beard Chain. This is where you stand side by side with some other beardos. And you divide your beard into two. Left side gets attached to the person on your left/ The right side of your beard gets attached to the person on your right. And you twist those beards together or maybe there's some sort of beard scrunchie involved sometimes? Anyway, you just form a chain out of those magnificent beards. And the new world record is... 195 feet and something of beards. They did a similar thing with mustaches. The longest mustache chain. 20 feet and something. To participate, your mustache or beard has to be qualifying / has to be a certain length and then of course it has to be robust in order to withstand all of the fastening to other people's beards... and I would say another skill is you have to be able to stand still because you gotta wait while everybody's beard gets attached.If somebody starts to wiggle & a jiggle, well, you're gonna come undone. And that's the end of that world record. ❽ David Record Breaker Rush/ The fellow who wants to break all the world records. I believe that's official now that he just wants to break all of the world records and every week he's trying to break world records and he's going to get there you guys because he is determined and he seems like a good fellow. He uses the world record attempts to shine a light on education and especially STEM education. This one, you know, a lot of times it's a world record where I'll say, hey, try it this weekend. But This one, don't try it this weekend. The longest time for a lawnmower, which is running, to be balanced on your chin. That was the world record he set.
Nine minutes and 17 seconds of balancing this electric mower on his chin... nine minutes and change! What an insanely dangerous world record attempt. Congratulations once again to Record Breaker Rush. I like this headline a lot. Bloke's baffling act in New South Wales River. A world first.
They believe this fellow has a world record, the fellow who got into a pumpkin and started paddling that pumpkin.
First of all, it's the biggest pumpkin grown in Australia. 407 kilograms, so what's that, 800 and something pounds.
He hollowed it out, got inside and paddled it. Now this is something we've seen in the United States. And it, when I saw the story, I was like, of course, it is now autumn in Australia. It's pumpkin season in Australia now, (Word Limit! See https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/04/what-weird-week-ten-weird-things-that.html for this week's blog)
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❿ The Grammy who made the news after receiving a speeding ticket. (actually 2 tickets!) The only thing was she wasn't driving her van. It was one of these deals where the camera catches you speeding and it snaps your picture and you receive a ticket... "Hey here's the evidence. Look at this photo. We caught you speeding." Well this Grammy in East Cleveland Ohio, Joanne Gibson, was having her van towed to the shop at the time of the ticket. So the tow truck was speeding.
❾ The Squat World Record... Think about how many squats you can do. Think about maybe working really hard. How many more squats could you do? And then, you know, multiply that by 10. Are you anywhere close to 26,000 squats? Me, neither. The world record for most squats in 24 hours is more than 26,000 squats!
❽ From Hoops Hooper, who is the Weird News Guru at United Press International... (Every week we like to feature a story by Ben "Hoops" Hooper.) This week Ben filed a story about the chicken who enjoyed the solar eclipse while wearing tiny solar eclipse glasses. This chicken in Arkansas. I mean, if you love your chicken and you want your chicken to enjoy a solar eclipse, of course you're gonna fashion some sort of safety equipment for that chicken to look at the solar eclipse. So a person named Tad made the news. Tad the human and Gertrude. That's the name of the chicken. Tad also was wearing eclipse glasses. It's just a fun photo, like so many people were taking photos of themselves enjoying the eclipse this past week, and someone snapped a picture of Tad and Gertrude, and it started to gain momentum online, and... next thing you know it's on... KTHV-TV!? And we learn that Gertrude laid an egg during the eclipse. I don't know what you get when you lay an egg during an eclipse, but it seems like some sort of superhero folklore, doesn't it? The origin story of something great.
❼ Man getting vasectomy when earthquake hit thought the doctor was joking around. The doctor said, "is that an earthquake?" And the patient was like, "good one, doc. I'm already nervous enough. Quit kidding around." But it was an earthquake, you guys. It was that earthquake that made the news on the east coast of the United States. This is one of those stories that gained momentum online as a funny social media post and then the news media reached out to talk to the fellow. I got this one from HuffPost. Justin Allen. 33 years old from Pennsylvania was getting the procedure, you know... getting the old vasectomy and posted about it online how an earthquake hit during the vasectomy... and that his doctor said "I think that we're having an earthquake." And of course, you're nervous and about to undergo a delicate procedure and... It ain't no joke. It's suddenly quite surreal. He's looking back at it now and laughing and... Seems fine. Two thumbs up in the photo outside of the Urology Health Surgery Center. So... Glad you're doing well, Justin.
❻ The garbage bag porch pirate. This one is just a fascinating video. Somebody is taking their porch piracy to the next level?! Can we all agree that Porch Piracy is a terrible, terrible thing that is going on where people will just take advantage of package being delivered and left unattended for a bit... And people will just steal those things?! Every neighborhood in the world now where you take deliveries, there are stories of people stealing our stuff. A fellow named Omar (Sacramento, California) had the security camera set up. I mean, you can see that camera. Any porch pirate is going to know, "oh, I'm under surveillance here." But this porch pirate dressed up like a garbage bag.
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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 14 first published on Friday 5 April 2024... ❿ Number 10 this week is from Hoops Hooper, the Weird News Guru at UPI. It's a story about something that happened a few weeks ago to this family in Naples, Florida. Alejandro Otero was on the news. Wink News interviewed him about the weird thing that happened. The headline is "Object that crashed through Florida roof may have come from the International Space Station."
... ❾ From India Today, the story of a bear that escaped a zoo. It's been a little while since we had a bear story. We've featured bears ringing doorbells and waiting for people to answer the door so they could eat them. That's what I theorize. The bears are certainly sneaky and intelligent you guys (based on the news articles that we've featured). So this one from India Today broke on April the first and it's always hard to trust a news story that comes out on April the first, but this one appears to be legit about a zoo in India where the bear escaped... and listen to what happened... they had like a storm... a windstorm and a tree falls and it fell in such a way in the bear's enclosure that the bear was able to use that tree, that fallen tree trunk, to climb to freedom... ❽ It's another one from Hoops Hooper, a story that came out last fall, but Hoops did an article on it this week. Coin tosses. This one didn't get a lot of coverage when it came out in the fall, but the research indicates, well, it's game-changing research. Literally game-changing research, because apparently when you flip a coin, it's not 50-50 odds... ❼ Kyle, Texas back in the news. We talked about this before. For the last five years, Kyle Texas has been attempting to set a world record with their gathering of Kyles. And the record is people with the same name in the same place, the most people with the same name in the same place at once... ❻ Eclipse Flavored Sun Chips in the news...
The promotion department at SunChips® has got the brand in the news with a limited-edition flavor that will be given away during the total eclipse... which is 4 minutes and 27 seconds... the new flavor is Solar Eclipse Limited-Edition Pineapple Habanero and Black Bean Spicy Gouda. Yum? From the press release: " Beginning at 1:33 p.m. CT on April 8, as the eclipse casts its shadow over U.S. soil, eager fans can get their hands on the new flavor at SunChipsSolarEclipse.com while supplies last." ... ❺ This is the weirdest snake story you're going to hear all week.
A pet snake that had been missing for a year then shows up... and how it showed up... and where it showed up is Absolutely Bonkers. This is a story out of the UK. The snake is named Agnus. Agnus the pet corn snake which had been missing for a year and then turned up on top of the neighbor's garage after it was dropped by a crow. After a year, the snake gets dropped by a crow onto the neighbor's garage!? Like, what? ... This is from ABC7. Another mysterious thing in the sky... the headline: "Streaking lights that lit up SoCal night sky were caused by Chinese space junk reentry, experts say." For a while, people didn't know what the heck was going on in the sky above them. When you see the footage, it looks like a shooting star or something like that, except it doesn't burn out. It just goes and goes and goes. So of course... therefore aliens. It looked like multiple fireballs and people got some great footage... a number of people thought it was space debris from a SpaceX launch... that was ruled out upon more investigation... People online are pretty much now saying it was space junk from a Chinese space module... (character limit!) for the rest see https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/04/what-weird-week-for-fri-apr-5-2024-ten.html
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What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.Portland Sea Dogs baseball team out of Maine attempted the World's Longest Line of Whoopie Pies last summer and now it's officially been verifiedlawsuit involving parents who allege that a teacher in Quebec has been selling students' artwork online and keeping the money. They've discovered a new beetle in Australia and they almost didn't discover it, apparently, because it looks so much like bird poop. From Sky News: "Man finds England's biggest gold nugget with faulty detector after arriving an hour late to dig."Headline from Food Business News:"Is global cocoa market teetering on the brink of chaos?""Price is Right has special plan in place in case contestants pee themselves."This is from Metro UK... "Remote UK Island now has more Easter eggs than people"the billboard says "This man consumes over 20 gal of liquid cheese in a year. We cannot stop him." That's it. At a cost of ~ $1200... Jonathan thought it would be funny.Congratulations to Louie the raccoon Chips Ahoy Has changed the recipe for the Chips Ahoy cookie...The folks at Claussen have a jelly bean out that tastes like delicious pickles.drinking a litre of lemon juice in under 14 seconds. See Shownotes dot page for podcast details--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 12 first published on Friday March 22 2024
❿ There's a company based in Toronto, Canada that analyzes Dog DNA And they made news this week after an investigative News team at WBZ Boston sent in DNA from their reporter, Christina.
❾ One of the all-time great Combinations Of Our Generation Is pizza and beer. You've got Fred and Barney. You've got Laverne and Shirley. You've got Procter and Gamble. And then pizza and beer.
This week that combination was in the news because The New Belgium Brewing Company Teamed up with Tombstone frozen pizzas To create A pizza beer ❽ A mysterious creature was in the news this week, found in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, East Coast, Canada.
❼ Follow up to a story we talked about In an earlier episode What a Weird Week. It's official, the underwear on the head world record Has been set.
❻ The headline from The mirror in the United Kingdom is "I named my baby after my internet provider so I could get 18 years free Wi-Fi."
❺ This one's scary and involves a haunted lake.
❹ The headline from Jen Mills at metro dot co dot uk: "Man finds jacked up grasshopper in fridge after shopping in Aldi."
❸ New study indicates that listening to Ariana Grande and Drake, also Eminem in your car can make you a better/safer driver!? Billy Eilish is mentioned in the study too... & Beyonce.
❷ from the Seattle Times an article about a burglary ring. They call it a burglary tourist ring... where people fly in from other countries to rob you and then they fly home again.
🍅 Honorable mention: From Science Daily. The headline is "New research suggests that our universe has no dark matter."
Which is a bit of a game-changer. ❶ Study from Concordia University in Montreal indicates that cranberries might make you bionic... or at least help you athletes.
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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 11 first published on Friday March 15th 2024 ...
❿ Return of the Monoliths!
❾ Cats for books!
❽ Spring break is being ruined by Blue Dragons.
❼ Dog research in the news and it's good news.
❻ Rats getting high on seized supply!
❺ The Gas Pump Glitch... I got to say I love this story and maybe that's wrong... the woman who allegedly figured out this glitch at the gas pump...
❹ Bake Shop Accused of Re-selling Dunkin' Donuts as Their Own...
❸ How Big is the World's Heaviest Blueberry? Monstrous.
❷ The Search for Alien Life Suffers Minor Setback...
🍅 Honorable Mention for Clickbait Headline: "Stock Up On Food, Water, And Fuel Ahead Of The Eclipse, Emergency Officials Warn" (it's not what you think)
❶ Alligators in the Sewer!
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Reminder: For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 10.5 first published on Sunday March 10th 2024 ... Time Change Fact Sheet...
- There are stats about heart attacks, traffic accidents, energy consumption, and enraged colleagues (not you, everyone else.)
- The time change might conserve energy, or it might not (depends on what study you look at.)
- SOME studies say car accidents go up after the time change because our concentration gets all messed up, but another study showed that more daylight resulted in better driving outcomes.
Remember when they made Daylight Saving last longer?
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The time change helps the golf industry make more cash.
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The petroleum companies do great business during extended Daylight Saving because it means that people drove their cars more in the evening.
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It has been great for the barbecue industry too.
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Did You Know... that the big candy companies lobbied for a longer Daylight Saving Time? They wanted as many kids as possible going out to Trick-or-Treat. I can't stay mad at you, big candy.
Not everybody hates DST, and not everybody loves it (looking at you, airline industry... and farmers.)
- Vampires lose an hour of darkness this time of year.
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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 10 first published on Friday March 8th 2024 ...
❿ The moon was back in the news this week. Russia has announced that they hope to team up with China and build a nuclear power plant on the moon. ❾ Rare Lego piece makes news... It was found at a thrift store and sold for a lot of money. ❽ They've discovered a new sea creature. Off the coast of England. It's a whole new species of... ❼ Scientists stunned by man who has gotten the Covid vaccine more than 200 times. ❻ Something incredibly rare happened the other day and it's not terrible/ I would not deem it terrible news. A Grey Whale was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean... They thought Grey Whales were extinct and did not live in the Atlantic Ocean anymore. ❺ How often does Campbell Soup come out with a brand new flavor? Well, they have! ❹ The return of Don Gorske! Is he your hero? Does the name not ring a bell? He still might be your hero. ❸ The rabbit tattoo world record in the news this week. ❷ Dave Rush back in the news with another world record attempt. He's the fellow who is going for most Guinness World Record Titles Held Concurrently. 🍅 Okay, this one is PG-13! PG-13! Not for the kids maybe. It involves nudity. A group of nudists in Pittsburgh have made news because they are planning a naked bowling event. 🍅 This week a robot made headlines. Should we ever trust robots? Right now my vote is no. Never. ❶ Couple of things I didn't know... first of all, hello to our friends in Missouri... the area code in St. Louis is 314 and so that's become a bit of a local holiday in St. Louis... 314 Day/ March 14th. And so I didn't know that... I also didn't know the world record for most people in one place with underwear on their head is 270 participants... Well on March 14th/ 314 Day in St. Louis they're going to try to get 314 participants wearing underwear on their head.
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(this is a transcript of the podcast) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 09 first published on Friday March 1st 2024 ... ❿ Musician breaks world record at music venue in Iowa... John Locker made news the other day when he set a world record by playing his bass through 81 amps simultaneously. ❾ Researchers have discovered the world's biggest snake. The Northern Green Anaconda is a new species of anaconda and it takes the record for the biggest snake in the world. ❽ The folks who churn out those delicious Cadbury Easter treats and the marketing department over there at Cadbury... they know what they're doing. The contest where your pet can become the new spokesperson for Cadbury Easter treats is back... ❼ The science of concerts... something published the other day from the University of Zurich... how enjoying a live performance of a song is more impactful to us than enjoying that same song as a recording. ❻ Imagine there is a target that you have to hit with a soccer ball 52 feet away. Now imagine you can't kick that soccer ball, you have to head the soccer ball and hit the target 52 feet away. Not easy. Somebody did it. It's a world record. ❺ From KKTV CBS 11 News The headline is "Woman has tongue larger than a soda can!" #WorldRecord ❹ Classroom sword fight lawsuit in the news... ❸The end of a professional sports era....
Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies organization has ended dollar hot dog days... because it was getting out of hand with the rambunctious fans and their new tradition of whipping hot dogs at one another...❷ A Spanish artist has announced that they are going to get married to an AI hologram that is inspired by the artist's previous boyfriends.🍅The Willy Wonka-inspired interactive experience for kids that made international headlines for how angry it made parents... 🍅 Another honorable mention is the very fast college football player who made headlines for not believing in other planets... ❶ Stinky Flower makes headlines again... this one makes headlines every time it blooms because it is so... very... stinky! The Corpse Flower has bloomed again and is on display in San Francisco... ... that's the program... For Shownotes and more go to ShowNotes Dot Page or search "What a Weird Week" wherever you get podcasts.
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What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. (this is taken from the transcript of the podcast) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 08 first published on Friday Feb. 23, 2024 ... ❿ A new Guinness world record for the most sweaters worn at once... ❾ I don't know how to feel about this one you guys. It's a follow-up to when we talked about Bobi... The world's oldest dog... ❽ The Ryan Rodeo is in the news this week... This is a group out of Brooklyn... a society of Ryans... to be in this club you must be named Ryan... they're having a Ryan Rodeo this weekend in Austin in hopes of breaking the world record for "the largest same name gathering." ❼ The Naked Man Festival of Japan made news this week. The festival is ending after a thousand years. It's been running for a thousand years?! ❻ (From Hoops at United Press International) A couple got married in a social-media-famous bathroom... ❺ Shoutout to the marketing team who got a casino in the news this week with a fun Oscars contest/ publicity stunt/ job offer... Test Casinos made news this week because they're offering two thousand dollars if you are picked for the job of watching all 10 best picture nominees for this year's Academy Awards... ❹ Another world record... this one is super fast. A fellow has set the land speed record for riding on a toy car... ❸ There's a new latte flavor at Starbucks. This is available in China and it is pork... pork flavored latte. ❷ The Tooth Fairy is in the news for paying less for teeth... 🍅 An article from HuffPost talking about this study looking into whether marijuana makes running easier. Please enjoy responsibly and all of that... ❶ Chizza is in the news. Today and tomorrow (this show drops February 23rd)... today and tomorrow in New York City you can go to the East 14th Street KFC and it will be transformed into a chicken pizzeria and they will be serving Chizza... For these stories in detail click the link at the top ^. Thanks for checking out the show!
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(this is a transcript of the podcast) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where you can get caught up on the weird news of the week. For a transcript, or shownotes or to subscribe to the podcast see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 07 first published on Friday Feb. 16, 2024 ... ❿ From NBC 9 News... Two high school kids in Colorado have received scholarships to play Division One Cornhole for Winthrop University ❾ The Plague/ Cat story was picked up by a lot of news orgs... It's a little scary at first. And also weird... a person in Oregon who is infected with bubonic plague ❽ the story about the very old wombat. It's cool and weird... weird and cool. I mean wombats, right you guys? The Guinness World Records folks have acknowledged this 34 year old wombat at a zoo in Japan, who is the oldest wombat in the world!! ❼ This past week we had Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Tuesday and folks in a place named Liberal, Kansas really lean into Pancake Day... ❻ This one was all over the place on the late-night shows and every news network picked up the story of the stingray that is somehow pregnant. The stingray is in a tank with only sharks. ❺ So there's a piece of music that, from beginning to end, will take 639 years to complete. The song or piece of music is set to be over in the year 2640. ❹ A wonderful tale of redemption this week... a followup to story that we talked about last week. re the fellow who made the Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks... ❸ Another follow-up... in an episode a lil while ago we mentioned about Sir Winston Churchill's false teeth... that they were going on auction... ❷ A new study is in the news about emojis and how men cannot understand emojis as well as women... the researchers have a theory on this... 🍅 Sort of a bittersweet Honorable Mention... this week we lost someone who brought joy to so many... ❶ Meat rice is in the news. It is exactly what it sounds like. ... that's this week's What a Weird Week program. For Shownotes and more go to ShowNotes Dot Page or search "What a Weird Week" wherever you get podcasts. Thanks to you folks who tune in to this show via Fun House Radio. Ask your smart speaker to play Fun House Radio or see the link on our Shownotes Page. See you next week for another countdown of weird news!!
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Here are the top ten headlines...
❿ The radio station that had their 200-foot radio tower stolen. ❾ 68 million Americans plan to bet on this year's football spectacular. ❽ Nuclear fusion is back in the headlines... we've talked about it before on this podcast because it's just weird, isn't it? You guys, how does it even work? Just kidding. I don't want to know. ❼ I love this one from the TV Spy website... Canadian broadcasters wear the same outfit for a week to see if anyone notices. ❻ The lady who returned her couch to Costco... because she didn't like it anymore. It was two years old. ❺ A suspected spy that was detained for eight months has been released... police thought a pigeon was a Chinese spy... ❹ This one was covered by everyone, but it's funny and weird so we're covering it too... the three year old boy in Australia who wanted to get the prize out of the claw machine, climbed in there, and got stuck. ❸ From Hoops, the Weird News Bureau Chief at UPI... I saw this headline a few different places. But we put the link to Hoops' story in today's show notes... The man from France who made a world record tall Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks. ❷ Another Valentine's story as we get closer to the day of love and the day of feeling scorned. There's a company in the news who will Name a junk car after your ex and then squish it. 🍅 We have an honorable mention... This publicity stunt gets full marks for trying to promote recycling and also for the most amazing website... https://flushyourex.whogivesacrap.org ... ❶ It's not a funny story. It's just weird you guys and I don't know what it means. Researchers hope that someday it'll cure cancer. I'm paraphrasing a bit there. This has to do with the radioactive wolves in Chernobyl.
See you next Friday for another countdown of weird news!!
Scott.
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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where you can get caught up on the weird news of the week. For Transcripts and Shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 04 first published on Friday Feb. 2, 2024 ...
❿ More romance in the news ahead of Valentine's Day...
Last week we talked about the zoo that will name a bug after your ex and then feed the bug to a zoo animal... Now A New Jersey animal shelter who will name a feral cat after your ex and then neuter that cat ❾ Super Swiftie breaks world record... ❽ Mona Lisa gets souped up real good... ❼ Lego man gets world record... ❻ Giant world record bouncy castle in the news. ❺ Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas) is back in the news. This is a park where you're allowed to go and look for diamonds. ❹ This one made national news here where I'm at in Canada. The McRib is back.
I'm not sure if you have the McRib where you are, but the McDonald's McRib, a delicious pressed pork sandwich, was gone for ten years in Canada ❸ Woolly rhinos are in the news. First of all, I had no idea they existed. Well, they're extinct now but... ❷ There's a story in the news about a mysterious noise in Florida and fish. I'm sorry PG-13... I should have said PG-13 first. There's a story in the news about this weird noise in Florida that people are taking note of and it may be fish... making fish babies. 🍅 We have an honorable mention about a lady in California and a world record. ❶ Gizmodo headline "Japan zoo recaptures escaped man in costume in adorable emergency drill."
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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where you can get caught up on the weird news of the week. For audio, video, and shownotes see Shownotes dot Page. Here's Season 5, Episode 03 first published on Friday Jan. 26, 2024 ...
❿ Dominoes Pizza Heat Suit Utilizes Pizza Delivery Bag Technology to Spread Warmth... ❾ Chinese marathoner disqualified for chain smoking through the entire race... ❽ Chicago Rat Hole is like a phoenix from the ashes!! ❼ Stanley Mugs: Why and How Much? ❻ For Sale: Winston Churchill's False Teeth... ❺ The Swearing Parrots of Lincolnshire Wildlife Park... ❹ Study indicates that Food grown in Urban Gardens has a much Bigger Carbon Footprint than traditional Farms or Sources... that's weird, right?! ❸ The plane that had a landing wheel come off just before takeoff... ❷ Butter Chicken Lawsuit in the News... 🍅 Large Cabbage in the news... ❶ Love and Heartbreak, and bugs at the Zoo...
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Here's this week's top ten #Weird #News #Catch-up for Fri Jan 19, 2024 ...
❿ From Study Finds: "Magic mushrooms traced back to asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs" ... ❾ A New Approach to stop floods... get bent! ... ❽ Chicago's Rat Hole in the news! ... ❼ New Study out changes the game on Blue Light at Night! ... ❻ a Very Expensive Ice Cream Bar is in the News... How much is it?? ... ❺ There is a theory in life that If you don't know someone with an annoying nose whistle, then the person with the annoying nose whistle is you... maybe it's even world-record level nose whistle territory! ... ❹ Man drinks cup of coffee very fast, world reacts! Shout-out to Hoops at UPI who icymi is their weird news reporter... ❸ Delicious Hidden Valley Ranch Flavored Lip Care Products! ... ❷ A Japanese Space Trash Laser Blaster company is in the news... they are not called Japanese Space Trash Laser Blasters but that would be a great name... 🍅 Honorable Mention! 4 new deep-sea octopus species discovered close to Costa Rica... 🍅 Honorable Mention! What is that Jellyfish UFO/ UAP? ... ❶ There is a World Record Dog Scandal in the news this week... for links to these stories or more podcast options see the blog post at https://www.shownotes.page/podcast
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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your weird news catch-up top 10 countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page. Here's The Top Ten Headlines for Season 5, Episode 01 first published on Friday Jan. 12th, 2024 ... ❿ This week in sentencing: A 26-year-old guy tried to sell the late Queen of England's walking stick for charity... ❾ Dog story: A couple of scary dogs caused $350,000 damage at a car dealership in Houston. And there's video. ❽ Exploding Toilet Lawsuit article from the AP ... ❼ World Record Big Spider in the news ... ❻ The mouse that cleaned up the shed ... ❺ Message from Canada's National Parks: "Try to discourage moose from licking you car... " How do we do that? There's not a lot we can do but they do offer advice... ❹ Dog eats $4000. Owners did what they had to do ... or doodoo ... ❸ The Slate story about the indestructible cell phone... Anna Gibbs writing for Slate: "How Can a Phone Survive a Fall From a Plane Without Cracking? ...
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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show which aims to catch you up on the weird news of the week. This is our year-ender (part 2) which features the top weird news of 2023*
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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your Weird News Catch-up in a Top Ten Countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 4, Episode 66 first published on Friday Dec. 29th, 2023 ... the Year in Review episode ... What a Weird Year!
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But... it's Christmas Time, baby! So today we're re-posting this holiday special recorded in my kitchen last year. My wife is doing some baking. My kids are helping me crank out some podcast gold.
We count down the Top Earning Christmas Movies of All Time, and the Top Earning Toys of All Time!
Movies list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Christmas_films
Toys list https://www.nowblitz.com/blog/15-best-selling-toys-in-history/
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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your Weird News Catch-up in a Top Ten Countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 4, Episode 64 first published on Friday Dec. 15th, 2023... less weird news and more of a holiday Snow Pourri... ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫
❿ The airing of grievances has begun... The Tampa Bay Times asked people to send in their grievances - as is the custom - for Festivus. They've started publishing those... ❾ The Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Toss and it's Storied Past. *Event happens this weekend in Bethlehem, PA ❽ Article from Atlas Obscura claims that "Unusual Christmas Ornaments Make the Holidays Weird and Wonderful" ... ❼ From Delish dot Com: "25 Christmas Snack Recipes That'll Keep Everyone Full & Festive" ... ❻ From Slate's Advice Column "Care and Feeding" by Nicole Chung: "Our Family’s Christmas Gathering Has Taken a Weird Turn, and I Want Out" ... ❺From Women's Health Magazine: "41 Unique, Funny, And Weird Christmas Gifts To Get Your Friends This Holiday Season" ... ❹ Christmas Puns from Reader's Digest ... they claim the puns are "Elfin Hilarious"Some of these include: "Sleigh it ain’t so!" ... "Single bells, single bells, single all the way!" ... "Make it rein, deer." ... "Don’t mind the resting Grinch face." ... "It’s the most wonderful time for a beer!"Q: Would Reader's Digest exaggerate the hilariousness quotient of puns? idk. ❸ The Pioneer Woman website article: "45 Funny Christmas Movies That'll Make You Say, 'Ho, Ho, HA!'" Honorable Mention!
Holiday Drink Recipe... if you are craving Dorito-flavored booze and are disappointed that it is not available until after the holidays, create your own cheesy booze with this recipe!!Step One: make some nacho cheese sauce. Step Two: add a bunch of booze to that sauce and drink it. Two easy steps you guys!! ❷ Weird Advent Calendars! (Maybe they'll be on sale by the time you hear this and you can get a great deal, plus you'll have a bunch of windows to open right away!) ❶ Rosie Taylor writing for the Sun: "I tested all the weird Christmas food ..."Among the weird holiday foods she tried are: chips that taste like cheese and sparkling wine (6 outta 10), sticky toffee cheese (3 outta 10), Black Forest Christmas Pudding (it looks rough to me but she gives it an 8 outta 10), and chocolate wine (5 outta 10).Depending where you're at, those might not be available to you but Rosie's article might give you the courage to try some other disgusting flavor of chips... or crisps.
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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your Weird News Catch-up in a Top Ten Countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 4, Episode 63 first published on Friday Dec. 8th, 2023...
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❿ The Hopper and the Copper: Kangaroo arrested in Ontario, Canada... ❾ The most-read article on Wikipedia for 2023 was... ❽ The Golden Mole is back you guys! Or, maybe don't call it a comeback?
❼ This one via Hoops at UPI... I know it's weird news and you got to report that stuff Hoops, but IDK...
❻ The Garden Ornament turned out to be a Bomb. Not 'THE Bomb' like "Hey that garden ornament is the bomb!" but rather, "we're calling the bomb squad to dispose of that thing,"
❺ A lady who threw a burrito at an employee in a Chipotle has been sentenced to working in fast food...
❹ World's First AI-written Law gets voted in...
❸The top advertisement of 2023 (according to AdWeek) is... Honorable Mention!CoCo the Flying Cat
❷ Another publicity stunt that knocked it out of the park... ❶ via NeuroScienceNews.com: "Optimism Linked to Poor Decision-Making and Lower Cognitive Skills"
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Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, a Top Ten Countdown of weird news. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's the top ten list for Season 4, Episode 62 first published on Friday Dec. 1st, 2023... ❿ Attention Influencers and Models: be nicer to work with than AI. ❾ Sports Illustrated in the news this week after a Futurism Article with this headline: "Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers... We asked them about it - and they deleted everything." ❽ via NBC 5 "On Your Side" ... dateline, St. Louis ... "trespassers call 911 for help after locking themselves in cell ... Police helped free the men from a cell and then arrested them." ❼ The Snake with a Rockstar Energy Drink can on it's head in the news... the Facebook post from Snake Catcher Tasmania got picked up by Hoops over at UPI and the headline is "Venomous snake rescued from energy drink can" ❻ A Heartwarming World Record was in the news this week... The official world record is "Youngest Member of Mensa (female)" and it belongs to little Isla McNabb of Kentucky, USA ❺ Last week AP had this headline:Robbery suspect’s colorful underwear helped police arrest him..." ❹ Another Impressive World Record makes our top ten list... ❸ Watch twelve Hallmark Holiday Movies and get paid Thousands! Honorable Mention: This Holiday, please consider adding a Pretzel House to your Festive Traditions! ❷ Last week while we were busy doing our Thanksgiving Extravaganza Holiday Special, the Guinness World Records Folks published a piece about Edgar Yudkevich who set a pretty impressive knife world record... ❶ Underwater Magic Tricks are a thing and we have a new world record in that field?!
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Today, instead of the usual Weird News Top Ten Countdown, we're re-posting our 2022 holiday special recorded in the kitchen where my kids help me count down the Top Money-Making Christmas Movies of All Time, and the Best-Selling Toys of All Time! Happy Holidays to you friends who are celebrating!
Top-Grossing Christmas Movies of All Time list is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Christmas_films
The Top-Selling Toys of All Time list is at https://www.nowblitz.com/blog/15-best-selling-toys-in-history/
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Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, a Top Ten Countdown of weird news. For audio, video, and shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page/podcast Here's the Top Ten List for Season 4, Episode 60 first published on Friday Nov. 17th, 2023...
❿ Teenager sets new Jenga world record and inspires a Hallmark Movie? ❾ Circus Lion Recaptured but that was scary! ❽ Horse gets loose on a plane... they decide to turn around and had back to home base... ❼ Please have your hippos spayed or neutered... ❻ Now it's deer who are trying to draw us out of our homes... ❺ Crochet World Record in the News... I hope this drives more episode downloads amongst you passionate crochet fans... ❹ headline via Fox News: $100k tool bag lost in space is now orbiting Earth... ❸ John Oliver, friend to the Pūteketeke Bird, helps to get it crowned Bird of the Century! ❷ Champagne Heist/ Chase Honorable Mention: The Toy Hall of Fame Voting Results... ❶ Yesterday the Guinness World Record Folks posted about a Kendama record that is bonkers...
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Here's the top ten for Season 4, Episode 59 first published on Friday Nov. 10th, 2023...
❿ Nike Lawsuit! ❾ The Chainsaw-wielding thieves in the news and what they're stealing... ❽ Two amazing cooking records in the news! ❼ the UFO was a NOFO ❻ Men charged in Golden Toilet Heist that might be an insult to America... ❺ Whales sink another boat... ❹ Headline from Global News: "Human skull found amid Halloween decor in Florida thrift store!"This one is scary! Creepy! Human skull! ❸ The Best Cheese in the World is... ❷ headline from Fox 13 is NYC Green Slime puzzlers New Yorkers... ❶ is an archeological find that surprised the researchers...
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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 58 first published on Friday Nov. 3rd, 2023... ❿ This week, I'm playing catch-up on a few stories because last week was our Halloween special... kicking things off at number ten is the heroic world record where a bunch of people did a shot of booze off a ski... ❾ Another Catch-up... the loudest house cat purr world record belongs to Bella the cat from the UK who can purr somewhat loudly... ❽ Next we're catching up on the Glass Dancing World Record as reported by Hoops Hooper at UPI... a man in Cyprus did a dance while balancing 319 wine glasses on his head... that's a new world record! ❼ Here's another one that got bumped for the Halloween episode last week... headline from Business Insider: "A man posed as a mannequin in a shop window to steal jewelry after hours, Polish police say" ❻ Bears try to steal minivan, escape arrest... ❺ Possible Spiderman World Record! ❹ OK... earmuffs for the kids on this one... and it's gross... a Charity Shop/ Thrift Store in the UK had to post this on their social media... Please stop (see shownotes for full headline) ❸ @GWR headline: "Colossal cup of ‘smelly’ instant noodles sets record in China"... ❷ A pig named Kevin Bacon who escaped from his Pennsylvania home has returned after 17 days on the loose... Honorable Mention this week goes to the staff at Buzzfeed who are promoting a delicious Croissant Candle that costs around 65 bucks... ❶ The day after Halloween Mariah Carey announced that it was time once again to enjoy her song "All I want for Christmas is You".
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It is the song that famously took 15 minutes to write and makes Mariah Carey around 3 million dollars per year.
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She is also being sued again over that song.
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Hi Friends, I'm Scott. Welcome to our What a Weird Week Halloween Special! Usually we have a Top Ten Countdown of weird news, but this episode is weird Halloween stuff. Link: https://www.shownotes.page
Now, Our Halloweird for Season 4, Episode 57 first published on Friday Oct. 27, 2023...
❿ Halloween costumes that will be popular this year... For 2023, Google Frightgeist says the Top Three costumes are
1) Barbie, 2) Princess, 3) Spider-Man
❾ 83% of people surveyed said they had some kind of paranormal activity in their home
❽ a quick and careful look at Ouija Boards... Steer clear of those things you guys!
❼ Some tips on Candy Hangovers...
❻ Most Popular Pet Halloween Costumes...
❺ Followup... In June we talked about the Ohio lady who made news for refusing to remove a nine foot tall werewolf statue...
❹ Followup... We had a pretty fantastic Halloweenish story the other day when that Chucky Doll was placed in handcuffs, arrested, and booked for crimes in Mexico...
❸ Redux... Steve from Missouri broke the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat!
❷ Followup... A few episodes ago we talked about that Big Ol' Pumpkin that broke the world record... over a ton!
❶ Headline from @GWR "Farm celebrates Halloween with giant Jack Skellington pumpkin mosaic"
Bonus... Most people dressed in certain costume... largest group of zombies was 15458 zombies... scarecrows was 2495... then there were the 2018 skeletons... Fastest pumpkin carving record belongs to Stephen Clarke who carved one regulation size pumpkin in 9.4 seconds... most pumpkins smashed in a minute is 52!
the National Retail Federation says spending for Halloween 2023 will surpass pre-pandemic numbers... we'll spend $12.2 billion on Halloween this year.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE!!
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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 56 first published on Friday Oct. 20, 2023...
❿ Space Probe that may destroy the Global Economy has Successful Launch! ❾ University Student Wins $40,000 Prize for Letting AI DO All the Work! jk ... ❽ Mosquitos in Our Flying Tubes! ... ❼ Huffpost Headline was "GEORGIA MAN STUNNED BY $1.4 MILLION SPEEDING TICKET" ... ❻ New World Record for Cereal Box Dominoes... If you wanted to beat the record for knocking over cereal boxes, you'd need to beat ... ❺ Rubber Ducks: Why and How Much?!! ❹ Bungee Jumping World Record has its Ups and Downs (thanks dad, for that headline) ❸ New World Record for solving the Rubik's Cube before crashing into the earth at terminal velocity... ❷ from LiveScience: "Horrifying parasitic wasp with a giant head is one of more than 100 newfound species discovered in the Amazon" ...
Here's the Top Ten from last week. Episode is still online at https://www.shownotes.page/podcast ...
10 If that chair could talk! (It's probably seen a lot of rear ends.)
9 Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... but how big is the biggest house of cards in the world? 8 Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... 7 I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down...
6 a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord 5 Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling. 4 Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines...
3 Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce... 2 Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery? 1 Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world? 2749 pounds!
Honorable Mention! The headline from the New York Post is "Woman ate 48 oysters on a date - what happened next was shocking..."
❶ Lady accused of stealing car from Dealership to get to her Exotic Dancing Job Interview according to police...
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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 55 first published on Friday Oct. 13, 2023... FRIDAY THE FREAKIN' 13TH!
❿ If that chair could talk! (It's probably seen a lot of rear ends.) ❾ Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... but how big is the biggest house of cards in the world? ❽ Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... ❼ I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down... ❻ a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord ❺ Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling. ❹ *Warning: PG 13. Earmuffs for the kids! OK, here's the story ... Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines... ❸ Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce... ❷ Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery? ❶ Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world?
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it is Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend, but instead of taking the week off or even posting a re-run, please enjoy this Ten Ten Episode where we revisit Ten former Number Ten Entries from the podcast to see how they hold up now... so here comes season 4, ep 54: ten tens for Thanksgiving, first published on Friday Oct. 6, 2023...
❿Headline from March 24, 2023: Bonkers Carrot Caper! Also, Happy Easter Season!! ❿Headline from March 31st, 2023: I say As You Get Older, Start Breaking Old People World Records because there are a bunch to be had! ❿Headline from April 7th, 2023: How Young is the world's youngest published author? ❿Headline from April 14th, 2023: How short is Pearl the Chihuahua (shortest dog in the world)? ❿Headline from April 21st, 2023 : How Fast can you drink? Are you ready to set a World Record? ❿Headline from April 28th, 2023: Nudists will feel naked and exposed if Cable Car over nude beach goes ahead... ❿Headline from May 5th, 2023: Freaky Foot World Record Do Not Attempt! ❿From May 12th, 2023: How Excited are you about Printed Fish!? ❿From May 19th, 2023: The Gator that fooled us all... ❿From May 26th, 2023: People reminded to wear clothes for Driver's License photo in Georgia
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Happy Thanksgiving! (Canadians)
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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 53 first published on Friday Sept 29, 2023...
❿ Tinders Very Expensive Option makes news...❾ Wienermobile Rides Again!❽ Dogs Go To Human Movie, World Reacts...❼ Flock of Sheep Steal 600 Pounds of Marijuana Plants...❻ Guinness World Record for 10 Year-Old Makes Many of us feel inadequate... ❺ Message in a Bottle Sweepstakes Makes News...❹ Guy drinks Capri Sun brand beverage very fast, sets new record...❸ a Drug that can Grow New Teeth was in the news this week... ❷ Dog from Canada sets Sock Removal Record... Honorable Mention... SpongeBob Mac and Cheese is a Triumph of the Human Spirit...❶ Lady Stuck in Toilet Makes News, Retrieves Watch! For full shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page
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This is What a Weird Week, a show about weird stuff from this week's news. Audio https://podnews.net/podcast/i9vxl , Shownotes https://www.shownotes.page , Video https://www.youtube.com/@weirdweekpod. Here's the Top Ten Headlines for Season 4, Episode 52 first published on Friday Sept 22, 2023 ...10 Large Onion Makes News, Everyone Cries... 9 Flaming Hooper Breaks World Record... 8 Mistake by Ticket Seller Results in Big Lotto Win... 7 Artist's Art Wasn't Really Art so they have to give the Money Back... 6 Surfing Snake Incident Results in Big Fine... 5 these train wrestlers you guys! 5 these train wrestlers you guys! 3 Beer Foam Study... (How do you get a grant to study Beer? asking for a friend.) 2 Bargain Painting bought for four bucks sells for hefty profit... and 1 Boot-throwing world record attempt! Shownotes https://www.shownotes.page--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
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Here are the Top Ten Headlines for Season 4, Episode 51 first published on Friday Sept 15, 2023.
❿ Man from Pennsylvania sees 777 theater movies in one year. ❾ Chopping Chopper Chops a Lot... ❽ Little Girl Finds Big Ol' Diamond, Makes News... ❼ What is the Mystery Golden Orb they've discovered in the Ocean? ❻ When you buy a cursed painting, the important thing is to come to grips with the fact it's cursed as soon as possible, then return it... ❺ Chico the cockatoo sends land speed bird scoot record! ❹ Lady in Maryland Uses License Plate to pick lotto numbers, wins $50,000 lottery prize! ❸ River of Wine Floods Portuguese Streets... I would say it was like white water rapids, but the wine was red wine... red wine rapids! ❷ Teen from India has record-breaking long hair... Honorable Mention: UFO fails to cause panic in Prophetstown, Illinois. Everybody there seems really cool. ❶ Mystery Alien Mummies and Mexico's Congress...
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This is What a Weird Week, a show about weird stuff from this week's news. This is Season 4, Episode 50 first published on Friday Sept 8, 2023: "Big Cheese Ball!" Here's this week's Top Ten Headlines ... ❿ Venice, Italy to start charging a cover...❾ Man and Lady suspected of busting a hole through Great Wall of China b/c, wanted to make a shortcut...❽ Gnomes in the News, repeat: GNOMES IN THE NEWS!❼ Mullet World Record!❻ Man interviewed on BBC TV by mistake is back in the news...❺ Record-Breaking Cheese Ball is Enormous!❹ The Real Barbie Oppenheimer...❸ Extreme Athlete's Dream of Hamster-wheeling Across Ocean Thwarted!❷ Tripod the Three-Legged Bear Quenches Thirst with White Claws... ❶ Donut World Record! Congratulations to the Queen of Donuts!!
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This is What a Weird Week, a show about weird stuff from this week's news. This is Season 4, Episode 50 first published on Friday Sept 8, 2023: "Big Cheese Ball!" Here's this week's Top Ten Headlines ... ❿ Venice, Italy to start charging a cover...❾ Man and Lady suspected of busting a hole through Great Wall of China b/c, wanted to make a shortcut...❽ Gnomes in the News, repeat: GNOMES IN THE NEWS!❼ Mullet World Record!❻ Man interviewed on BBC TV by mistake is back in the news...❺ Record-Breaking Cheese Ball is Enormous!❹ The Real Barbie Oppenheimer...❸ Extreme Athlete's Dream of Hamster-wheeling Across Ocean Thwarted!❷ Tripod the Three-Legged Bear Quenches Thirst with White Claws... ❶ Donut World Record! Congratulations to the Queen of Donuts!!
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This is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. This is Season 4, Episode 49 first published on Friday Sept 1, 2023: "Long Things, Mystery Ducks, Wine!" Here's this week's Top Ten List... 10 Very Long Stick of Meat makes headlines...9 Very Long Sandwich also makes headlines...8 Very Fast Remote Controlled Car Breaks Record and also Explodes...7 Very Long Cat Tail receives honor...6 This just in: there are giant tanker trucks out there that have wine in them?5 We just came through the worst time for people taking a sick day... did you notice?4 Swedish Man eats something gross very quickly...3 News Crew Robbed while covering robbery story...2 NopeHM using old Coffee Grounds to make something better?!HM Gator in Jersey again...HM Mystery DucksHM Loch Ness Monster mystery solved! JK! LOL1 Hugging World Record Attempt... For story links, photos, and videos go to www.Shownotes.page
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Hey you guys, This is the What a Weird Week show: a weekly look at weird stuff from the news.Links: Podcast, Shownotes.page,YouTube.This*is Season 4, Episode 48 first published on Friday Aug 25, 2023:*Ten Tens! Revisiting a bunch of number 10 entries from earlier this year to see how they hold up.**
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Salut les amis, Je m'appelle Scott. This is What a Weird Week, a show where every week we count down the top ten Weird Stories from the news. You can Like and Subscribe to the podcast, see the shownotes blog and check us out on YouTube. Find everything at Shownotes.page. This is Season 4, Episode 47 first published on Friday Aug 18, 2023 and here's the top ten:
❿ Sticky, Gooey, World Record! ❾ The Canadian Amateur Safe Cracker and the 75 year old safe... ❽ Riding a bicycle backwards for 500 miles is not impossible? ❼ The Butter Cow of the Illinois State Fair... ❻ Live Frog in Package of Spinach! ❺ The Sock Monkey World has a new Champion... ❹ I have had it with these snakes in a shopping cart! ❸ Dunkin' Booze is coming in September... ❷ Intoxicated Tourists spend a night trapped in the Eiffel Tower... ❶ Eggo's Brunch in a Jar booze is making news this week... Full links and shownotes at Shownotes.page.
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This is Season 4, Episode 46 first published on Friday Aug 11, 2023: Here's the Top Ten... ❿ Mayor Caught Cocaine (i know, usually it's 'Mayor Caught WITH Cocaine') ... ❾ Bear Crashes Wedding... ❽ Headline from Guinness World Records is everything a headline is supposed to be... Indian martial artist headbutts hundreds of nuts to reclaim record... shout-out to writer Sanj Atwal, you should be teaching Headline Writing... ❼ Snake Falls Out Of The Sky Onto Texas Woman, then Hawk Attacks Her, she exclaims “Help Me, Jesus!” ❻ Driving Instructor Fail Makes News... ❺ Giant space umbrella to the rescue! ❹ One more shout-out to Guinness World Records for an incredible headline... ❸ Scientists might be changing our understanding of human history and there's gonna be trouble! ❷ Australian lady fired after work from home discovery... ❶ Nervous Flyer's Nightmare! A bear escaped from a crate in a plane's cargo hold!
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This is Season 4, Episode 44 first published on Friday July 28, 2023:
❿ The real estate agent who made themselves at home a little too much and had to pay for it... ❾ Playing harp while very high results in world record... ❽ Swifties cause earthquake... headline from CBC: "When Taylor Swift performed Shake It Off in Seattle, Swifties literally shook the Earth, seismologists say"... ❼ the ol' "Change Your Name to Subway" story... ❻ When beasts emerge from the ocean and chase people off the beach... ❺ The Zoo had to issue a press release insisting the bear wasn't just a guy in a suit... ❹ Play UNO, get paid... ❸ Another gator in Pennsylvania... ❷ Would you drink beer made from water from your shower drain? 🏆 Another week, Another push-ups record! ❶ There's been a shakeup in the competitive Face Canning space (followup)...
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Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week, a show where we count down the top ten Weird News stories of the Week. Like and subscribe to the podcast, see the shownotes blog and check us out on YouTube. Find everything at www.Shownotes.page This is Season 4, Episode 44 first published on Friday July 28, 2023. Here's the Top Ten: ❿ Cocaine cheese in the news... ❾ That's the way the cookie crumbles... rocks in the cookies recall story... ❽ Should you let your pooch sleep in your bed? ❼ 16 Psyche is back in the news... ❻ A computer chip with built-in human brain cells made the news this week... ❺ a good news story here to counterbalance the thought of robots with brain cells becoming our overlords, emojis are showing us good signs... ❹ Update to the Taco Wars story... ❸ Red Hot Flaming Passion World Record! ❷ If you get caught public smoking in Hong Kong, you're gonna face a weird punishment... 🏆 HM Cap'n Crunch is getting his uniform fixed... ❶ Mustard candy is in the news... - in advance of National Mustard Day (Aug 5th) French's Mustard has announced a colab with Skittles... For details, links, podcast stuff, and videos see www.shownotes.page
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Here's the Top Ten this week... ❿ update to our pushup story... the world record has changed hands again! ❾ Birds are using those anti bird spikes to build their nests now. ❽ Scientists invent a sucker/ lollipop to help doctors diagnose stuff... ❼ When you find gold coins buried in your yard, that's a good day... ❻ Burger King Brazil launches limited time Barbie Burger... which contains a lot more pink than we are used to in a hamburger... ❺ If at first you don't succeed in getting approval to have a dog DNA database which will enable you to identify which dog pooped in front of city hall... try, try again! ❹ Headline from CTV: "Mystery object washes up on Australian beach, investigation underway" ❸ Rare fish sighting, every news org shared the photos... ❷ Dinosaur fossil is a game changer... headline from NPR was "This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle's final moments"... ❶ David Rush, the World Record Breaking Phenom does it again! - David has like 250-something Guinness World Records got in the news this week for balancing an umbrella on his finger for 3 hours, 46 minutes and 16 seconds.
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This is Season 4, Episode 42 first published on Friday July 14, 2023:
❿ Let's just eat all of the invasive species!
Headline from CBC "Invasive crabs are thriving in BC waters... ❾ What is Barbenheimer/ Barbieheimer? In case you missed it, Barbenheimer has its own Wikipedia entry. It is this social media trend that is taking off... ❽ Quick Question: Is the Ice Sword the perfect weapon? ... This amazing ice cream from Japan that looks like a sword. It got some attention this week as the longest ice cream in Japan... ❼ Never Send a Thumbs Up Emoji to Anyone Ever!
That's the takeaway lesson. Ever. Never. Just don't use emojis anymore, you guys. Here's the CBC headline: "Texting thumbs up emoji in response to a question costs Saskatchewan farmer $82,000 in contract case." ❻ McDonald's Wedding Package is getting some attention... official wedding package offered by McDonald's in Indonesia... a McDonald's wedding package with 100 chicken burgers, and 100 four piece nuggs... that deal will cost you around $230 US. ❺ The Twenty Slices of Cheese Burger from Burger King Thailand...
It has twenty slices of cheese!? like a Whole Package of cheese slices? Mama!
❹ Headline from BBC... police search for screaming woman, find pet parrot. We've had stories like this before on this podcast, a parrot sounds so convincingly like someone in trouble that the police show up. Well the person who owned the parent is a retired police officer himself, he has 22 parrots, ❸ Giant Space Tubes in the News! From the TLDR newsletter which is pretty great, an article about $10 space travel which seems pretty weird... ❷ Survey out of England says Small Talk is really important, so don't screw it up??
- From the Study Finds website: research from University of Warwick seems to indicate that those first impressions we make during small talk has a big impact later on... ❶ Would you take $10,000 to be a toilet paper spokesmodel/ influencer? It's been awhile since we featured one of these publicity stunts... I always say it aint easy being on the toilet paper marketing team trying to come up with a way to get some toilet paper publicity to stand out from the rest... but I don't think I'll be taking part in this contest... did you scroll this far? you're my favorite. see all these stories or get to our youtubes via www.Shownotes.page
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This is the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 41 for Friday July 7, 2023:
❿ Bicentennial Celebration with Giant Pie! ❾ Stolen Velociraptor!
❽ On July 4th, Joey Chestnut won the hot dog eating deal for a 16th time. ❼ The Florida man who set the world record for living a long time underwater has revealed that he shrunk. ❻ The Teacher who skipped school for 20 years has been fired??!!! ❺ The Red Stuff Leaking from the Truck was hot Sauce... ❹ Pickle war is gaining momentum... ❸ a knockoff Louis Vuitton bag is in the news because... ❷ Runner makes wrong turn, loses thousands in prize money... 🏆 via Science Alert: "NASA Seals Volunteers Into Isolated Habitat For Year-Long Experiment"
❶ Finally the flying cars we were promised in literature!
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This is Season 4, Episode 40 for Friday June 30, 2023:
❿ From Fox 2, KTBU. Billionaires offering dog nanny job with $127,000 a year salary had to pull their ad after too many applications. ❾ from HuffPost, The results are in, Maury Povich is the father... of a great business venture! ❽ from NDTV... 'Skilled US cow performs 10 tricks in 1 minute to set world record' ... ❼ Seven is going to be a tie. There's going to be two stories in number seven. They're not weird news items so much as they're just weird articles that started getting traction this past week. First one, the headline was why you should never jump into water to avoid a bee attack... and the other story is... which again, it's not a news item so much as an article that started gaining traction this past week... but to me, it's kind of weird. Have you ever heard the phrase sleep divorce before?? From USA Today. the article is 'Sleep Divorce is on the Rise'. ❻ Free Smartwatches: A Warning. Headline from PC Magazine is "Did you receive a free smartwatch in the mail? Do not turn it on." ❺ Pepsi Ketchup made headlines this week. Pepsi-infused ketchup! It's Pepsi and ketchup together at last! ❹ the janitor who unplugged the freezer and ruined the experiment and now is part of a lawsuit... ❸ the War on Taco Tuesday continues... Taco John's Answers Back... ❷ Rent the Barbie Dreamhouse... 🏆 A couple Honorable Mentions this week... - When in Rome, don't carve your gf's name into ancient architecture... for sure don't get VIDEO of it! the second Honorable Mention... - are we gonna have to start paying 70 dollars for a bottle of Sriracha sauce?!! ❶ Croatian City Bans Noisy Wheeled Suitcases... A European city has imposed a ban on wheeled suitcases due to the excessive noise they produce when dragged across cobblestones.
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❿ You've heard it said, Dance like no one is watching. I say, dance like the world is watching! Students at a school in Connecticut just broke the world record for the longest conga line. ❾ Headline from ABC7... I'm gonna read it word for word because it's a perfect headline... "Bear hangs from second floor window, climbs into home, and then eats family's pork chops." Perfection.❽ Number eight features 8 clams... 8 boss clams who are basically in charge of people's lives in this Polish City...❼ Number seven is about greatness and world records. Maybe this will inspire you to attain greatness this weekend. It's a world record involving jello shots.❻ Number six on our list involves love, heartbreak, and bomb threats.❺ the Ohio lady who is in the news for refusing to remove a nine foot tall werewolf statue.❹ Another world record to inspire you... maybe try to break it this weekend... ❸ Why was the horse on the patio? Horse jumps or falls off patio into pool and has to be rescued.❷ I had quite a few world records this week but I mean they're weird, they're wonderful, they're inspiring. This one is, when you think about it, impossible? Doesn't this sound impossible... a couple of fellas from Nova Scotia broke a Guinness world record by completing 306 holes of golf in 12 hours.❶ The weirdest story of the week? I don't know, we had some weird ones, some interesting ones... but the team thought that a very long piece of bacon should have the number one spot.
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Hi friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 Countdown podcast, a blog with all the stories and shownotes, and a YouTube video. Find everything at Shownotes.page. This is Season 4, Episode 38 for Friday June 16th, 2023:
❿ Guy on TikTok gets arrested after allegedly jumping in with the alligators at Bush Gardens... ❾ I put the headline through the ai machine and it churned out "Octopus Intelligence: Rethinking Our Menu Choices..." ❽ The Secret to Living Longer?!* ❼ Beloved Mascot goes to hospital after fooling around and finding out... ❻ Another reason to thank the mice, scientists may have solved obesity, diabetes, and heart disease... ❺ Man bails on blind date and gets sued over it. I would like to give you some of the details, and then you be the judge on this... ❹ United States Supreme Court has sided with whiskey and not with the dog toy company. ❸ People keep stealing the same cat... ❷ How big is the world's biggest catfish? Very big. Scary Big. ❶ "Belgian dad fakes own death because felt Unappreciated." Full notes at Shownotes.page.
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This is the Top Ten for Episode 36 of Season 4 on Friday June 2nd 2023: ❿ Headline courtesy the North Vancouver RCMP: "We think he was trying to make a clean getaway but was unsuccessful." ❾ Pretty soon we'll all be going on airplane diets... ❽ Bear takes break from ringing doorbells to rob bake shop... ❼ The mosquitos are attracted to our what now? ❻ a Kitty Cat is terrorizing a Florida Neighborhood you guys... ❺ Official in India loses phone in reservoir, orders the whole thing drained... ❹ Secret Spy Whales?! ❸ Are the Whales Fighting Back?! (Yes, Back-to-Back Whale Stories!) ❷Headline via DW.com "Drug-laden fridge defenestrated during police raid" ❶How Fast is the Fastest Garbage Can?
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This is the Top Ten for Episode 36 of Season 4 on Friday June 2nd 2023: ❿ Headline courtesy the North Vancouver RCMP: "We think he was trying to make a clean getaway but was unsuccessful." ❾ Pretty soon we'll all be going on airplane diets... ❽ Bear takes break from ringing doorbells to rob bake shop... ❼ The mosquitos are attracted to our what now? ❻ a Kitty Cat is terrorizing a Florida Neighborhood you guys... ❺ Official in India loses phone in reservoir, orders the whole thing drained... ❹ Secret Spy Whales?! ❸ Are the Whales Fighting Back?! (Yes, Back-to-Back Whale Stories!) ❷Headline via DW.com "Drug-laden fridge defenestrated during police raid" ❶How Fast is the Fastest Garbage Can?
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This week's top ten of weird includes birds getting high, the most expensive ice cream in the world, and a scientific life hack to sleep better.New here? Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video (@weirdweekpod). See https://www.shownotes.page Here's the Top Ten list for Fri May 26th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 35 ...❿People reminded to wear clothes for Driver's License photo in Georgia ❾PG13! The Birds are High af... ❽Buy Now Pay Later for Pizza? But wait, there's more... ❼Surgeon Fired because of who helped with the amputation... ❻very expensive ice cream sets world record... ❺Planking is back? #WorldRecord ❹The Science of selfies... why do we do that? ❸Enormous T-shirt breaks world record... ❷Headline via Ben Hooper at UPI..."Pet squirrel rescued from tree in Ohio" and ❶Sleep Better with this Simple trick...full shownotes at https://www.shownotes.page--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video. For all of that see www.Shownotes.page. This week's top ten of weird includes frogs and dogs and chicken can beer.
Here's the Top Ten for Fri May 19th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 34 ...
❿The Gator that fooled us all... ❾It's wrong to blame the dog for your crimes... ❽A Frog First? #FrogScience ❼Is a Taco fight really what we need right now? ❻Dog viciously attacks soccer ball, interrupting match... ❺Is Beer Can Chicken Beer Savory and Delicious? ❹The Bears are Ringing Again! ❸Very Strong Man hired by carnival to spin Ferris Wheel by hand... ❷California UFO Mystery solved? ❶Amazing Cold Case has been Cracked! #RubySlippers
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Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video. For shownotes and other guaranteed excitement see https://www.shownotes.page/❿How Excited are you about Printed Fish!?❾Street Pianos and Why they are a Terrible Idea...❽Fruit Roll-up Smugglers! ❼This week in AI... Smart Drive-Thru Speakers being tested... ❻ Woman Rescued after 5 days lost in Australia, and here's how she survived... ❺A Shownotes Exclusive it's that funny story about an iceberg in Conception Bay that's a funny shape and is getting attention in Newfoundland, in the town of Dildo. ❹Should they add bulls to professional rugby games?❸Another person avoids serious meteorite injury!❷Bear in West Virginia rings doorbell in attempt to draw out homeowners to eat them... ❶Gross Alert Here's a Quote from the story... "Niko Blankenship told 9NEWS Tuesday that he was in the right lane, near the truck's rear tire, when "some kind of dung" came spewing from the top. 🏆🏆The oldest dog in the world just had a birthday on May 11...excitement not guaranteed. Member FDIC. Dealer may sell for less. https://www.shownotes.page/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes birds calling birds and blindfolded Potato Head assembly... If you're new here... welcome! Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video (@weirdweekpod). Here's the Top 10 for Fri May 5th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 32 ...❿Headline: Freaky Foot World Record *Do Not Attempt! ❾Headline: Naked Justice is not always pretty... ❽Headline: 70 year old guy uses rock to fight off attcking cougar... ❼Headline: Blindfolded Potato Head World Record! ❻Headline: Birds calling Birds story gaining momentum... ❺Headline: Is this the most famous bug in the world? ❹Headline: What happens after we die? Science is on it you guys! ❸Headline: There is competitive jigsaw puzzling and they just set a world record in this... ❷Headline: 10 year old kids working at McDonald's in Louisville... and not even getting paid for it... ❶Headline: Art Theft! because he thought it was lunch!!find full show notes at www.shownotes.page --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes some old-fashioned high strangeness...
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Here's the Top Ten for Fri Apr 28th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 31 ...
❿Headline: Nudists will feel naked and exposed if Cable Car over nude beach goes ahead...
❾Headline: Big Mack, the 8 foot long alligator might be the largest alligator living in a Philadelphia basement...
❽Headline: The 600 mile-long velociraptor!
❼Headline: Happy Research proves other people are happier than we are you guys...
❻Headline: Grey Hair breakthrough... they may have cracked it you guys...
❺Headline: Facial Recognition Firearms are on sale...
❹Headline: High Strangeness in Texas...
❸Headline: Zoo Looking for terrifying Bird Actors...
❷Headline: Will you please ring the Fish Doorbell?!
🏆🏆Headline: Cannabis Chocolate Bar costs $40,000!
❶Headline: Heal Three Times Faster with a cure we've had since Ben Franklin?
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This week's top ten of weird includes the biggest Donkey Kong game in the world and a drinking world record you might want to try...
Here's the Top Ten for Fri Apr 21st 2023 / Season 4 Episode 30 ...
❿Headline: How Fast can you drink? Are you ready to set a World Record?
❾Headline: He made the news for an unusual act of generosity...
❽Headline: The Biggest Donkey Kong Game in the World announced! How Big??
❼Headline: 10 Year Old Kid breaks world record for soccer ball wizardry... could you do this for an hour?
❻Headline: elite extreme sportswoman in the news... "It's true that there were some difficult moments, but there were also some very beautiful moments... and I had both as I lived up to my commitment to living in a cave for 500 days."
❺Headline: here's a message you don't want to get from a buddy: "Dude this is so weird but I’m watching this murder documentary and they start flashing a bunch of peoples pictures and I said that is Hazlewood. Did they steal your photo? How did you get on there?” (via Hollywood Reporter story)
❹Headline: Dead Birds repurposed as drones... how do we feel about that?
❸Headline: Kyles of the world unite! First step: world record, next step: global domination!
❷Headline: Picture yourself doing pushups... for an hour... how many could you do?
🏆🏆Honorable Mention: a rocket exploded. I thought that was bad, but everybody keeps saying that it was super great...
🏆🏆Honorable Mention: update on UFOs or UAPs...
❶Headline: Harrowing Hearse Misadventure!
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This week's top ten of weird includes the smallest (and maybe cutest?) dog in the world and also wiener weddings...
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Here are the show notes for Fri Apr 14th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 29 ...
❿Headline: How short is Pearl, the Chihuahua is shortest dog in the world?
❾Headline: Who is the Croc King and why is the Croc king??
❽Headline: How Old do you think is too old for robbing banks?
❼Headline: imprisoned by art balls!
❻Deep Dive on the most-expensive Sandwich on the planet (Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day 2023)
❺Headline: Update to the New York Rat Royalty story...
❹Headline: "Mysterious creature caught on camera swimming at New Orleans park"
❸Headline: Congratulations to lucky couples getting wiener-married this weekend!
❷Headline: We're going on a Space Rock Expedition!
❶Headline: Weird Cave Creature!!
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This week's top ten of weird includes the youngest author in the world and the disappearing giant spoon.If you're new to this weirdness, Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video (@weirdweekpod). See (www.shownotes.page) for the shownotes blog. Here's the top ten for Fri Apr 7 2023 / Season 4 Episode 28 ... ❿Headline: How Young is the world's youngest published author? ❾Headline: How old is the World's Oldest Surfer? ❽Headline: Lady Doing this while Hula Hooping sets a world record! ❼Headline: Giant Spoon Theft Shakes Community! Update! ❻Headline: What, actually, was that rock that they threw in a drawer ? (drawer citation needed) ❺Headline: Carl Noodle Junior, you are on notice Sir! ❹Headline: the Latest on Pablo Escobar’s hippos... ❸Headline: Little Girl Commits Credit Card Fraud Amazingly ❷Headline: Big Wig makes Big Wig! ❶Headline: How Big is the biggest mustache in the world?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes the longest bar in the world and the longest charcuterie board!If you're new to this weirdness, Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video (@weirdweekpod). See (www.Shownotes.page).Here's the top ten for Fri Mar 31st 2023 / Season 4 Episode 27 ... ❿Headline: I say As You Get Older, Start Breaking Old People World Records because there are a bunch to be had! ❾Headline: how many drinks can the longest bar in the world hold? ❽Headline: How fast is world record fast when it comes to solving those cubes? ❼Headline: very large Cake Ball sets world record... also, what is a cake ball? ❻Headline: Followup to the book thief story... ❺Headline: The Secret Bathroom! ❹Headline: How Big is the Biggest Charcuterie Board in the World? ❸Headline: You know the Woolly Mammoth? Now you can eat Woolly Mammoth meat meatballs... ❷Headline: Another week, another ping pong ball world record attempt... and this one has me furious... 🏆Headline: Nightmare Alert... spiders! ❶Headline: Gold Nuggets are still a thing you can find and strike it rich! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes some good news, some terrible news, and a skateboarding pig!Q: What is this, Scott? A: Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video (@weirdweekpod). Full shownotes at this link (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast?)❿Headline: Bonkers Carrot Caper! Also, Happy Easter Season!! ❾Headline: Heat from a computer set-up used for swimming pool... ❽Headline: Friends, it appears as though we've got a Sharkgate on our hands... ❼Headline: The Rolls-Royce of Nuclear Reactors! (will be made by Rolls-Royce). Oh, yeah, and it'll be on the moon. ❻Headline: Man gets enormous fine for parking in a disabled parking spot... but if what he says is true, it's a wild story that you're gonna love or love to hate... ❺Headline: When sloths attack! ❹Headline: The one with the GIANT RADISH! ❸Headline: Sneaky Thief has change of heart! ❷Headline: When you win the lotto and your town only has 27 people in it, how do you stay under the radar? 🏆Headline: Popcorn World Record is up for Grabs... ❶Headline: a Good Old Fashioned Skateboarding Pig Kicker!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes an animal rescue story where the animal was high on cocaine at the time! Also a new world record that you can easily break and become famous! *citation. If you're new here, every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 podcast with a full show notes blog and a video podcast on YouTube (@weirdweekpod).Here are the show notes for Fri Mar 17th, 2023 / Season 4 Episode 25 ...❿Headline: Would You Regret Calling in the Animal Rescue Experts if this was your House?❾Headline: Never attempt this world record. Please never do it. Unless you're this guy or Tom Cruise.❽Headline: Hero Tries to Save us all from Chicken Wings Fraud?❼Headline: Amazing Backwards Basketball Shot!❻Headline: Saucy License Plates and why we need to fight for/against them...❺Headline: Vinyl Albums dominate the music industry again!?❹Headline: Sweet Freedom you guys! The courts have ruled that bird-flipping is not illegal! ❸Headline: Not a close call, not a near-miss, an actual earth smashing asteroid is in the news!❷Headline: Cocaine Bear has new competition you guys...❶Headline: Exciting and Foamy World Record that YOU can break this weekend!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
This week it's March Break and I was going to take the week off, but Tuesday was National Cereal day on the radio show... so instead of the usual "Top Ten of Weird" I thought I'd share some cereal weirdness... Plus a bonus Interview with a Vampire at the end of the episode, because, who better to talk about how terrible more daylight is during Time Change weekend?!*If you're new here, Every Friday we publish a new audio and video podcast episode (usually a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10) and we also put all the links and media in the Show Notes Blog (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast).Thanks for listening to the Episode Audio and Subscribing to the audio podcast ! Also thanks for liking and subscribing to the YouTube channel for the videos!! (@weirdweekpod).Stories include: Top-Selling Cereals, Top Cereal Box Prizes, Worst Cereal Fails of all time, and more!! Happy Cereal Week!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes a crawl space discovery at a school that is barely even morbid... sorry True Crime Murder Podcast, if that is your name, this one's not that...If you're new here, Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 and put all links/ vids/ photos in a show notes blog (like this https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast). Thanks for listening to the Episode Audio and Subscribing to the podcast. Also see the enhanced episodes with video on YouTube (@weirdweekpod) Here are the show notes for Fri Mar 3rd, 2023/ Season 4 Episode 23 ... ❿Headline: I mean, there are worse things to find in the crawl space... ❾Headline: Did the President of Mexico really believe it was a photo of an elf? ❽Headline: Cars that will re-possess themselves are coming. What will happen to the hard working Repo Industry Representatives?! ❼Headline: I find gross stories a real challenge. Challenge Accepted!! ❻Headline: World Record King has not run out of things to light on fire then catch... ❺Headline: The Ugly Dog Story and How I got on the American News one time. A memoir. ❹Headline: The Ketchup Boat Guy Story Continues... ❸Headline: (from ABC 7 Eyewitness News)"New device from China allows couples to simulate kissing over their phones" .. ❷Headline: Paper and Gumption: the tossing record that changed the world! ❶Headline: This Just In: We Never Learn! (a movie promotion saga)... If you scrolled this far, you know what's up... you're my favourite!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes ten weird stories. Always does. This week how mushrooms will save us all and how AI might not enslave us!If you are new to this podcast, Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 and put all the links/ videos/ photos in a show notes blog (like this https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast). New! See the Youtube channel (https://m.youtube.com/@weirdweekpod) ... Here's the top ten for Fri Feb 24th, 2023, Season 4 Episode 22 ... ❿Headline: I thought New York alligators were just a legend you guys... they just caught a gator at a park in Brooklyn? ❾Headline: Next Gator Story, please... ❽Headline: how long is the longest human tongue and what is he using it for? ❼Headline: Updating the narrative of how the robots are soon going to enslave us. (headline not written by AI.) ❻Headline: Whoops, there goes 40 grand... Sculpture accidentally smashed by guest... ❺Headline: Mystery Sphere washes up on Japanese Beach... ❹Headline: The future is mushrooms you guys! ❸Headline: Pizza Controversy! ❷Headline: Mistakes happen. This story will make you feel better about yours. ❶Headline: Super Pig Invasion. and it's Those lousy stinkin' Canadians!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
This week's top ten of weird includes the newest streaming hit out there - Cocaine Island! Also the baffling sun tornado...If you are new to the podcast, here's how it works... Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 and put all the links/ videos/ photos in a show notes blog (just like this one https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast).Thanks for listening to the Episode Audio and Subscribing to the podcast ! Also see the enhanced episodes with video on YouTube (@weirdweekpod)Here are the show notes for Fri Feb 17th, 2023, Season 4 Episode 21 ... ❿Headline: Very Old Motorbike breaks record... ❾Headline: if the giant wiener isn't safe, none of us are, right? ❽ Headline: Cocaine Island (new Netflix show?) ❼Headline: How old is the World's Oldest Dog? ❻Headline: Dog says "I'll just rescue myself then!" *citation needed ❺Headline: Monkeynapping followup: zero remorses given... ❹ Headline: How Long is the New Long-Kiss world record? ❸Headline: Where are we on shooting down UFOs at this point? ❷Headline: Cautionary Tale... ❶Headline: I'm gonna read this one word for word b/c Global News nails it... "Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
Friend, This is the shownotes blog for a bonus What a Weird Week Podcast episode. In case you're new, Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10... and sometimes there's just too much gold, Jerry! So we follow up the main podcast with a Weird Monday episode featuring the stories that didn't quite make the top ten, but still pass the weird test.Same as always, the links/ videos/ photos are in the show notes blog (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast). Thanks for listening to the Episode Audio and Subscribing to the podcast !Also see the enhanced episodes with video on YouTube (@weirdweekpod). I guess that's it! Click blog, receive show notes for Mon Feb 13th, 2023, Season 4 Episode 20 ... the Honorable Mentions...--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
Weird Announcement at the end of this week's episode!This week's weirdities include dogs in a conga line, weird CIA investment strategies, and that delicious cake dress story...New here? Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 and put all the links/ videos/ photos in a show notes blog just like this one. See (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast).Thanks for listening to the Episode Audio and Subscribing to the podcast !Also see the enhanced episodes with video on YouTube (@weirdweekpod) Here:s the top ten for Fri Feb 10th, 2023, Season 4 Episode 19 ...❿Headline: Record-Breaking Cereal Box Dominoes... Weird but Good!❾Headline: The Gibbon was living alone at the zoo... so how did it get pregnant?❽Headline: the award for excellence in Dog Conga Line goes to ...❼Headline: When you hear "Lord of the Bins" do you think that would be a legit business licensed by the Lord of the Rings franchise?❻Headline: That company who wants to bring back the Dodo bird is getting some of their funding from the CIA??❺Headline: How cool is ice? Before you answer, a new discovery to mention.❹Headline: How about that Balloon thing though!?❸Headline: Drink all the coffee or never drink coffee again!!❷Headline: Not all heroes wear capes... but also not all cape-wearers are heroes... You be the judge.❶Headline: A cake so big you wear it like a dress!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
Weird Stuff Happens. That's just science.This week we have extraordinary claims of Wingbezzlement, Robot Lawyers using Open AI, and evidence that the earth's core is spinning in reverse.icymi, every Friday we run down the Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10. We put all the links/ videos/ photos in a show notes blog just like this one (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)New: see the enhanced episodes with video on YouTube (@weirdweekpod)Here's the Top Ten for Fri Feb 3rd 2023, Season 4 Episode 18 ...❿Headline: Robocop 7: Robolawyer! (Coming sOON TO dISNEY pLUS!)❾Headline: New Core Workout is so great you guys!❽Headline: Update on the "Robots Taking Over" Narrative❼Headline: Would your relationship survive putting together IKEA furniture as a couple?❻Headline: The just found the oldest mouse in the world and it's how old?❺Headline: The Tallest Unicycle in the World is...❹Headline: If you can't drive the world's tallest unicycle but you really want a world record... how are you at putting on clothes?❸Headline: Asteroid might be worth more than all the money in the world... so NASA is sending a spaceship to it...🏆Honorable Mention Headline: Lady arrested after enrolling in high school.❷Headline: Dallas Zoo Mystery!❶(A) We have a tie for the weirdest story... between the assistant coach who I guess tried to pose as a 13 year old to help her Junior Varsity Basketball Team... and the lady who Allegedly masterminded a WingBezzlement... ❶(B) Headline Number 1B:The School Cafeteria Wingbezzlement!See the links/ videos/ photos in the show notes blog at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast) and *New: see the enhanced episodes with video on YouTube (@weirdweekpod).--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
It's been another week of weirdities(©2023, Weird Week Studios)If you're new to this podcast, we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 Countdown every Friday and put all the links, videos, and photos to these stories in a show notes blog at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)Thanks for liking/ subscribing/ following/ reviewing If you like this podcast... or hate it... or you're apathetic because the weight of the world has turned you into a cold husk who just wants to feel something again. You're my favourite, husk person. .icymi, Show notes for Fri 27 January 2023, Season 4 Episode 17 are at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast).Here's the Top Line Top Ten:❿Ghost Train on Fire!❾They ran that Santa cookie through CODIS! *citation❽Have you heard of the Surfdale Sausager? Do You have the key piece of information that could Solve this Mystery?❼Another Weird thing on Mars...❻Triumphant Return of Wienerman!❺M&Ms talking candies are out and the hilarious Maya Rudlph is in...❹Possible Relief for Massachusetts School that could never turn off their lights...🏆Honorable Mention: How to throw the Biggest Pizza Party in the World...❸Dinosaur Tooth Girl! or Do You Believe in Destiny?!❷The biggest pizza in the world is HOW MANY SLICES?! ❶Cheesy Weirdness from the mattress-testing world...--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
What a Weird Week!New to this show? We do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 Countdown every Friday. We put all the links, videos, and photos to these stories in a show notes blog... (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)❿Headline: Chocolate is great, science confirms.❾Headline: Latest US Gov Report on UAP/ UFOs continues to identify some weird stuff in the sky and give the ol' shoulder shrug to other weird stuff.❽Headline: When AI starts hitting on you, delete it.❼Headline: What is eating trucks in Kirkland?❻Headline: Alligator found in vacant lot in New Jersey... in January... did not come from the sewer... probably❺Headline: The Best Store-bought Cookie of All Time! ❹Headline: Lady from Australia sets new World Record with feet archery.❸Headline: Swedish Government may finally make dancing legal *citation❷Headline: ATTENTION 83 YEAR OLDS: 82 year old man sets headstand world record...🏆Headline: Are You the next Netflix Flight Attendant? ❶Headline: Joe Rogan Guest Sparks a Bit of a Treasure Hunting Frenzy in NY's East River!If you scrolled this far, you're my favourite!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
Dear friends-in-Weird,It's Friday the 13th. Are you superstitious? As I write this I am covered in garlic butter from head-to-toe while wearing my lucky rabbit feet pajamas. Not because it's Friday the 13th, just coincidentally. If you're new to the show, we do a weird-news-of-the-week top ten countdown every Friday. For all the links, videos, and photos to these stories see the show notes blog at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)Here's the Top Ten List for 13 January 2023, Season 4 Episode 15:❿Headline: Another Weird World Record... Elon Musk's newest world record is for losing more money than anyone ever has.❾Headline: Mysterious Sea Creature Caught on Video in North Carolina...❽Headline: Pooch says 'Hold my beer and watch this, human!'❼Headline: Car Insurance Company is not responsible for STI... at least not yet...❻Headline: Bacon Solves 20,000 year old mystery...❺Headline: Cute Bunny is Worst Car Thief in the World!❹Headline: Delicious Bread for Miles!❸Headline: Return of the King! Now he's a licensed sausalogist.🏆Headline: We're supposed to eat our Christmas Tree.❷Headline: (direct from the Today Show because they wrote the perfect headline you guys) "River of melted butter spills into Wisconsin canal after fire at dairy plant!"❶Headline: Miracle Plankton will save us all from disease and future generations, you're gonna live FOREVAH! citation neededFor all the links, videos, and photos to these stories see the show notes blog at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weirdweek/message
Hello friends and Happy New Year!! Usually on this podcast we count down the top 10 weird stories from the news, but today we've got the Ten Weirdest World Records Set in 2022. Study them! Figure out which one we're going to go for in 2023. (I feel good about the sticky face one, but let's not lock it in yet.)
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❿ World Record: Wisconsin can-man gets suckiest record of 2022!
❾ World Record: the ol' Eggs in One Basket Trick... except the basket is a human hand.
❽ World Record: Getting your Alphabet Soup in a Row.
❼ World Record: High Heel Tightropin'!
❻ World Record: (We had this one on the podcast last year) "Speed-Eating Hot Peppers!"
❺ World Record: Biggest get-together of people with the same first and last name.
❹ World Record: Well, it involves a pea.
❸ World Record: Pumpkin Paddling!
❷ World Record: Mr Potato Head Challenge!
❶ World Record: (we talked about this one in a past podcast) "Chain Chain Chain♪ Chain of Beards♫"
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Happy New Year friends and neighbors! This week we've got a couple of countdowns featuring my family, our kitchen, and some delicious baked goods. This originally aired on the Scotty and Tony Radio Show last week. If you're here for the usual weird stuff, we return to regular (Weird Countdown) programming next Friday. Today's Show is from the kitchen where my wife is making peanut butter balls and my kids help me count down the Top-Grossing Christmas Movies of All Time, and the Best-Selling Toys of All Time! If you're looking for links to the movies and toys that we talk about in this episode, see the show notes blog here: (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from What a Weird Week!
If this is your first time here, What a Weird Week is (usually) a countdown of the top 10 weird stories from the news.
I blog the show notes for every episode at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast) so you can read the articles/ see the photos/ smell the candy canes* (not available in all devices)
This week it's our holiday special featuring Gibb Gibberson and It Seems Like Christmas!
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What a Weird Week is a countdown of the top 10 weird stories from the news.
I blog the show notes for every episode at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast) so you can read the articles/ see the photos/ smell the oranges* (not available in all devices)
Here are the Top Ten Headlines for Fri Dec 16, 2022, Season 4 Episode 11 ...
❿Headline: Squirrel ruins Minnesota man's life, gets him arrested.
❾Headline: They Just Sold the Oldest Jeans in the World and now there is a Tug-of-Pants.
❽Headline: Oranges to save Human Race!
❼Headline: Cave People to save Human Race!
❻Headline: Cold Fusion announced on Tuesday. Back to eating Pork Rinds by Wednesday.
❺Headline: Gold is the answer! (to your fogged up glasses.)
❹Headline: All South Koreans to become 1 or 2 years younger. It's the law.
❸Headline: Mini Martian Tornado goes after Rover.
🏆Flamingo with the Creepy Eye will Haunt You
❷Headline: Grinch hands out free onions to lucky speeders. Everyone gets nightmares.
🏆Headline: Scientists finally found a snake's naughty bits... turns out there are two PG13
❶Headline: Wild Pregnant Lady-on-a-Plane Story!
just to repeat the joke from earlier... I blog the show notes for every episode at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast) so you can read the articles/ see the photos/ smell the oranges (not available in all devices)
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Hi friends! If you like weird stuff and/or countdowns, it's like this podcast was MADE FOR YOU!!
What a Weird Week: a countdown of the top 10 weird stories from the news.
I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Here are the Top Ten Headlines for Fri Dec 9, 2022, Season 4 Episode 10 ...
❿Headline: New York City needs a Rat King or Rat Queen to Rule the Rats!
❾Headline: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City will close down on New Year's Eve.
❽Headline: Your Lunch Might have World Heritage status?!
❼Headline: Hospital Patient Arrested for allegedly shutting off their neighbors life support because: those life support deals can be noisy you guys.
❻Headline: Reckless Driver turns out to be Dog Behind the Wheel!
❺Headline: "‘Not sure what it is:’ Hurricanes unearth large mystery object on Florida beach"
❹Headline: "Alberta researchers discover 2 minerals never before seen on Earth"
❸Headline: Generating Electricity from snow in Japan!
❷Headline: Cocaine Bear is inspired by real events!!
🏆 Honorable Mention Headline: Giant Bee not seen in 40 years has been re-discovered!
❶Headline: (Gross Alert!) Man gets parasites after taking revenge on a crab!
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What a Weird Week: the top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 9:
❿Headline: "Every monk in Thai temple defrocked after testing positive for meth"
❾Headline: "Rats blamed for eating 500 kilograms of cannabis stored by Indian police"
❽Headline: "Mexican city mixes up world's largest serving of guacamole"
❼Headline: ""Minnesota: 200 anglers rescued from broken ice chunk"
❻Headline: "Swiss Energy Minister suggests people shower together to save power"
❺Headline: "After renegade nurse chops off man’s foot, state finds heap of system failures"
❹Headline: "Florida woman is suing Velveeta for $5 million, claiming that her instant macaroni didn't cook fast enough"
❸Headline: "Flossie, 26, officially crowned world’s oldest living cat by Guinness World Records"
❷Headline: "San Francisco police offer more details on plan for lethal robots" or Don't worry, robots to have explosives, not guns, silly!
🏆Honorable Mention Headline:
"Teens build intricate ‘Gingerbread Cathedral,’ get out of writing essay"
🏆Honorable Mention Headline: "6-foot ‘Lobsta Mickey’ statue returns to Boston"
❶Headline: "DNA showed a mother was also her daughter’s uncle — how scientists solved this medical mystery"
Thanks for listening/ liking/ subscribing/ telling your friends/ telling your enemies about the weirdness.
I blog the shownotes for each episode here: https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Bonus Headlines:
- "Mystery saxophonist woos neighbours with a careless whisper"
(https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130551921/mystery-saxophonist-woos-neighbours-with-a-careless-whisper)
- "New Disney Movie Has Lowest CinemaScore in Three Decades"
(https://comicbook.com/movies/news/disney-strange-world-lowest-cinemascore-in-three-decades/)
- "The world's skinniest skyscraper is now complete — and its interiors are remarkable"
(https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/the-world-s-skinniest-skyscraper-is-now-complete-and-its-interiors-are-remarkable-1.6167448)
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What a Weird Week! The top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 8:
❿Headline: Snoop Dogg launched a new pet accessories line...
❾Headline: Biggest Boat in the World is Really a Giant Floating City.
❽Headline: an Actor and a Scientist Walk into a Hotel Lobby...
❼Headline: "Belgium needs more incinerators to burn seized cocaine"
❻Headline: Will a guy from Saskatchewan break the world record?!
❺Headline: What Budweiser will do with all that World Cup Beer it can't sell...
❹Headline: Government Agents Raid the Home of the Guy Who Runs Area 51 Blog. (via Gizmodo: "What were the feds looking for when they went rifling through the homes of the man who runs dreamlandresort.com so early in the morning?")
❸Honorable Mention Headline: Somerton Man Mystery is over.
❷Headline: "Mystery of exploding toilet at Texas dental office"
... from the article: “In my 30 years of experience, I have never seen anything like it,” Lt. Ron Hutto said.
🏆Honorable Mention Headline: Hot Dog Vendor Turf War Gets Violent.
❶Headline: Jack Daniels versus Dog Toy Company... going to the Supreme Court?
Thanks for listening/ liking/ subscribing/ telling your friends/ telling your enemies!
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What a Weird Week! A Podcast featuring the top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 7:
❿Headline: Scream painting wins fight against intruders
❾Headline: the Head of Turkey's bakers' union has been arrested after calling bread-eating societies 'stupid'
❽Headline: You can give yourself goosebumps? Congratulations, super brain.
❼Headline: When Chocolate turns white you should panic *citation
❻Headline: Toy Hall of Fame continues to be interesting
❺Headline: Chain Chain Chain♪ Chain of Beards♫ #WorldRecord
❹Headline: Jeff Bezos gave Dolly Parton a hundred million dollars... that's weird, right?
❸Headline: "Man who ate 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days says it felt like 'the right thing to do'"
❷Headline: " Chinese man, 50, runs marathon in under 3.5 hours while smoking cigarettes"
🏆Headline: We got featured in a Bored Panda Article last weekend. Thanks to Adelaide the writer who reached out about weird new! Link: (https://www.boredpanda.com/weird-funny-news-headlines/#post-comments-area)
🏆Headline: Bulk Barn is well-received by United States visitor to Canada. WELL. RECEIVED!!
🏆Headline: "Bright flash of radiation sent through the universe after black hole rips star to death:
🏆Headline: "Drunk guest 'ruins' wedding by throwing cake over bride before groom punches him"
❶Headline: Snake Bites Boy so Boy Bites Snake Back.
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What a Weird Week Podcast: the top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 6:
❿ Headline: "Random Corpses in Portugal Are Becoming Mummies, And It's Become a Real Problem" (ScienceAlert.com)
❾ Headline: "Man Claps 1,140 Times In One Minute For Guinness World Record"
❽ Headline: "researchers make device that can ‘see’ through walls. What does it mean for your privacy?" via (Toronto Star)
❼ Headline: "A new study has found that verbal intelligence may be more prominent in early-birds than night-owls"
❻ Headline: "Humongous asteroid heading for Earth. (Our earth? Yes, OUR Earth.)"
❺ Headline: "Man Eats 10 World's Hottest Peppers In 33 Seconds To Break Guinness Record"
❹ Headline: "Pumuckel the pony is really really little!"
❸ Headline: "Air Canada Has Horse Planes You guys!"
❷ Headline: We had that Beaver Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse this week... but we also had some weird space deal late last week...
🏆 Honorable Mention Headline: "Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth" or "so THIS is how it all ends. Huh!?" *citation needed
🏆 Honorable Mention Headline: "Huge extragalactic structure found hiding behind the Milky Way"
❶ Headline: "World Record Giant Sunfish is Heaviest Fish Ever Weighed... and a ‘Sign of Hope!" It's a good news story to end things this week!!
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What a Weird Week Podcast: the top 10 weird stories from the news. Get the show notes blog for Season 4 Episode 5 at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Here's this week's Top Ten:
❿ Headline: "Destroyed Observatory Issues Final Asteroid Warning After Fatal Collapse" (Live Science)
❾ Headline: (three days later we got this report from Space dot com) "'Planet killer' asteroid found hiding in sun's glare may one day hit Earth"
❽ Headline: "Escaped king cobra crawls back to Swedish terrarium"
❼ Headline: The Longest Passenger Train in the World Award Goes to...
❻ Headline: Move over, other birds that fly very far distances, there's a new bird in town (that flies very far distances.)
❺ Headline: "Fishermen plead not guilty to charges in tournament scandal"/ "Bag Gate!" (tie for number 5)
❹ Headline: Will Elon start charging for Twitter stuff? or How fast will people leave Twitter once Elon starts charging for stuff?
❸ Headline: U.S. National Park Service is forced to issue this statement: "Do we really need to say, ‘don’t hit golf balls into the Grand Canyon?’"
❷ Headline: "Tiger sharks with cameras on their backs map 'world's biggest' seagrass meadow in Bahamas" or Don't dive in shark-infested waters to get award-winning footage... instead just get the sharks to shoot the footage for you!
🏆 Honorable Mention Headline: Costco sells a very big jigsaw puzzle and gets in the news for it!
❶ Headline: "Pentagon attributes UFO sightings to spies, airborne trash"
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What a Weird Week Podcast: the top 10 weird stories from the news. Get the show notes blog for Season 4 Episode 5 at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast
Here's this week's Top Ten:
❿ Headline: "Destroyed Observatory Issues Final Asteroid Warning After Fatal Collapse" (Live Science)
❾ Headline: (three days later we got this report from Space dot com) "'Planet killer' asteroid found hiding in sun's glare may one day hit Earth"
❽ Headline: "Escaped king cobra crawls back to Swedish terrarium"
❼ Headline: The Longest Passenger Train in the World Award Goes to...
❻ Headline: Move over, other birds that fly very far distances, there's a new bird in town (that flies very far distances.)
❺ Headline: "Fishermen plead not guilty to charges in tournament scandal"/ "Bag Gate!" (tie for number 5)
❹ Headline: Will Elon start charging for Twitter stuff? or How fast will people leave Twitter once Elon starts charging for stuff?
❸ Headline: U.S. National Park Service is forced to issue this statement: "Do we really need to say, ‘don’t hit golf balls into the Grand Canyon?’"
❷ Headline: "Tiger sharks with cameras on their backs map 'world's biggest' seagrass meadow in Bahamas" or Don't dive in shark-infested waters to get award-winning footage... instead just get the sharks to shoot the footage for you!
🏆 Honorable Mention Headline: Costco sells a very big jigsaw puzzle and gets in the news for it!
❶ Headline: "Pentagon attributes UFO sightings to spies, airborne trash"
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What a Weird Week Podcast: the top 10 weird stories from the news. Get Blog post/ show notes for Season 4 Episode 4 at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast.
Here's this week's Top Ten:
❿ Headline: "Instagram’s Testing a New Option Which Would Enable You to Add a Song to Your Profile"
❾ Headline: "Archer Lars Andersen set a new Guiness World Record for the most consecutive arrows shot through a keyhole (less than 10 mm wide.)"
❽ Headline: "Female dogs judge their owners when they make mistakes"
❼ Headline: Laundry-folding Robot breaks folding record/ or Today clothes, tomorrow human rib cages? (too far?)
❻ Headline: "Man admits to swapping wife’s cat years ago and she still hasn’t realized"
❺ Headline: NASA announces the team members for its UFO study
❹ Headline: (from Reader's Digest) "Human-Sized Dog Beds are Real and They're a Surprisingly Great Way to Snuggle Your Pup."
❸ Headline: (for non Swifties) Taylor Swift is some kind of secret code machine!?
❷ Headline: "I was wrong about the pudding!" or "It was mashed potatoes!"
🏆 Headline: (Honorable Mention)
They have elevators at the Grand Canyon. or Tourists trapped after elevator breaks down at Grand Canyon.
❶ Headline: "Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second"
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What a Weird Week Podcast: the top 10 weird stories from the news. Get Blog post/ show notes for Season 4 Episode 4 at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast.
Here's this week's Top Ten:
❿ Headline: "Instagram’s Testing a New Option Which Would Enable You to Add a Song to Your Profile"
❾ Headline: "Archer Lars Andersen set a new Guiness World Record for the most consecutive arrows shot through a keyhole (less than 10 mm wide.)"
❽ Headline: "Female dogs judge their owners when they make mistakes"
❼ Headline: Laundry-folding Robot breaks folding record/ or Today clothes, tomorrow human rib cages? (too far?)
❻ Headline: "Man admits to swapping wife’s cat years ago and she still hasn’t realized"
❺ Headline: NASA announces the team members for its UFO study
❹ Headline: (from Reader's Digest) "Human-Sized Dog Beds are Real and They're a Surprisingly Great Way to Snuggle Your Pup."
❸ Headline: (for non Swifties) Taylor Swift is some kind of secret code machine!?
❷ Headline: "I was wrong about the pudding!" or "It was mashed potatoes!"
🏆 Headline: (Honorable Mention)
They have elevators at the Grand Canyon. or Tourists trapped after elevator breaks down at Grand Canyon.
❶ Headline: "Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second"
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Here's the list for this week (Oct 21, 2022):**
❿ Headline: "New Horror Movie Causing Reports of Fans Passing Out and Vomiting in Theaters" #Terrifier2
❾ Headline: "Dead Creatures Buried in The Ocean Could Influence Earthquakes, Scientists Say"
❽ Headline: Grown-up Happy Meals are so successful that they're a disaster!! #HappyMeal
❼ Headline: Tomato Soup Attack Saves Planet... or... "Has Climate Action Gone Too Far?" #SoupAttack
❻ Headline: "Edmonton man now holds the Guinness World Record for having the largest collection of Lego Star Wars sets." #Lego
❺ Headline: Trigger Warning! Kitty Cat is OK "Contractor Accidentally Sealed Cat Inside of Drywall Where the Poor Animal was Stuck for Three Days" #Cats
❹ Headline: Giant Bread Han Solo #PanSolo #HanRoll-O #StarWars #Carbs
❸ Headline: "Bizarre blue blobs hover in Earth's atmosphere in stunning astronaut photo. But what are they?" (Live Science article)
❷ Headline: The Coffee Shop that Charges Rude People More! #MMMCoffee
⭐Honorable Mention! Headline: Sax Man Saxes his Saxophone while getting Brain Surgery! #sax
⭐Honorable Mention! Headline: Netflix announces the time frame for cheaters to pay the price! #Netflix #Freeloader
❶ Headline: PG13 The guy who was allergic to... idk how to say it you guys... getting to the finish line? happy endings? taking the first exit into Love Town... ? #lovetown
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Here's the list for this week (Oct 21, 2022):**
❿ Headline: "New Horror Movie Causing Reports of Fans Passing Out and Vomiting in Theaters" #Terrifier2
❾ Headline: "Dead Creatures Buried in The Ocean Could Influence Earthquakes, Scientists Say"
❽ Headline: Grown-up Happy Meals are so successful that they're a disaster!! #HappyMeal
❼ Headline: Tomato Soup Attack Saves Planet... or... "Has Climate Action Gone Too Far?" #SoupAttack
❻ Headline: "Edmonton man now holds the Guinness World Record for having the largest collection of Lego Star Wars sets." #Lego
❺ Headline: Trigger Warning! Kitty Cat is OK "Contractor Accidentally Sealed Cat Inside of Drywall Where the Poor Animal was Stuck for Three Days" #Cats
❹ Headline: Giant Bread Han Solo #PanSolo #HanRoll-O #StarWars #Carbs
❸ Headline: "Bizarre blue blobs hover in Earth's atmosphere in stunning astronaut photo. But what are they?" (Live Science article)
❷ Headline: The Coffee Shop that Charges Rude People More! #MMMCoffee
⭐Honorable Mention! Headline: Sax Man Saxes his Saxophone while getting Brain Surgery! #sax
⭐Honorable Mention! Headline: Netflix announces the time frame for cheaters to pay the price! #Netflix #Freeloader
❶ Headline: PG13 The guy who was allergic to... idk how to say it you guys... getting to the finish line? happy endings? taking the first exit into Love Town... ? #lovetown
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Show notes for S4 episode 2...
❿ Headline: "This Bizarre Lottery Win Sounds Impossible."
❾ Headline: Robots can outrun you now, world domination begins next week (probably)
❽ Headline: "King Charles to be crowned on wrong Stone of Destiny?"
❼ "Halloween costumes that will be popular this year."
❻ Headline: "New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers"
❺ Headline: Thousands of people decide that if the world is gonna end, they want to go out doing the deed... together... like a big ol' 'doing the deed party' ... you know... it rhymes with "Georgie" *PG55 rating
❹ Headline: Planet Earth is safe from meteors! Alternate headline: "Planet Earth has never been in more danger!"
❸ Headline: a person grew a very heavy pumpkin.
❷ Headline: Will there be a class action lawsuit because Google knows stuff about our Incognito Browsing History?
❶ Headline: The emojis that make us look like boomers...(these things are tearing us apart you guys!)
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10 Prime Minister of Canada Bungee Jumps from the biggest drop in the nation.
9 There are bunch of things to check out in the sky this month
8 Headline: (from Sky News) "Cheating scandal rocks competitive fishing world after weights found in Ohio catches"
7 Headline: Lantern Flies need to be squashed
6 Headline: "Meet the Purple M&M, the newest “spokescandy” for the Mars brand.
5 Headline: “John Paul College student banned from school grounds because of ‘unsuitable’ mullet haircut”
4 Headline: “New evidence suggests presence of underground lake on Mars”
3 Headline: "McDonald’s Happy Meals for adults won’t come to the UK - and fans are devastated"
2 Headline: "Stolen Table Cloth recovered." (see, THAT's why I shouldn't be writing headlines.) #Beatlecloth
1 Headline: "Google prototypes, open sources an extra-long keyboard with one row of keys"
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Thanks for checking out What a Weird Week! This podcast is usually the Top Ten Weird Things from this week's news, but for the Summer series the plan is less news/ more weird.Keep it weird all Summer with What a Weird Week SUMMER!
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Note: you can also ask your smart speaker to play the "What a Weird Week Podcast".Episode 3.37 Weird Xnas in July Lawsuit
Shownotes:
Mariah Carey Sued over Xmas song https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2022/06/07/is-nothing-sacred-mariah-carey-hit-with-20-million-lawsuit-for-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you/Can't Wait for Christmas Podcast: https://cantwaitforchristmaspod.com/2022/06/24/cwfc-098-gingerbread/ that Guy who got paid 300 times his usual salary by mistake: https://fortune.com/2022/06/28/chilean-man-paid-330-times-salary-resigns-disappears/Free Food from Door Dash because Glitch: https://mashable.com/article/doordash-glitch-free-foodAnnie Edson Taylor and the Barrel/ Niagara Falls Stunt: http://www.infoniagara.com/niagaradaredevils/annietaylor.aspx
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Episode 3.36 Weird Frogs - Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Shownotes:
One Strange Thing Frogman of Loveland ep https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes/episode-46-the-frogman
The time it rained frogs in Calgary https://globalnews.ca/news/4371433/calgary-raining-frogs/
New Frogs https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=99523&page=1
All About Frogs Blog circa 1997 http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/weird.html
First Frogs then Jurassic Park https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/130316-gastric-brooding-frog-animals-weird-science-extinction-tedx
Ig Nobel frogs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize
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Episode 3.35
Shownotes: Demon Cat! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Cat
Thanks for checking out What a Weird Week! This podcast is usually the Top Ten Weird Things from this week's news, but this Summer we're changing things up!
You'll get a deep dive into some of the weird stories of all time!
Keep it weird all Summer with What a Weird Week SUMMER!
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You guys, I'm gonna take this week off because I think it's the right thing to do.
Here's an article about how to talk to your kids when there are terrible things in the news: https://childmind.org/article/anxiety-school-shooting/
You might find this article helpful too: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/29/tech-tips-news-anxiety/
Talk to you next week.
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Thanks for checking out What a Weird Week, the Top Ten Weird Things from this week's news. This is episode 3.34
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Here's the Top Ten...
❿ Parents who are mad that their son isn't making babies...
❾ UFOs or UF Nos? ©DadJokesRUs
❽ They keep seeing Weird Fish you guys...
❼ Ketchup of the Future seems like it might be a mushy situation...
❻ Piece of the Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs located, being held for questioning...
❺ Will Elon hit Purchase or Exit?
❹ In other Netflix News...
❸ Stonehenge Seems to be Weirdening...
❷ Algae Computers are real
❶ Martian Doorway!
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Thanks for checking out What a Weird Week, the Top Ten Weird Things from this week's news. This is episode 3.33
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Here's the Top Ten...
❿ Man continues to shine a light on education with chainsaws on his face..
❾ Passenger with zero knowledge about flying a plane landed it safely with a quick tutorial from an air traffic controller...
❽ California couple returns home to find that hundreds of birds are now living in their home...
❼ KFC in Singapore has come out with a fried chicken taco containing Mac and Cheese.
❻ Rabbit gets into Walmart and has a feast in the garden section...
❺ Science has finally cracked it you guys... how to use science to flirt with someone!!
❹ Andy Warhol painting breaks a record... #marilynmonroe
❸ Update on the methane-from-cows situation: you can see it from space now...
❷ Science knows why teenagers don't listen to their mom?!
Honorable Mentions:
Taco Bell and Dolly Parton are teaming up for a musical about Mexican Pizza...
Honorable Mentions:
Eating Sea Squirts seems to be good for your brain according to a new study...
Honorable Mentions:
Sunday night/ Monday morning is the Super Flower Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse Spectacular...
Honorable Mentions:
They did not find a paved road to Atlantis in the Pacific Ocean...
❶ Big Bottle of Booze in the News!
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Thanks for checking out What a Weird Week, the Top Ten Weird Things from this week's news. This is episode 3.32
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Here's the Top Ten...
❿ The first flying car airport in the world is in the UK...
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it's kind of a Pop-Up airport because they wanted to show how fast a flying car airport could get up and running (built in 15 months)
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it's a 3 hour drive away from the city (I thought we'd be landing our flying cars in our own front yards so this is disappointing)
❾ Space Murder now against the law for Canadian Astronauts...
In a disappointing turn of events for anyone who hoped to be able to get away with space murders, would-be space assassins now cannot murder people in outer space without repercussions.
Until now There was a loophole in Canadian law which, in theory, meant that Canadians who committed a crime while in space or on the moon, might not be not subject to earth laws.
❽ Weird Mars lights...
Notes:
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scientists have known about Weird lights on Mars for years
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this new discovery is just way bigger than they've seen before and they say it looks a little like an enormous snake twisting up from the planet into the sky
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it's thousands of miles long
❼ another new Coke flavor that tries to assign a certain taste to something intangible... The new release is flavour aimed at gamers and they call it called Coca-Cola Byte. It has a fruity flavor.
❻ Reminder: We live in a world where someone can lose 13 billion dollars in an afternoon and still be one of the richest people in the universe...
That's what happened to Jeff Bezos. Amazon stock lost value, so he lost 13 billion in an afternoon the other day... he lost more than that overall as the stock kept moving, but the 13 Billion in an Afternoon had a ring to it and a lot of news outlets went with that headline.
❺ Our shortest story ever - the most popular emoji is...
The Laughing-and-Crying emoji. 😂
The Guinness Book of World Records folks shared that this week...
❹ The dog who ate a lady's passport just before she was supposed to travel to someone's wedding...
Notes:
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sure, blame the dog
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dog's name is Prince
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it looks like the lady (Sophia) will miss her friend's wedding in Cyprus and lose over £800... so now I believe her
❸ Who falls for Fake News? Not you, right?
A Study this week that took a look at Fake News had a couple surprises...
Notes:
- older people are no more likely to fall for fake news than any other age category
❷ College grads are guessing wrong about starting salaries...
Notes:
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People graduating from college in the US will average a salary of ~ $50,000.
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People graduating from college in the US THINK that they'll be making an average salary of ~ $103,880 for their first job.
I say aim big, college grads!
❶ NHLer Louis Domingue is the backup goalie for the Penguins. Their playoff game went into overtime the other night... Louis wasn't playing... so he ate some spicy pork... then, moments later the starting goalie got hurt and Louis had to go in the game... Penguins won the game thanks largely to Louis and the spicy pork he ate
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Thanks for checking out the What a Weird Week Podcast, a countdown of the Top Ten Weird Things in the News from the Week that was. For Full Show Notes and Podcast Links see www.Shownotes.page
Here's the Top Ten...
❿ What is that mystery noise under the house? (Dramatic movie music plays) Spoiler alert, it was bear snores. Five bears were hiding under this California house for months like master criminal trespassers.
❾ This is a weird stat that no one saw coming... the researchers were baffled at first...
Road signs that flash messages about safe driving cause accidents?
❽ Money can save your marriage! - research.
I don't know what minimum wage is where you're at but if they were to raise it, there would be less divorces.
❼ Burger Deliciousness revolution!
Heinz has a new Burger Dipping System that had been a Tik Tok trend... then Heinz packaged it up and made it available for purchase (God bless them!)
❻ it looks like that guy who took selfies and jumped out of a plane that crashed... he was wearing a parachute btw... he also had a Selfie stick... the FAA says he crashed that plane on purpose...
❺ PG13 warning a restaurant in British Columbia has been in the news for their dirty waffles...
It's a pop-up waffle shop (which makes it sound a little dirtier) and the waffles they sell look like ding dongs. Why? Is that the optimal shape for waffles on a stick?
❹ KFC and Pro Flowers in the USA are teaming up to offer an incredible gift for special moms this Mothers Day... Flowers and fried chicken. They're calling it Kentucky Fried Buckquet... Give him something that shows you care...
❸ rockets are so expensive that a company is trying something bonkers...
A rocket company that sends up satellites thinks they can grab a rocket - as it plummets back down to earth - using a helicopter with a grappling hook!
❷ the giant robot that is set to destroy us all...
Notes:
- West Japan Railway built an enormous robot that looks like it's from the Transformers Movie
❶ Good News Story!! Solar Panels you can see through are coming... they can be used as windows and capture solar energy while you look through them at the wasteland outside!! :) :) :)
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Thanks for checking out the What a Weird Week Podcast, a countdown of the Top Ten Weird Things in the News from the Week that was. This is episode 3.30
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BBC podcast about the war in Ukraine - if you want to understand what's happening there, it is a good way to get informed. It's called Ukrainecast (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bqztzm) ...
Here's the Top Ten...
❿ What your favourite candy reveals about you...
I like the idea of some sort of therapy where psychological test where they give you candy and then diagnose you...
❾ *Listener Warning - poop talk here... There's a sea creature that was discovered in the early 2000s... and it has finally been seen pooping. This is the first time anyone has gotten footage of the deed...
❽ The other day the Guinness Book of Records tweeted about this guy who can turn his tongue into a ball and it has the biggest circumference in the world... it should be called tonguecumference©
❼ This bears-wrestling-on-a-tampoline story...
❻ This story of tenacity... if no one listens to you, you can either stop talking, or refuse to be silenced!! Somebody unhappy with the noise at Dublin Airport refused to give up... and they filed over 12000 noise complaints last year alone!
❺ the new Taylor Swift bug ...
❹ the world's largest hockey stick is in Jeopardy because: woodpecker.
❸ M&Ms world record seems impossible to me...
A guy just broke the World Record by stacking 7 M&Ms on top of one another.
❷ the puppy who finds gold...is not a Golden Retriever. #MissedOpportunity
Honorable mention... Netflix lost subscribers, might crackdown on password-sharing, will be offering a plan with ads... everybody made a huge deal outta this one!
❶ After much debate, we decided to go with Grape Pop Tarts for Number One!!
(Yes, we're controversial, but consistent.)
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Thanks for checking out the What a Weird Week Podcast, a countdown of the Top Ten Weird Things in the News from the Week that was. This is episode 3.29
I took Sunday off for Easter, but I'm liking this Monday release schedule a lot because it gives me an extra couple days of Weirdness before finalizing the Top Ten...
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10 world's oldest dog gets in the Guinness Book...
9 Wordle has revealed what the best word is to start your game... Spoiler
8 Harvard astrophysicist continues to be true believer...
7 Burn your physics textbooks and let's just start from scratch you guys...
6 The father-and-son who hung up ten items of clothing and broke the World Record!
5 the guy in Florida who saw Spiderman: No Way Home at the theatre 292 times... That's a World Record.
4 Pabst Blue Ribbon hid kegs on the weekend... Easter Kegs and anyone legal drinking age could find and keep them...
3 Irish Spring has this invention for gamers to bathe while still playing their game... it might be understatement? a publicity stunt
2 The person who bought the rights to the first ever Tweet... overpaid...
1 The lady who won 10 million because someone bumped into her...
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10 Invisibility Shield is here...
9 Vanilla for the Win...
8 Cannabis health benefits research shows promise...
7 Whopper size court case in Fla?
6 Fish Math!
5 What is Pixel Coke?
4 Beer Flavour Drops...
3 Advertising in Dust? #Dustvertising
2 Air Meat!
1 The Truth about Dryers!
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Thanks for checking out the What a Weird Week Podcast! - a countdown of the Top Ten Weird Things from the week's news. This is episode 3.27.
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Now here's this week's Top Ten...
10 Peanut Butter Burger launched by Burger King South Korea...
9 Robot Dog roaming the streets being terrifying... 8 Those earphones that also filter the air you breathe... 7 The escaped flamingo seems to be flourishing! Take that, zoo! 6 Will Smith/ Chris Rock was a week ago you guys? I have slap overload. 5 The worm invasion is happening... 4 10-year-old opera singer gets in Guinness Book of World Records... 3 They've finally mapped the complete human genome.
They are currently trying to re-fold the map.
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2 Those grilled cheese sandwich paintings that are trending... 1 Quantum tech and charging electric cars in a few minutes? Sign me up! For Full Show Notes and Podcast Links see (www.Shownotes.page).
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Thanks for checking out What a Weird Week, a podcast with the Top Ten Weird Things from the news. This is episode 3.26 and it's a repeat episode because I thought I had Covid you guys.
In this glorious re-run we go back to a year ago this week.
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10
The minister who didn't know there was a Zoom filter on
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Without looking it up, I wouldn't know the biggest movie of all time.
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Bill Ackman is an investor who got-in-early buying stocks for a company that everyone online calls 'the Amazon of South Korea'.
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More Heinz sauces!?
6
A lady in the Netherlands got a robot tattoo this week. Not a tatto OF a robot, a tattoo done BY a robot.
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A guy made news this week for breaking the world record involving drinking a Capri Sun fast.
4
Scientists grow human tear glands in a lab, and actually make them cry
3
Scientists surprised by plants a mile under the ice in Greenland... but wait, there's more!
2 That assistant district attorney in Pennsylvania who just got demoted because while he was being an assistant district attorney, he was also making DoorDash deliveries
Engineers at Stanford University have finally figured out exactly why hummingbirds hum.
It's because they don't know the words.
HIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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10 Dolly and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
9 Russian News Protester...
8 No more changing the clocks in the Fall and in the Spring?!
7 Starbucks Cup Plans...
6 Dancing study says that it is good for manliness...
5 Somebody put a giant KMART sign on a guy's front lawn in North Dakota...
4 Don't use emojis in work emails according to a study...
3 Gross sounding ice cream flavors are still a thing...
2 Mary Jones Soda...
1 that giant potato we talked in a previous episode did not break the world record as expected...
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Pi Day is supposed to celebrate the number you get when you divide 22 by 7 (3.1429).
We celebrate it on the third month and the fourteenth day every year. But it's Monday. Mondays are hard. Math is also hard. Can't we just eat pie instead. That's a problem I can solve on a Monday.
Here are a few pie stats...
Largest Cherry Pie in the World was baked in BC!
"A lemon meringue pie weighing 1.3 tonnes (2,866 lb) was made by 20 students from Clarendon College, Nottingham, UK, on 4 June 1998."
"The most expensive pie sold at auction was bought for $3,100.00 (£1,994.54) by Jerry Mumma (USA), in Rich Hill, Missouri, USA, on 6 July 2012."
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10 asteroid hurtling towards earth! ... deemed safe
9 great news! New research seems to show that we don't need 10000 steps a day!
8 Disney+ with ads will be cheaper
7 wait a minute, Dolly wrote a book with Patterson?
6 300 million year old octopus...
5 Let's just hibernate...
4 Weird Bat that they thought extinct is seen again in Rwanda after 40 years...
3 People keep smuggling snakes down their pants you guys...
2 That guy who's been living on a cruise ship for 20 years...
1 (Three Way Tie)
They found the Endurance and it looks like they could sail it home... *landlubberPOV
New Spider invasion...
New Rainbow Coloured Fish?!
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Thanks for checking out What a Weird Week, a podcast with Ten Weird Things from this week's news. We took last week off because it seemed like a bad thing to do a show about dumb stuff in the news when there was a war breaking out in Ukraine. Serious news is not what I do on this podcast... but I will link to the BBC podcast about the war in Ukraine - if you want to understand what's happening there, it is a good way to get informed. It's called Ukrainecast (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bqztzm) Alright. Here we go with ep 3.23... Pokemon Cards, and mystery rockets...for Full Show Notes and Podcast Links see (www.Shownotes.page). 10 Pokemon card sells for $900,000(https://nerdist.com/article/rare-expensive-pokemon-card-sells-for-record-price-nearly-one-million/)9 World record! This guy is from my buddy Tony's old stompin' grounds... Teenager sets record for most Rubiks Cubes solved while on a pogo stick (it was 211 you guys)...
(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/02/25/canada-Guinness-World-Records-pogo-stick-Rubiks-cube/4851645811953/)8 is this a photo of an Alien Lifeform?
Attention True Believers: is this solved yet?
~Jogger stumbles across creature that 'could very well be an alien' after storm~ https://t.co/EcodMAuDkK— scotty horsman (@scottyhorsman) March 4, 2022
7 That Mystery Rocket crashed into the moon on Friday...but we won't know much for awhile because it's hard to get data from the far side of the moon... (also, that's where all the secret moonbases are, right?)Most reports say it was a Chinese Lunar Mission rocket from years ago... except the Chinese government who I believe are still denying it was theirs... (https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/world/rocket-crash-into-moon-scn/index.html)6 Why are some people so high on breakfast?(https://swnsdigital.com/us/2022/03/one-in-five-americans-think-their-breakfast-is-master-chef-material/)I love you, breakfast... i just don't LOVE you love you. 5 Netflix announced a game show that you'll actually be able to play (not just watch)... it's an interactive multiple choice quiz show coming out in April. Fun! or another vicious family game night?(https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-trivia-quest-interactive-series-1235103586/#:~:text=More%20Stories%20by%20James&text=Netflix%20is%20getting%20into%20the,which%20you%20can%20watch%20below.)4 Coal Boat Coal Boat Coal Boat ( say it five times fast)(
i always say that we let the serious news people handle the serious news and we do a podcast of the wacky stuff, but it didn't feel right doing a wacky podcast when war is in the news, so no ep this week.
hoping and praying for peace,
scotty.
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10 minister resigns after weirdest baptizing scandal I've ever heard of..
(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/us/catholic-priest-baptisms-phoenix.html)
9 Belgium and their four-day work week...
(https://twitter.com/i/events/1493582764448395264?t=v9gNJGaGltSUnwMuwilS3Q&s=03)
8 Great Barrier Reef underwater hotel (https://twitter.com/i/events/1493578900210962438?t=PUO5mVlhdb9nSktdq16K0g&s=03)
7 Elan solves world hunger!?
(https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/elon-musk-gave-mysterious-5-170612372.html)
6 drunken lady makes getaway on motorized suitcase...
(https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/02/15/full-video-drunken-woman-on-motorized-suitcase-leads-police-chase-through-orlando-airport-officials-say/)
5 the fanciest ketchup ever has got to be the queen's ketchup...
(https://foodsided.com/2022/01/31/queen-launching-royal-ketchup/)
4 giant strawberry sets world record...
(https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/giant-strawberry-guinness-world-record/index.html)
3 they discovered a new dinosaur and it had teeth that wouldn't quit...
(https://outline.com/65pL9x)
It looks a bit like a Crocodile that maybe walks upright? Nightmare!
2 guy is named man of the year after helping his Tinder date deliver her baby...
(https://wild955.iheart.com/featured/carmineandmaegan/content/2022-02-17-australian-man-named-man-of-the-year-after-delivering-baby-on-tinder-date/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email)
1 Hank the Tank is on the run (do not approach)
(https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kcra.com/amp/article/500-pound-black-bear-at-large-breaking-home-tahoe/39139363)
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Now here comes Episode 3.21
10 Monkey Lovin' in the news...
(https://www.tmz.com/2022/02/08/zoo-hires-marvin-gaye-impersonator-help-monkeys-get-it-on/)
9 Mr Beast Big Willy Style... (Willy Wonka)
(https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/mrbeast-willy-wonka-chocolate-bar-competition)
8 Job Interview Mistake Goes Viral...
(https://www.tiktok.com/@chayjordan_/video/7058082078390308143)
7 New Survey indicates that this might be the worst Valentine's Day ever...
(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kiss-valentines-day-goodbye-datingcom-finds-singles-claim-the-pandemic-ended-the-holidays-appeal-301476166.html)
6 Three Seconds of Lifting Weights is the new Goal...
(https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/articles/research/no-time-to-exercise-what-about-three-seconds-a-day)
5 What we want for Valentine's Day...
(https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2022/01/24/7148f/3)
4 Need to hide an engagement ring in food but aren't sure what food would be best??
(https://swnsdigital.com/us/2022/02/more-than-a-quarter-of-americans-would-love-a-cheesy-over-the-top-engagement/)
3 The Razzie Awards have made a brand new category to salute bad movies... Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie!
(https://www.razzies.com/index.html)
2 The lady who challenged a bunny to a salad-eating contest...
(https://torontosun.com/news/world/giant-bunny-loses-to-woman-in-salad-eating-contest/wcm/b8704a12-4e3b-44c3-b69c-44d3b2318ba7/amp/)
1 French Fry Perfume (just in time for Valentines Day!)
(https://idahopotato.com/shop/product/frites-by-idaho/)
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This is What a Weird Week: a countdown of the top ten weird things from this week's news. If the serious news gets all your attention, and anger, this is not that! (folds arms and smiles) Just cool weird news to make you feel cool and weird!! (unfolds arms and gives two thumbs up) This episode has some weird and save-the-world sized breakthroughs (and one breakthrough that might trigger the robot uprising). For all podcast links and shownotes see www.Shownotes.page and Email address is weirdweekpod@gmail.com Here's the top ten for Episode 3.19 10 New record for throwing stuff... #AHL #Hockey 9 Brain implants are getting closer to happening you guys... #BrainImplants 8 Big Time Fines in Little Town America... #TicketAgenda 7 That Lady on the subway must be an acrobat #spoiler #acrobat 6 Gross Graphic Finger Story Alert (GGF) ... 5 The new batch of emojis gets us closer to never needing words again! 4 Incredible, world-saving breakthrough flies under the radar in a time of angry protests... #Fusion #NotJazzBluesFusuion 3 When you have to give up that trip of a lifetime... #NotWeightlessinSpace? 2 #FrogLegs 1 #Robots
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This episode has Monkey Escapes, Cereal Crimes, Baloney Face! and Pole Dancing Palace!!
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Here's the top ten for Episode 3.18...
10 Monkeys on the loose in Pennsylvania...
9 cereal contraband...
8 Tik Tok Sleepy Chicken is bad...
7 Bologna Mask...
6 Studies are indicating that cannabis could be made into a Covid prevention medicine...
5 Study from Austria: "don't fall asleep with the TV on, it'll mess you up my dudes" *paraphrase
4 a TikTok lady ate so much sushi that she had to go to the hospital...
3 Photos of a Palace with a Pole Dancing Room are leaked... who's pole dancing palace is it?
2 dead guy brought to post office... investigation continues...
1 The reporter doing a live hit...
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Here are your Episode 3.17 stories:
10 Love Slump to Love Glove story...
9 My Sweet Lord the helicopter crash rescue from oncoming train story...
8 Pokemon Nope...
7 giant sea dragon story...
6 There are very few legit reasons to drink pee you guys...
5 Badger finds treasure...
4 "Don’t Look Up" is a big surprise hit for Netflix...
3 Cereal Mashup...
2 Pot Brownie Mixup...
1 Soup Candles MMmmWeird...
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Here are your Episode 3.16 Shownotes:
10 Secret Moon Base Turns Out to be a Rock:
9 Goldfish passes driving test!
8 Skateboard your way to Happiness!
7 FBI arrest a guy accused of serious book thievery!
6 the Fifa World Cup Stadium is portable?
5 That Lady who got Married to Pink!
4 The Question on Everyone's Mind this week:
3 The new BMW that changes colours...
2 They are working on a smart retainer you guys...
1 They've recovered a stolen car that's worth 25 million dollars!
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Welcome back to What a Weird Week, the countdown of Weird stories from the news.
See (Shownotes.page) for shownotes and podcast links. This is our Weird Year In Review Special!
Here are some of the Stories that made 2021 Weird...
What a Weird Week Podcast episode 3.15 Shownotes:
10 Weird Weather! Like Donut-shaped hail...
9 Weird UFO Report!
8 the Headline: "Police break up exorcism at Pa. Home Depot"
7 Cupcake Day: ruined! may have been muffins
6 Bernie's mittens... Trump Twitter Ban... Macron egged (tie)
5 Giant Ship gets stuck in Suez Canal...
4 The Jamaican Sprinter who took a cab and won Gold!
3 Couple of vaccine stories (tied)...
2 All of the rich people who went to space...
1 (tie) All The Weird food publicity stunts...
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This week I'm doing something different because it's Christmas time baby! Please enjoy this retelling of - and deep dive into - Twas the Night Before Christmas with special guest My Buddy Tony!
WhataWeirdWeek Episode 3.14
I'll be taking next week off so Merry Chistmas and Happy /Weird New Year!!
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10 Cream Cheese Shortage has bagel lovers feeling empty inside...
9 Every year someone figures out how much the Twelve Days of Christmas would cost...
8 The Substitute Teacher who got asked to leave the school...
7 Having a Christmas Tree in the Bedroom: does it really spice up your marriage?
6 How to succeed at work and trick everybody into liking what you're about!
5 Christmas is a time of weight-gain for dogs too!
4 Alligator in Massachusetts River!
3 Indestructible Box will keep our shame safe for future societies...
2 Oreo Flavoured Wine is a thing...
1 Chocolate Santa Scandal!
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10 Fourteen Seconds to make a gift impression...
9 Cats are Pychopathish...
8 One way to avoid flooding problems of today... build a floating city
7 Those people storm-stayed in the bar for days...
6 The Little Kid Car Thief...
5 Loudest Burp Record set...
4 Holiday weight gain concerns? Try Prunes you guys...
3 What to buy for that person who has errthing? #HolidayGiftGuide
2 Our Maple Syrup Shortage!
1 That video game boat that someone bought for $650,000 in real life money...
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10 The couple who have never met in real life and got married via Zoom...
9 The money that started flying out the back of an Armored Truck the other day...
8 The poor lady in Washington who must drive a car that looks like Mike's car??
7 More drone delivery news: We're slowly getting to that magical place in time where flying robots bring us snacks!
6 The Rolls Royce company has been working on an electric airplane and it just set a world record...
5 Adele rules the world...
4
The Wish website is getting blocked in France!?
3
Reviews.org is looking for someone to watch 25 Christmas movies in 25 days for $2,500.
2
13-year-old girl makes amazing metal detector discovery...
Milly in the UK may have discovered a bunch of Bronze Age axes... the experts thinks that's the story here... Good for you, Milly!
1
Inflation ruins dollar store name...
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10 Fifty-two year old bank robbery Solved!
9 World Record Curling Attempt!
8 The Biggest Movies on Netflix...
7 New Survey: Telling lies to our Pets weighs heavy on our conscience...
6 The Russian satellite that blew up...
5 They came out with a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Pie just in time for American Thanksgiving but it was too popular...
4 Energy Clothes!
3 This story from Digg about how to walk got my attention...
2 The Robot Battle Competition that the US Government put together...
1) This new dog communicator should be called the Dog Collar/ Caller... seemed more clever when I was tired
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10 Arby's Vodka that tastes like their french fries! 9 Lady runs marathon in personal best time... listen to this strategy though... 8 What people do with their dishwasher is surprising... 7 Here's what's going into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year... 6 Little kids think there are hot dog trees... 5 My garbage can blows into thne street on garbage day sometimes, and my nice neighbor brings it back for me... that is not our number 5 story, I just wanted to thank Jacobi for doing that... our number 5 story is about the garbage can that belonged to the City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina which got away from them and ended up in Ireland. 4 In Portugal it has become illegal for your boss to text you after work hours... 3 I do not want to lose my All Audiences rating but we're gonna go ahead with the Demi Lovato story... it's nothing too wild, just a new business venture... which I am uncomfortable talking about because I am very buttoned down... 2 More Christmas Weird: a judge in Georgia says Elf on the Shelf is banned in his county. 1 The feel-good story of the week: 40% of Americans say that going up or down one flight of stairs makes them realize how out of shape they are... Be a Weirdo! Subscribe today!! (https://podcast.scottyandtony.com/)
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10 A grocery store in Nebraska set a new world record for the biggest ice cream sandwich. It was almost 3000 pounds.
9 Tom Hanks crashed a wedding again...
8 Our first Christmas story of the season! The bar that has Jukebox Rules concerning the playing of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" ...
7 Seems like Elon Musk is just about ready to donate enough money to charity to literally end famine citation needed*
6 Smelly Flower continues to gross out and fascinate the public...
5 Did they solve the Jet Pack Mystery? Maybe!
4 A very very big potato has made our countdown!
3 This week the SpaceX rocket restroom reno was in the news...
2 A new study into whales shows that we were way off on how much whales eat...
1 New Time Change Study says keep doing the time change!?...
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For this episode we're going to circle back to the top Halloween stories of the season...
10 Giant skeleton in yard to promote Covid safety
9 Gizmodo's list of worst Halloween costumes for 2021 includes "Sexy Safari Guide", "Sexy Buzz Lightyear", "Naughty Nerd"
8 That four-year-old girl in California who loves Michael Myers from the Halloween movies. She had a Michael Myers birthday party... she even said "I Love You" to Michael Myers. That's weird, right?
7 Earlier we had the 'What not to dress as this Halloween' story... now here's 'What to dress as' ... from the National Retail Federation.
For kids, it's Spider-Man, a princess, and Batman.
For grown-ups, it's witch, vampire, and a ghost.
6 Once again science comes through just in time for Halloween season to tell us what movies are really scary! (https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3684982/scientific-study-determined-30-scariest-horror-movies-time/)
5 What is the best Halloween decoration?
I think we can all agree that it's the homemade graveyard with work gloves reaching up from the grave, right?
This survey came out... it says skeletons, then pumpkins and spiders.
4 Think Twice Before Carving that Pumpkin this Halloween!
In Boston, there's a neighborhood trying to get out in front of a rat infestation that they believe will occur when people put out carved pumpkins this Halloween
3 Google always has the top Halloween costumes and different trends on their Fright Geist page... we had some other Halloween stuff in last week's podcast if you click the show notes you can get to the website and check that out...
According to the latest Google data, the number one costume for adults and wee little babies is Squid Game.
Having not seen Squid Game yet I'm just gonna go with fat vampire again this year.
2 Candy corn infused sausage might be delicious...
1 Candy Corn Factory Hacked!
Who hacks a Candy Corn company?
Is it: A) Someone who hates Candy Corn
or
B) Someone who loves Candy Corn??
That's almost everyone. Almost everyone is a suspect. Authorities have named everyone a person of interest.
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10 omG here's a reminder to double check the paperwork every time...
People in Mississippi bought a house in a subdivision... the other day they got a note stuck to the door that said their house had been sold and they had three days to leave...
9 This is a story of seasonal heartbreak that plays out all over the place at this time of year... a pumpkin grower in Wisconsin grew an enormous pumpkin that would've won him biggest pumpkin in the USA status...
8 TikTok Tics!?
7 Blue paint shortage?
6 Facebook name change?!
5 The Toronto Star's Bulk Barn Battle Royale!
4 Weird Noises from Mars:
3 That Grateful Dead T-shirt that Broke a Record at Auction...
2 Car Horns replaced by music?
1 Candy Corn Factory Hacked!
Who hacks a Candy Corn company?
Is it: A) Someone who hates Candy Corn
or
B) Someone who loves Candy Corn??
That's almost everyone. Almost everyone is a suspect. Authorities have named everyone a person of interest.
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10 candy corn infused sausage might be delicious...
9 The other day when Hellman's Mayonnaise tweeted that we should try some in our coffee
8 the lady who almost got hit by a meteorite!
7 I Can't Believe it's not Shrimp!
6 William Shatner went to space for minutes.
5 Strange radio waves from center of galaxy?!
4 Chinese Dancing Moms have been dealt a serious setback...
3 Using Energy Bikes to Fry Doughnuts ...
2 That reporter who delivered his whole report while skateboarding.
1 Tinder wants to help you find a date for your friend's wedding...
Also number 1 (we have a tie this week?! Seems arbitrary.)... Would you like it if your Apple Airpods could take your temperature and remind you to stand up straight?
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10 Those people who found that gemstone at a park...
9 Once again science comes through just in time for Halloween season to tell us what movies are really scary! (https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3684982/scientific-s
8 What is the best Halloween decoration?
I think we can all agree that it's the homemade graveyard with work gloves reaching up from the grave, right?
7 The invention of the Big Toe Sock has me pretty excited.
6 A couple people got drunk and broke into a waterpark where they got broken ankles. Now those breaker-inners are suing the waterpark?
5 New Study Alert: This one is about how people who are the class clown growing up tend to be more intelligent.
4 Squid game is slowing down the internet?
3 Think Twice Before Carving that Pumpkin this Halloween! It's not what you think!! Unless you thought rats.
2 Cereal Check-in: Wendy's Frosty cereal.
1 More Halloween Costume stuff because it's Halloween all month... be Squid Game like everybody else.
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10 Big discovery has Bigfoot enthusiasts excited... Researchers have found the oldest-human-footprints-in-North-America in New Mexico ... in a dry lake bed. Clarification: they found these fossilized footprints years ago, but the new thing is that they analyzed seeds that were in stuck in those footprints, and the foot that stepped on those seeds did that around 22000 years ago* (non scientific rounding by me).
9 Gizmodo's list of worst Halloween costumes for 2021 includes "Sexy Safari Guide", "Sexy Buzz Lightyear", "Naughty Nerd"
8 90 year old actor, singer, and man-about-town, William Shatner, is going to space (scheduled for Oct 12th).
7 Those hikers who found a dog in a cave and saved him.
6 That four-year-old girl in California who loves Michael Myers from the Halloween movies. She had a Michael Myers birthday party...
5 The town in Iowa that made 14,280 pancakes to get the Guinness World Record.
4 A museum in Denmark gave this artist around $80,000 to use in an art installment. The money was supposed to be featured in the art. Instead the artist delivered empty picture frames and kept the money. He called the exhibit "Take the Money and Run".
The museum wants their money back, but they also still put up the exhibit of empty picture frames. Art is complicated.
(https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-danish-museum-lent-an-artist-2484000-for-his-work-he-kept-the-cash-and-named-the-art-e2-80-98take-the-money-and-run-e2-80-99/ar-AAOUgEQ)
3 Followup from an earlier podcast: Rihanna continues to be very wealthy
2 Netflix says ‘Bridgerton’ is its most-watched series ever... but wait! A new show is knocking on the door!!
1 Earlier we had the 'What not to dress as this Halloween' story... now here's 'What to dress as' ... from the National Retail Federation.
For kids, it's Spider-Man, a princess, and Batman.
For grown-ups, it's witch, vampire, and a ghost.
What about the pets?!!!!??!!!!! Go with a pumpkin costume, a hot dog, or superhero.
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10 New Research says the dirtiest place in your bathroom is - of all tings? the towel rack? But that's where I put my towel? Exactly. Bacteria from your damp towel causes the towel rack to win the Dr. Dirty's Award of Filthiness. (https://www.studyfinds.org/dirtiest-part-of-bathroom-towel-rack/)
9 Follow up to a story we had last year... the guy who invented Jelly Belly candies did a treasure hunt for someone to win a candy factory... well, the guy who won it was in the news the other day because he has decided to not take over the candy factory... they gave him a cash payment instead... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/20/andrew-maas-gold-ticket-competition/?fbclid=IwAR1844r7xdB44r_F6q54yZ0lac4up_To18c41DTTU8_FyVSi7YJfeHvE_ps)
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8 That Lunchables shortage because of the lousy stinkin pandemic. The Lunchables folks are working hard to keep the supply chain rolling, but there are some places with shortages. You never want a Lunchable more than when they say you can't have one, so this is hitting hard you guys. My understanding is that when supplies run low because of the pandemic, it usually boils down to not as many people working at the factory, or supplies aren't shipping as fast as usual because the trucking industry is swamped. I tried to make my own Lunchable with crackers, cheese, luncheon meat, and a teeny tiny chocolate bar, at a fraction of the price of an actual Lunchable... but it just wasn't the same... (https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/consumer/lunchables-shortage-kids-favorite-missing-from-some-stores/2804146/)
Oh yeah, I probably should've mentioned back to school and how kids are missing Lunchables... kinda made it about myself there...
7 That teacher who got trending because the class took a field trip on the StrippaBus (copyright 2021 Weird Week Enterprises). There's a school bus driver shortage in a lot of places because of lousy stinkin Covid, so the class had to take whatever bus rental was available, and it happened to be one of those party buses with the stripper poles. The teacher was like "demand more money for the school system!" but the kids were like "this is the coolest bus we've been on! and it smells like Palm Bay coolers!"
6 The results are in: We are faking fakers, you guys... about unfunny jokes... this survey was in Britain, so maybe we're dealing with a more polite test group... 67% of us will fake-laugh at a joke we don't get... just so we fit in... So we don't get a joke... but we laugh anyway because we don't want to be the chump who didn't get it... then 56% of the people in this survey said they've even told the joke to someone else... the joke that no one understands?! We need to stop laughing at bad jokes. Unless it's your boss' joke. Or your minister during church service. IDK, this is tricky. (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9329925/Two-thirds-people-laugh-jokes-dont-understand-fit-survey-finds.html)
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Today I'm playing catch-up (ketchup?) after taking a few weeks off before season 3.
See how many of these weirdos slipped through the cracks #crackslippers
10 KFC Hotel with Chicken Button (https://nypost.com/2021/08/06/kfc-opening-pop-up-hotel-with-press-for-chicken-buttons/) This is one of those "Big Brand needs to get attention somehow" stories. They came up with a hotel where you can press a button to receive chicken. How did no one think of this before?
9 You're surrounded by psychopaths! Just kidding, you are one. (https://boingboing.net/2021/08/05/psychopaths-make-up-4-5-of-the-adult-population-according-to-a-new-meta-analysis.html) Don't overthink this, you're probably OK, right?
8 Big Mac World Record!!!!! (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/08/06/Guinness-World-Records-Don-Gorske-Big-Macs/7981628274420/) When asked for comment, the man who has eaten more than 32000 Big Macs said: "Wait, they have salads here?!"
7 Another Video Game Auction Million Dollar Bonanza (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/08/06/video-game-record-prize-Super-Mario-Bros-Nintendo-Rally/1901628284005/) Easier to understand than Bitcoin? Yes!!
6 Family throws out $25000. Workers at the landfill found it for them.
(https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-lorain/waste-collection-agency-finds-25-000-lorain-county-family-accidentally-threw-away) Now that money smells bad, but they'll get over it.
5 The Willy Wonka Hotel is gonna have wallpaper you lick (https://nerdist.com/article/willy-wonka-themed-hotel-room/) Hard pass.
4 The guy who stole the horse and tried to hide it in his bedroom... (https://www.newser.com/story/309855/man-arrested-after-deputies-find-horse-in-house.html) This is a bunk bed situation.
3 New study: your metabolism isn't slowing down like you think it is... (https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/metabolism-doesnt-slow-down-in-middle-age-shocking-study/) I need to find something else to blame my dad bod on.
2 The Budweiser Backyard Barbecue candle smells like clove, lemonade, barbecue smoke, allspice, barley, vanilla, and musk. Those dummies just gave us all the ingredients so we can make our own Barbecue Candle!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA... or we can just BBQ stuff when we want to smell that smell... (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/holy-smoke-its-homesicks-limited-edition-backyard-bbq-candle-with-budweiser-301354096.html)
1The Back to School lunchbox story that came out a couple weeks ago... they came out with a parents survey to help us all pack our kid's lunchbox... here are the things that don't get eaten and just stay in the lunchbox... Vegetables... then Fruit... the Main Meal! So kids just eat the odd stuff?? (https://swnsdigital.com/2021/08/nearly-three-in-five-parents-stressed-just-thinking-about-packing-kids-lunches-again/)
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10 duct taped guy https://boingboing.net/2021/08/03/frontier-airlines-duct-taped-an-unruly-man-to-his-seat.html
9 mm mm pumpkin spice noodle in a cup (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/move-over-lattes-cup-noodles-pumpkin-spice-is-joining-the-flavor-craze-301347737.html)
8 Covid Barbie (https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/barbie-debuts-doll-likeness-british-covid-19-vaccine-developer-2021-08-03/)
7 Forbes list of rich ladies has Rihanna at the top... (https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2021/08/04/fentys-fortune-rihanna-is-now-officially-a-billionaire/?sh=6bf584b37c96)
6 look at this world record Oreo! (https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-grandma-ross-smith-worlds-largest-oreo-8-3-21)
5 Giant skeleton in yard to promote Covid safety (https://abc11.com/halloween-skeleton-covid-raleigh-vaccine-display/10929934/)
4 bad sketch goes viral (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-left-stitches-drawing-stranger-24694949)
3 get ready for friday the 13th with these good luck charms... (https://swnsdigital.com/2021/08/these-are-the-nations-top-30-lucky-charms/)
2 too many of us think we're awesome (https://swnsdigital.com/2021/08/two-in-five-americans-think-they-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-olympian/)
1 is your fave beer going away for EVAH!? (https://www.marketingdive.com/news/molson-coors-to-sunset-11-economy-brands/604241/)
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10 The dating app Bumble is opening a restaurant. They hosted events before and they were successful, so why not have a permanent place where you can meet your date?
9 Scientists have found the off switch for hunger?!
The article keeps calling it the brain's hunger switch... which makes it seem like I could be a brain scientist... if everything in there is clearly labeled like "Hunger Switch"
8 Rich and famous man lives in modest home...
It's Elon Musk, you guys... he lives in a $50,000 house
7 The Tokyo Giant 3D Cat advertising is next level!!
6 If your resume for a job was a Tik Tok video, would you get the job?
5 Why isn't there a theme park at Skeleton Lake... is the real mystery of Skeleton Lake
4 Shrooms and medical research: are they good for mental health? One of the guys in my band says yes...
3 The 11 year old kid who just got a physics degree and now wants to focus on becoming immortal...
2 We are lying liars, you guys... (On average, people keep TWO secrets from friends and family.)
1 Heinz Social Media Campaign for equal buns and weens
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10 What the Covid Test revealed up that lady's nose...
9 The new research on how to trick your children into doing what you want...
8 Warning: I do not want to lose my PG13 rating so here goes nothin'...
7 We are all faking it to a certain extent... the truth is gonna set us free!!!
6 New Dog Owner Study... a huge majority of you dog owners say your pooch is your best friend.
5 In super-relatable news, all the rich people going to space...
4 Betting on Pizza Delivery Speed...
3 Tik Tok videos will be getting longer. Tik Toks used to be lil short vids but they're going to 3 minutes.
2 The Solar Power Generating Bike Highway in South Korea...
1 Flying Cars you guys! The AirCar goes from driving to flying mode like the Batmobile or something
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Scotty note: Late Spring/ Summer is getting busy you guys. I'm catching up on some stories from the last few weeks... I'm calling this an icymi episode... see how many of these weirdos you're familiar with... What a Weird Week: the top ten countdown of weird stories from the news. Check (https://podcast.scottyandtony.com/) for links to all the stories and usual podcast stuff.
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10 The lady in Oklahoma who got zapped at her computer keyboard after lightning strikes her home.
9 UFOs you guys...
60 minutes and a bunch of not-normally-UFO-reporting news outlets have been covering the latest batch of videos by credible military witnesses
8 Can we somehow breathe through our bum? Serious inquiries only...
7 Paul McCartney's Eye Yoga???
6 Why do we think we can beat animals in a hand-to-hand combat situation?
5 Loch Ness monster mystery has been solved. So glad it's finally over!
4 It looks like Dogs are better at detecting Covid than a lot of the tests they use.
3 Another Dog one!
A reporter doing a dognapping story actually sees the stolen pooch while doing the story for the news!
2 San Francisco is one of the shopliftiest places in the world? Who knew??
1 Would you want an extra thumb? Think of the hitchhiking possibilities!
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10
The Idaho lineman who climbed the power pole and rescued a kitty cat... and his smart alec buddy on the ground who did golf announcefr play by play...
9
New Survey: we are buying more impulse purchases than ever! Is it the pandemic? Do you buy more on impulse these days? Here are the top impulse buys we're making...
8
Dracula's Castle in Romania has been turned into a Covid Vaccination Site. The government thinks more people are likely to get vaccinated because it's cool to say you got your vaccine at Dracula's castle.
7
Toronto Raccoon Game...
6
Sardines Could Save Your Life?
5
The Australian lady who had tonsil surgery and woke up talking with an Irish accent...
4
The Smarties McFlurry is officially out of retirement at McDonalds.
3
A story came out this week about the top Googled questions of the last 15 years...
2
New study: Drinking booze actually brings us together you guys!
1
Weird thing that washed up on the beach in Brazil a few ago has been traced back to World War Two...
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10
The lady who was charged with a felony for not returning a video cassette!
9
The guy in Japan who had 35 girlfriends and now is charged with fraud because he got all his lady friends to buy him birthday gifts.
8
Great news everybody! New Venomous Spider Discovered in Florida...
7
Old Whiskey To be Auctioned off...
6
Beavers Cause Canadian Town To Lose Internet...
5
Crocs sales are through the roof! Which means nothing if the roof you're picturing is very low. But picture a normal or even high roof. THAT's how good Crocs sales are.
4
The poop dispute in Michigan...
3
Be ignorant, receive treat!
- Fact: McDonalds McFlurries are delicious.
2
Guy arrested for smuggling 35 finches... but wait, it gets weirder
1
There's a new Greatest Movie of all time...
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10Tire slasher points the finger at themselves...
9New study: a LOT of us started to enjoy doing laundry during the pandemic.
8Lady sets world record for lowest note by a female...
7The Mirror had an article the other day about how dirty our stuff is...
6More Coffee Research reveals how much to have...
5Missing Teenager found 500 miles away from home with no memory of how she got to France or who she is...
** If you are having anxiety or mental health issues you can get help here (https://socialworklicensemap.com/social-work-resources/mental-health-resources-list/) USA or (https://www.scottyandtony.com/2021/01/blue-monday-2021-people-who-can-help.html) Canada
4Study indicates that people who listen to Rap and drink strong coffee are better drivers...
3That dog who stole a car...
2A late in the game Pandemic Fact about Showering...
1The Apple ransomware hack!
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10
Lady in Tennessee tried to use a $1 million dollar bill at a dollar store.
9
The theatre in Portland that kept the Rocky Horror tradition alive...
8
The Food Network has been trending with their Popcorn Salad.
7
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day was this week and Kraft came out with grilled cheese incense.
6
Busch Beer wants to give a taste-tester job to a dog.
5
According to Dating.com data, more single people prefer Belfies over selfies. I didn't know what a belfie was.
4
How to be Happy: finally solved!!!
3
MP got naked-by-mistake... mistaked (copyright) during official Canadian Government Zoom call and EVERYBODY talked about it
2
Science gives us very white paint, may save the planet.
1
The unusual call to animal control...
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10
Scientists hook up brain to computer through wifi!
9
A Survey came out last week that reveals 42% of us have written poetry. I'm furious.
8 Bomb suit speed record!
7
Almost all of us (90%) are on our phone while we watch TV.
6
Experts say we might be dangerously close to a world wide ketchup shortage because of the lousy stinkin' pandemic.
5
The Wham-O company says the pandemic has been great for Hula Hoop sales.
4
This hospital in Russia caught on fire the other day, while doctors were doing open heart surgery.
3
(Bee story link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/us/bees-car-new-mexico.html)
Imagine going to the grocery store, paying those insane prices for cereal and certain cuts of beef, then returning to your car to find it infested with bees. What would you do?
2
A school in South Carolina set a new world record by lining up thousands of boxes of cereal and knocking them over like dominoes.
1
Josh Groban's Tears of Beans!
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DAILY WEIRD: GUY RETURNS TO CAR AFTER SHOPPING, CAR IS NOW BEE-INFESTED
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10
The minister who didn't know there was a Zoom filter on
9
Without looking it up, I wouldn't know the biggest movie of all time.
8
Bill Ackman is an investor who got-in-early buying stocks for a company that everyone online calls 'the Amazon of South Korea'.
7
More Heinz sauces!?
6
A lady in the Netherlands got a robot tattoo this week. Not a tatto OF a robot, a tattoo done BY a robot.
5
A guy made news this week for breaking the world record involving drinking a Capri Sun fast.
4
Scientists grow human tear glands in a lab, and actually make them cry
3
Scientists surprised by plants a mile under the ice in Greenland... but wait, there's more!
2 That assistant district attorney in Pennsylvania who just got demoted because while he was being an assistant district attorney, he was also making DoorDash deliveries
Engineers at Stanford University have finally figured out exactly why hummingbirds hum.
It's because they don't know the words.
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"Fellow Weirdos:
It's Clock Change Weekend here in Eastern Canada, and in much of the world, but not as much of the world as it used to be. Early this morning clocks sprang ahead one hour... so that we can enjoy more daylight... or less nightdark (sorry vampires).
Question: Why don't vampires push back on this "more daylight" policy? All the vampires have to move to Saskatchewan?! Is that what's happening? Is Saskatchewan crammed fulla vampires?
Background:
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waaaay before Daylight Savings, ancient people adjusted their day based on how much sunlight there was gonna be. Like, waaaay before sunglasses.
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Ben Franklin wrote that deal about being Early to bed and Early to Rise (icymi, it makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise... it's science) he also wrote to the people of Paris that they should get outta bed early to save on candles. He meant it as a hilarious joke about how lazy he thought they were. It wasn't a gameplan for Daylight Savings.
BTW, How bad would you feel if Ben Franklin wrote a diss track about your sleeping habits? Harsh, Ben.
- One weird thing about actual, modern Daylight Savings Time is that more than one person came up with it separately, because they wanted more hobby time after work.
(see Bug Guy here and Golf Guy here)
- Back to this vampire angle...
Vampires HATE this time of year.
We sat down with Vlad St John, vampire podcaster, author, and TikTok celebrity..."
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10 Don't put lobsters down your pants, 9 World Record Jigsaw Puzzle Attempt Ends with one piece missing! (JK), 8 The Salmon, Crab, Cactus vending machine boom!, 7 Jameson Irish Whiskey wants you to take vacation time on Saint Patrick's Day, 6 Air Protein is run by wizards or something, 5 They figured out who put a secret message in that painting The Scream (you know... the one that kinda looks like Kevin McCallister putting on after shave...), 4 Your car is soooo messy!, 3 Great News, Cheesethusiasts!!!, 2 Another UFO reported by Airline Pilot, 1 Swimming in Handcuffs World Record!! #lobsterpants #JigsawRecord #JamesonWhiskey #AirProtein #TheScream # #Cheese # UFO #UAP #Handcuffs
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10 Stay at the Silence of the Lambs house?
9 Science News: The latest in Wombat Poop Research
8 ***PG13 for ... something... violence maybe?
The barber who, while cutting a customers hair, tripped and fell on his own scissors.
7 Move into the neighborhood of Area 51!?
6 Romance Scammers had a terrific pandemic :(
5 3D Printed Steaks are a thing.
4 The Headline: they are still studying caffeine.
New study out says won’t ruin your sleep, but is brain-altering.
3 This Honest Hotel Review
This guy gave a hotel One Star on TripAdvisor for a reason that caused the review to get shared a bunch online... here's what he said...
2 Impossible-to-find Candy!
1 Yellow Penguin in the news
Did you know there were yellow penguins?
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10 The Smallest Chameleon, 9 A couple of teenagers have discovered four planets, 8 Four-Year-Old Kid Discovers Dinosaur Footprint, 7 Lucky Charms Cereal that turns your milk green, 6 Remember Number Ten above, when we talked about that Teeny Tiny Chameleon? Well, This Aint That, 5 That guy who ate an Airpod, 4 Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of ice, 3 What would happen if you stopped showering with soap?, 2 Giant Bear made of roses sets new world record, 1 couple sets up chessboard in 34.09 seconds. That's a world record.
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Pink Kraft Dinner, Another Proud Canadian World Record, Mind Control Dream Manipulation Heads-up, Game Stop and Reddit, Volcano Mouse, Subway Tuna, Tik Tok Potatoes, hardly anything else though
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It's a new year and a new season of What a Weird Week!
Instead of the usual format, this is an interview with an EQ expert (my daughter).
This English assignment on Emotional Intelligence respectfully submitted before the 11:59p deadline on Wed Jan 20th 2021.
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What a Weird Week: The Top Ten Weird Stories of the Week Podcast. In this episode, an excerpt from our Xmas Eve radio special featuring a reading and analysis of A Visit from Saint Nicholas
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10 Man Goes on 280 Mile Walk to Blow Off Steam After Fight with Wife
9 A guy who was in charge of Israel’s space security program for decades says that aliens are so real he CAN'T EVEN.
8 Another UFO image has been leaked that supposedly came from a US government report
7 This wee little water based robot that's powered by light will steal your heart or haunt your dreams.
6 we have about 6 Dopplegangers
5 Once again, cotton candy machines are making the world a better place.
4 Mount Everest is officially a little bit taller...
3 Finally! Breakdancing gets the attention it deserves!!
2 They had a crazy-long run with their Hershey's Kisses playing We Wish You a Merry Christmas and this year they've changed their holiday commercial.
1 Santa just set a world record for pulling a sleigh that weighed 36 thousand pounds!!
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Our Monolith Roundtable Episode
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5 Cheating Doctor
4 Scammy McScammerson
3 Weird Metal Object in Utah... and it's GONE!!?
2 JustScream.baby
Honorable Mention not Zombie Minks, Secret Short Story is out there!
1 #PeeGate
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(Twitter: @WhataWeirdWeek.) 10 The less rare "Minute Diamond" 9 Stop-Motion Rudolph sold at auction! 8 Stove Top Stuffing's Line of Formalwear 7 Seagulls and their superpowers 6 Not so fast, human aging process! (very proud of that headline) 5 The Designing Nightmare that is ... the Pop Bottle 4 Apple Pie Pepsi Contest 3 George Clooney and the Million Dollar Suitcase Secret 2 Become Holiday Cheermeister, get PAAAAAAID! 1 Bud Light gaming console auction
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10 This kid rattles off 50 cartoon characters in a minute to get in the Guinness Book of World Records!
9 Killer Iceberg on the Rampage:
8 Duck-Billed Glowypus...
7 Whale Tail Sculpture Catches Train, and our Hearts...
6 When this New Disney Animatronic Makes Eye Contact, You will confess everything...
5 Followup to the baby shark story...
4 Anxious to play some Xmas music? You might do yourself some damage!
3 'Contact Lens-installing, Mr Roboto'
2 (Number 2 spot for audacity) the article that boasted "Scientists think they've solved a 99 million year old fossil mystery"...
1 This headline: "NASA's Curiosity rover spots unusually shiny Mars rock shaped like a pancake"...
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10 This Murder Hornet Extraction Team at work
(https://www.npr.org/2020/10/23/927235267/first-murder-hornet-nest-in-u-s-is-found-in-washington-state) and (https://twitter.com/ferrisjabr/status/1320140155387142144?s=20)
9 KFC Fried Chicken Firelogs (https://www.delish.com/food-news/a34482140/kfc-11-herbs-spices-firelog-walmart/)
8 Play Doh for grownups (https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/play-doh-for-grown-ups_l_5f96f245c5b63fd49ceeb57e)
7 Robot Roboat (https://www.engadget.com/mit-autonomous-roboat-ii-carries-passengers-140145138.html)
6 Bionic Eye (https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/progress-toward-a-brain-implant-for-the-blind)
5 Man wins a settlement against Ginger Ale (https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1321619509472624640)
4 Ghostbuster Shoes (https://comicbook.com/gear/news/ghostbusters-and-reebok-sneaker-collection-halloween/)
3 Extremely Valuable Valuable Asteroid to be visited ASAP (https://observer.com/2020/10/nasa-discover-asteroid-pysche-metal-10-quadrillion/)
2 Giant Reef Discovered (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54716546)
Honorable Mention: Moon Water! (https://pledgetimes.com/11-p-m-science-and-discovery-on-the-moon-water-is-more-abundant-than-we-thought/)
1 This Clocks Fall Back Primer (https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/get-ready-to-fall-back-what-you-need-to-know-about-daylight-time-ending-1.5169544)
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10 Baby Shark vs Despacito!
9 Kool Aid bandit!
A guy in Florida went to the self-checkout with a thousand bucks worth of stuff. He pretended to scan the big ticket items in his card, but he had a small packet of Kool Aid hidden in his hand
8 Mystery Moon Announcement:
7 a Flippin' Army of Flippin' Flippy Robots!
6 Tim's and Burger King are testing out Tupperware packaging*
5 They just discovered a secret organ in our head?!
4 How to be irresistible to your special someone!
3 Kool Aid Man is trying to save Halloween...
2 Kit Kat Takes Break from Have a Break and it could be your Big Break!
1 This Soft Serve Software Hero!
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10 Relaxation through Cow Hugging:
9 War Dog Goggles:
8 Bad Luck Pompeiirock:
7 This Guy who made a Lightsaber:
6 The guy who did the World Record Slip-n-Slide...
5 Good Nobel Prize Neighbors:
When they picked this one guy to win a Nobel Prize for economics, they realized that they didn't have his contact info... so they asked his neighbor to go over and knock on the door in the middle of the night. Also of note, the neighbor had also won the Nobel Prize. They'll share the 1.1 million dollar prize. The doorbell cam video is pretty great...
4 Another Lousy Stinkin Jetpack story!?
3 The Robots are one step closer to Total Domination: Google announced this deal where you can hum or whistle a tune and the robots will try to figure out what song you mean.
2 Wooden Bank Cards are a thing now:
1 These Halloweeners Knocking it out of the park this week! The other day we put this Halloween House on our blog that had such good special effects that someone called the Fire Department... A couple days later we had something built by a retired Fisher Price engineer in New York. At time of posting, no one has called authorities or exterminators.
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10 "Toyota’s Robot Butler prototype hangs from the ceiling like a bat"
If you invent a robot butler, you're making the top ten list for sure. If it's described as hanging from the ceiling like a bat, you will be deducted several points for creepiness.
9 Subway now offering cake!
There is a slim to none chance that you didn't hear about this one because everybody reported it before the President got Covid. Courts in Ireland have ruled that Subway bread has too much sugar to legally be called bread, so now it's grouped in with delicious cake!
8 Them Crows is Smart!
If this one slipped under the radar, it might've been because the crows didn't want you to know so they hacked your algorithm.
7 Halloween Candy is Selling like Crazy! People don't even know if they'll have Trick-or-Treaters!
I heard a Business Wars podcast about how some candy companies didn't produce as much Halloween candy this year because they were unsure of the market. Then we had that story about Marshmallow Peeps taking Halloween off completely!
Now the latest stats show we're buying MORE Halloween candy than we did last year!?
*up 26 % compared to the same time last year.
6 Jet Packs in the news again!! JET PACKS!!!!
It's true that I have a Jet Pack obsession. It all started when I was in grade 2 and Jimmy Mckenzie said his book bag had a jet pack in it and jumped off the monkey bars.
5 Fat Bear Contest!
Every year at this National Park in Alaska, they do a a Fat Bear competition. The goal is to spot a fat bear, or I guess if you're the bear, the goal is to BE a fat bear...
4 Super Enzyme that Eats Plastic!
This week the news came out about a plastic-eating enzyme that may save our planet. It's the Plastic Eating Super Enzyme that we don't deserve. A different approach to recycling and getting rid of plastic in the environment!!
3 This week a Wildlife Park in the UK had to remove some parrots from public view because the parrots swore at visitors. Imagine you go to your favourite zoo and the parrots start swearing at you. Pretty soon things escalate and you start swearing back.
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10 Murder Hornets: the invasion continues! Should you be worried? Well, do you live anywhere other than maybe Antarctica? Then, maybe.
9 Pumpkin Spice Kraft Dinner!
8 This Week in How to Be Happier: Another study shows that going for a 15 minute walk is good for your mental health. Yes, as unappealing as this is to many of us, the research keeps showing that we need to leave the house.
7 The headline says it all: "Local boy smashes world record for pogo stick jumps" !! We've seen a lot of this during the pandemic, bored people breaking world records.
6 The thing you do all the time that is doing wonders for your Stress Levels. You watch cute animal videos all the time, don't you?
5 Great news that you can't share with anyone... "Chunky thighs and wide hips linked to long life expectancy"!!
4 Some General Mills cereals are going back to their 1980s roots.
Recipes are changing, fruit shapes are returning, it's a flavour bonanza!
3 The in-your-house camera drone that Ring announced this week!
It's a drone that flies around your house, from room to room
2 Secret Man Cave discovered under Grand Central Station!
1 The Edmonton teenager who jumps like a horse!
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10 Life on Venus! Yes, everybody had the story this week about Life on Venus. Yes, most of us heard it and thought of something bigger than a microbe...
9 Giant Wiener Proposals! A few weeks ago, a guy named Zach N Cheese made the news for using his company car as part of asking his girlfriend to get married... we have an update this week
8 The candy that won't be around this Halloween... or even at Christmas! ICYMI, (doubtful, everybody had the story this week) there's a freakin' Peeps shortage!! 😓
7 Vinyl Records win. There was a time - you young kids coming up might not believe it - but there WAS a time when we all thought vinyl records were gone for good... kind of like the measles.
6 This bear that rang the doorbell at 10:00 at night... what if you answered the door without even looking? What if the bear had lock-picking skills?!
5 This guy had his cell phone stolen. He lives near the jungle. He found his cell phone under a palm tree. It had been stolen by a monkey. The monkey took several pictures...
4 Guy in Alberta charged with sleeping and speeding in a Tesla.
3 That guy who jumped a drawbridge in Detroit just like The Fall Guy starring television's Lee Majors.
2 Editor's note: this story makes number two on the list for sheer audacity!
The message in a bottle story from British Columbia.
Like, the news outlets aren't even trying anymore.
1 There's a canned pop shortage in Canada.
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10 Win a candy factory from the inventor of Jelly Belly.
Notes: This costs at least $50 to play, and the website is a perfect score of ten on the sketchville scale of ultimate sketchiness. citation needed of course. "All Treasure Hunt players will be eligible to join in on The Ultimate Treasure Hunt where I give away one of my candy factories." I don't know how this is gonna go...
9 Bear at the Amusement Park nearly has collision with coaster car. Imagine you're doing your favourite amusement park ride and then add bears. That's exciting, right? Shoutout to CoasterRadio.com where I heard the story first.
8 Courage Pills Actually Exist, and they're available over-the-counter right now at your favourite store.
7 It's a cracked teeth epidemic (the last six months has been a record-breaking cavalcade of cracked teeth)
6 Treetop Student
5 World Record for most jelly donuts eaten in three minutes: 10 donuts! #ChallengeAccepted
4 Old postcard gets delivered 100 years late. We don't know what's going on with Roy's pants...
"Dear Cousins,
Hope this will find you all well. We are quite well but mother has awful lame knees. It is awful cold here. I just finished my history lesson and am going to bed pretty soon. My father is shaving and my mother is telling me your address. I will have to close for a night. Hope grandma and grandpa are well. Don’t forget to write us - Roy get his pants fixed yet?
Flossie Burgess"
3 People planted those Mystery Seeds. Here's what happened...
2 Airline Food Restaurant is the bees knees...
- Honorable Mention to this article that might save you from a lousy relationship...
1 Scented candles that smell like nachos and jock straps. Just... why?
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10 Saving Lives with Paint. WITH PAINT!!
9 This four year old on a unicorn floatie was rescued by a ferry boat.
8 Penguin watches Pingu, seems to understand it better than humans do.
7 This little kid goes kite surfing by accident.
6 Japan has flying cars. Or maybe flying car.
5 Type of wild dog they call 'Singing Dog' aint extinct after all.
4 Molecule Tweezers are a thing.
3 They announced Carole Baskin will be on Dancing with the Stars.
2 This guy at the city council meeting and his passionate anti-boneless-chicken-wings speech.
1 Jetpack sighting at 3000 feet!
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10 - Fisherman hauls in a some kind of bizarro creature (spoiler: it's a "long-nosed chimaera")
9 - (from Digg) Illusionist does a quick change trick that blows people away
8 - The World's Best Typer must be a cyborg or something
7 - Lucky Charms releases an official 'only marshmallows' cereal
6 - This little kid who's Tik Tok famous because of NOT dancing #irony
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5 - Ninja Museum gets robbed by... something better than ninjas? Double Top Secret Ninjas??
4 - Chaos at the Pressure Cooker giveaway (it's like a microcosm for the whole world #pressurecooker)
3 - Do we have another credible UFO story? Yes. Yes we do. #SpaceStation
2 - This peanut butter solution to nervous paws is either genius or Double Top Secret Genius
1 - I'm spoiling this one right away... this is a Feel Good Story! #GoodPeople
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Podcast Aug 23: Season 1 Ep 3 What a Weird Week! The one the Fastest Wheelbarrow in the World #UFO #PepperoniShortage #Shark #Dogs #Cycling #WorldRecords #GrandMa Podcast Home or Subscribe wherever Recap of last week's Top Stories HERE 10 - Chernobyl Fungus Eats Radiation 9 - Pepperoni Shortage. For real, it's because we are ordering so many pandemic pizzas. 8 - Man Punches Great White Shark. There should be shark boxing, though, right? 7 - Pentagon Announces UFO Task Force 6 - Wheelbarrow Speed Record 5 - Mask Cannon! 4 - Mandatory Dog Walks 3 - Weird magnetic field over earth is going to split in two 2 - "Grammy, did you cheat at cycling? No, little one, it's more complicated. Also, don't smoke." 1 - Cardboard Thieves are ramping up. Cardboard is valuable enough now that people steal it. That's news, right?
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ICYMI, the The TMD Podcast (Trending Moments Digest) got a name change last week, now this podcast is called What a Weird Week. New Format: Top Ten! Same weird news stories, but now carefully curated and ranked for your countdown enjoyment. The RSS feed should all remain the same. Follow us on Twitter
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10 - Blue Butterflies are back from extinction in UK. Will they taste like delicious blueberries? No experts will answer my calls.
9 - Fisher Price's "My Home Office" play set is real, does NOT come with "Mommy and Daddy's Special Medicine"
8 - What to expect this Halloween? Ghosting! Not that kind of ghosting.
7 - Tired of Zoom Meetings? You'll also hate these things, probably. Or maybe this is the future of pornography.
6 - 103 year old lady gets a ~~frog tattooed~~ no wait, gets a tattoo of a frog... no frogs were tattooed during this broadcast
5 - This guy. This naked guy. This naked guy running after a boar.
4 - We are brushing our teeth more because, thanks to face masks, we've discovered that we have terrible breath (NY Post)
3 - The one existing Blockbuster gets listed on Air BnB this September. Thank you, news anchors, for continuing to throw to these kickers, even when your heart is elsewhere.
2 - The lawsuit that happened because Red Bull did not give anybody wings
1 - Husband confirms wife is cheating through Google Street View
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The TMD Podcast (Trending Moments Digest) is a roundup of the stories that have been trending all week. BUT, we've decided to change things up a little.
- New name:
we're switching from TMD to What a Weird Week. Unlike "TMD Podcast", the "What a Weird Week" name isn't already taken by a bunch of other podcasts.
- New Format:
Top Ten! You'll still get the cool, weird, funny, slipped-through-the-cracks stories of the week, but now counted down in a top ten format.
- FAQ:
Q) Will the quality of the show improve? A) Let me put it this way, what quality?
Q) Will I have to change how I listen? A) The feed should all remain the same.
Q) When is this gonna happen? A) Time is an illusion.
Now here come the links:
10 - Colorado Parks and Wildlife tweeted a note they got from somebody who got a rock from a State Park and then started having all this bad luck. Here's the note: "Someone brought this home to me three years ago. Bad things been happening ever since."
9 - Some Guinness Records got trending this week: Giant Jenga Stack (485 Jenga pieces on top of one vertical piece!)
and the guy who sliced a bunch of watermelons in half. The watermelons were placed on his friend's head. For safety, his friend wore a raincoat...
and then there's this 14 year old kid from Colorado who made news for solving the Rubiks Cube while on a pogo stick. FYI, the record is like 16 seconds. So if you're good at the Rubiks Cube, but terrible at the pogo stick, you still have a shot at this record- you only have to pogo for 16 seconds.
8 - Scientists made a discovery that is changing what we think of as alive or not alive... these microbes on the sea floor use so little energy that they shouldn't be alive. "To put it in perspective, the energy budget of an average human could power a ceiling fan. These organisms exist on an energy budget about 50 quintillion (a billion billion) times smaller than that, according to the study. "
Joke submission:
You might think you're low-energy after Bongathon 2020, but these microbes have caused the scientists to actually change the criteria for not being dead.
Congratulations, microbes, you are the new standard in lazy. I'd get some tee shirts made but, seems like an awful lot of work.
7 - Macaroni and Cheese made the news a couple times this week. That's weird, right?? Kraft Breakfast Mac and Cheese was announced...
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I am on vacation this week so we uploaded a Podcast Special to the feed.
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TMD Podcast s4 e16 for Sat Jul 25 2020: The one with the Robot Dolphin #TMDpod #TrendingMomentsDigest #bustdrones#Kraken #UFOs Here are some stories that were trending online this week:
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Last Week's Tweet Machine hack was not the work of a foreign entity, instead it started with a guy Kirk. I know what you're think, but it's not Kirk Cameron.
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Drones being utilized to keep Minnesota public beaches boob-free
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Country Time Lemonade Bailout Package (if your lemonade stand got COVIDed Out) and HERE's the Kraft Heinz podcast link
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Unleash the Kraken merch will sell like coocoobananas© and you know what? Maybe The Washington Football Team merch will too. Serious.
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UFOs this week on Vox
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Scientific American: "Experimental Blood Test Detects Cancer up to Four Years before Symptoms Appear"
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Twinkies video https://youtu.be/VC601rjqdjY
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How Toilet Paper Industry handled 845% spike in demand
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Amazon's new boxes are designed to be more fun #CatApartment #RocketShip
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Robot Dolphins are real? Robot Dolphins are real!!
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rise in ice cream sales, decline in shampoo usage during pandemic. #storychecksout
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They accidentally made a new kind of fish out of sturgeon and paddlefish. Meet the Sturddlefish.
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Here are some stories that were trending online this week:
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My brother got dental surgery (citation needed).
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Boy Genius* (or man with long hair) makes hair cutting robotic device. If it's not marketed as Hairy Shearer then I consider the whole thing a fail. Straight to video.
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Waaaay long article about Google projects including Smart Tattoos.
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icymi, the Tweet Machine was hacked.
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Swearing eases your pain. It's Damn Science.
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National Tattoo Day! Here's the Covid/Tattoo Regret story.
Here's our National Tattoo Day ad...
— scotty horsman (@scottyhorsman) July 17, 2020It's #NationalTattooDay ! Sponsored by my ex-wife Charlene. Still miss you,. Text me. pic.twitter.com/66aWbm10jO
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Billy Joel plays junk piano
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Iceland duped us all into screaming and falling in love with the place.
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Amazon Carts will know you're buying Prep H. Which is a fine product. *ad.
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Large fish swallows fairly large fish, excites researchers.
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Late upload, but here are some stories that were trending in the news last week:
- Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder fails to make solid contact with pitch while playing surfball.
"Next time, keep your hands back, then explode through the ball," said every Little League coach ever.
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Do you think the government would lie to us about UFOs? Yes, yes you do.
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more Canceled Netflix shows. (Business Insider)
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How to compliment colleagues in a world where you are called out for all your arsenal of offensive words and actions.
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Some mild Covid19 cases end up with serious brain disorders
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MmHmm App for Zoom Meeting prowess
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Horseshoe Crab Blood is waaaay important for medical testing
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survey: nobody excited to see coworkers back at the office.
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Thanks very much for being here for our first annual "Scotty and Tony's Canada Day Cross-Country Roadtrip Extravaganza!"
Here's the recap:
10) Digital Orca/ Vancouver, British Columbia
9) World’s Largest Oil Lamp Replica/ Donalda, Alberta
8) World’s Largest Coffee Pot/ Davidson, Saskatchewan
7) World’s Largest Freestanding Banana/ Melita, Manitoba
6) World’s Largest Photo Mosaic/ Port Carling, Ontario
5) Giant Slingshot/ Montreal, Quebec
4) World’s Largest Axe/ Nackawic, New Brunswick
3) Giant Potato/ O’Leary, PE
2) Big Fiddle/ Sydney, Nova Scotia
1) Giant Squid/ Glovers Harbour, Newfoundland
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Show Notes: http://podcast.scottyandtony.com/ TMD Podcast #ScottyandTony Sat Mar 14 2020: #Stressed Out? Go Out, #Coronavirus Saving Relationships, #Wine from the kitchen tap! #love #health #WorldCheeseChampionships #TrendingMomentsDigest #PiDay
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TMD Podcast with Scotty and Tony for Sat Feb 29 2020: Baby Yoda Toy Info, Leap Day and Egypt, Plank Like no one is watching, Hot Ones, Peloton Espionage, Ape Future, #TMDPodcast #ScottyandTony #WeekendReview #TrendingMomentsDigest
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Weekend Review and Podcast Sat Feb 22 2020: Coffee is Good, Build your own cell phone, Alien Megastructures, Retrieval Drone, Foot Poppin World Record, Rich Celebs, #Jetpacks, #UFOs, #Blobs, #TMDPodcast #ScottyandTony #WeekendReview
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TMD Podcast w/ Scotty and Tony Feb 15 2020: failure to cancel Valentines Day, Candy, Friends, Lone Wolf, Sweat Pants Intervention, Donut Reporter, more
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ICYMI, There's been a ton of Love in the news. Here is our Valentines Redux
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Tmd Podcast w/ Scotty and Tony Sat Feb 8 2020: Super Bowl Ads Redux, World Record Chocolate Bar, #Love, #Crime #Divorce #Accordion #Emojis #Eggs #Snakes #Rats #Valentines #SpecialReport #Trending #Moments #Digest #Scotty #Tony
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This town in Austria (Hallstatt) has had it with fans of Frozen showing up and being lousy stinkin' tourists
Dolly Parton Greeting Cards
Discussion Topic: Buck Rogers paved the way for space fashion
This Week in Couch Money: Would you regret giving the money back to people who didn't even know about it?
Whoopee Cushion Snooker
Gambling on Mr Peanut
MMMMmmmmmmmmDonuts
Kitchen Kicks ©2020 Scotty and Tony
Aerosmith Grammy Feud
Make Email Great Again
TMD Podcast Trending Moments Digest with Scotty and Tony Jan 25 2020: #Frozen #LetitGo #SpacePants #DollyParton #Aerosmith #Feud #Grammy #BubbleWrap #CouchMoney #Gambling #Snooker #Whoopee #TMD
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Shownotes: (podcast.scottyandtony.com) Weekend Review Sat Jan 11 2020: Timbits Cereal, Maple Leafs or Leaf? Wienermobile Pilots Needed, Parrot Police, Top Netflix of #2019 #TMD #TrendingMomentsDigest #Podcast
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Shownotes: Podcast.ScottyandTony.com HERE's the link to the article of Weirdest Holiday Specials. If you agree, disagree, or have more suggestions for the list, let us know in the comments. BTW, some of the videos are watchable right in the article, and some you can google to watch.
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Let's face it, WE are the WRONG people to judge weirdness, but HERE are some weirder Christmas traditions from around the world.
*Note that some of these are PG13 because: scary!
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subscribe/shownotes https://podcast.scottyandtony.com Most Returned Holiday Gifts! Research this list and do what you want with it (revenge gift or thoughtful gift?) Trending Moments Digest TMD Podcast with Scotty and Tony Dec 14 2019: Holiday Special Most Returned Holiday Gifts #Shoes #Toys #Tunes
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Show notes or subscribe: https://podcast.scottyandtony.com Some of our Christmas traditions are the same, and some of our Christmas traditions are waaaay diferent... TMD Podcast Dec 7 2019: Our Christmas Around the World Special #Cod #KFC #RollerSkates #HolidaySpecial
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There are a million Gift Ideas at this LINK. Some include:
1) "Donut Hole ceramic coffee mug holds up to 16-ounces of your favorite beverage (hello coffee!) and even has a space to hold your donut all at the same time!"
2) "Bad Girls Throughout History’ looks at 100 bad-a$$ women who totally changed the world we live in."
3) the Famous Whiskey Wedge Glass... half the glass holds whiskey and half the glass is ice.
4) Mr. Rogers bobble head
5) microwave smores maker
6) hilarious wine glasses
7) cards against humanity
8) cheeseboard
9) the 2020 bubble wrap wall calendar! it's awesome
a few kids ones...
10) color your own dang pillowcase
11) baby shark fingerling
12) Hatchimals
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If you're going to a parade, or going to be in a parade this Santa Parade Season©, here are some Parade Facts that'll make you the coolest person in the car!! (more: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2019/11/weekend-review-nov-23-2019-santa-parade.html)
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FriendsReunion #OprahsFavoriteThings #Wine #WorldRecord #GiantTaco #Podcast #TMDpodcast
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Get people to do stuff through the amazing mind-control trick! The trick is... being nice. (Not gonna lie, I was a little disappointed.)
If you want someone to do you a favor, ask them then say "It's OK if you say no." Here's the research: https://didyouknowfacts.com/4-little-words-that-experts-say-can-double-your-chances-of-getting-what-you-want-from-someone/
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Oprah's List of "Favorite Things" 2019:
Includes a $900 Espresso Machine, a $35 Bottle of Hot Sauce, and this massager that I thought was a Fanny Pack. I was like: "A $200 Fanny Pack? What-the-Hey!?"
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Your 2019 National Toy Hall of Fame inductees are Matchbox Cars, Magic: The Gathering Cards, and Coloring Books.
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Trending this week: A Waffle House Restaurant only had one employee to cover EVERYTHING because someone messed up the schedule. When customers realized that there was only one person working, they offered to help him out. Heartwarming story from a Waffle House!!
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That time an acting teacher told Adam Sandler to quit acting... after proving the teacher wrong, Sandler stayed classy. Oh yeah, and the whole story gets told by one of Sandler's acting friends, Brad Pitt!
{...Pitt continues. "This is why it's my favorite Adam Sandler story, and I think it says a lot about you. That you ran into him at your height, when you're getting the ultimate payday, and you're with a bunch of friends, out at a bar. Anyone would think that's the opportunity where you rub it in his face. And reportedly, what you did was you introduced him to your friends, and you said: 'This is the only teacher to ever buy me a beer.' True?"
"Yeah," Sandler answers.}
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What role a kid plays in the Nativity Play at the Sunday School concert might be an indicator of future success. It's a pretty wild read: https://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/news/school-nativity-role-job-prediction
Pro Tip: if given the choice, play the Ox maybe.
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This week a Cat scored a touchdown.
Should there be a Cats vs Dogs Superbowl?
New survey says our number one priority is FAMILY... then number 2 on the list is GETTING SOME DAMN SLEEP!
Creepy robot to replace you at staff meetings: "Bob, you've hardly said a word today... we love the new you!"
When you go over to someone's house for coffee, bring your own milk... because there's a good chance that they've had their milk is contaminated with what I call Backwasheriosis©
Fact: Almost everybody who goes to the Louvre Museum in Paris is there to see DaVinci's Mona Lisa.
Also Fact: There's a piece in the New York Times about how they should take down the Mona Lisa... because it is voted "Most Disappointing Attraction."
Why are people getting mysterious old text message?
Peanut Butter Cups forevah!!
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-This is time change weekend. Clocks fall back an hour Saturday night/ early Sunday so we get an extra hour of sleep to do whatever we want! BTW, BC wants to get rid of clock-changing. If they ever get rid of the extra hour of sleep, we reserve the right to be an hour late for work a handful of times a year. Deal? Deal. Suggestions for what to do with your extra hour this Sunday: 1) Plan a casino heist 2) Do the casino heist you planned last year on time-change day 3) Bake something that takes an hour (we recommend half-cooked lasagna.) 4) Break the record for most ice cream eaten in one hour. This one's not gonna be easy but we believe in you! *Please remember to put new batteries in your smoke detector!
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-This Week in Junk-that-is-really-Treasure: A lady in France had an old painting in her kitchen for years. She had it for so long she cant even remember where it came from. The lady wanted to sell some stuff she owned so an auctioneer came over to see if she had anything worth selling. He saw the painting and was like "this could be something..." It sold last weekend for 26.8 million!
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-This Week in Fat Cats: Cinderblock the cat got trending this week because Cinderblock weighs 25 pounds and hates exercise. They are trying to get Cinderblock to work out and it has been a struggle. It's a relatable struggle that many of us have. Right now, they're trying to get the cat to do some water treadmill work, so that's probably also an issue- Cinderblock already hates exercise- why make Cinderblock get in water!? *Other things that weigh 25 pounds: an average 2 yr old, a small dog, 10 ft metal chain, a 19 inch flat screen TV.
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-World series Beer fan takes home run ball to the gut to preserve integrity of the two beers he's holding at the time:
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-Halloween Costume Mishap:
The other day a college student got into a car accident. They were dressed like Carrie for Halloween- so she was covered in fake blood. The paramedics who responded to the accident scene thought she didn't make it. Yikes!
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The Trending Moments Digest TMD Podcast this week is about what's trending with Halloween 2019 Shownotes: https://podcast.scottyandtony.com/
The Haunted Baby Crib
Scary World Records
The Chiquita Banana Man
Scary Movies on Netflix
13% of us believe in vampires?
Easy Costume Ideas
Terrible Costume Ideas
Did you see the Haunted Car Wash!?
Halloween Onslaught Map
Halloweek #BestCostumes #WorstCostumes #Ghosts #ScaryNetflix #TomSpanx #ScaryWorldRecords
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Trending Moments Digest TMD Podcast with Scotty and Tony Shownotes:
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-Trending: a guy invented this thing that syncs your windshield wipers to the music you're playing. So, If you're listening to slow songs, expect poor visibility in storm conditions. If it's raining hard you're gonna want something fast.
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-Q: What practical joke should you pull at your funeral?
A: Not this. Before he passed away this Irish grandfather prerecorded this thing where it sounds like he's in the coffin trying to get out.
(Link has Swears https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video-news/irish-granddad-pulls-prank-at-own-funeral-with-voice-from-the-coffin-38596865.html)
-This Week in Rage: The video of a little kid who attacked a Halloween display that scared him... The kid goes from scared of a spider to Full Terminator Mode©. Mom has to drag him away from the mechanical spider. I think the parents thought it was funny at first, that's why they filmed it, then they realized their little gaffer was gonna destroy this display and possibly a few more, so they hustled him away. (Podcast.scottyandtony.com)
-Locksmiths in Scotland got trending this week because they got locked out of their own store and someone put a photo of it online. That's a bad day when that happens. Other scenarios that would be bad: When the Fire Dept catches on fire, When the Health Guru has a heart attack, When that Chicken Restaurant in the States got caught going to another restaurant for fried chicken...
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-Know anyone planning a trip South? There's a new Airplane Etiquette survey:
*Is it okay to stand right next to the gate before your group gets called to board? 74% said no.
*Is it okay to say hi to the person next to you when you sit down? 89% said yes.
*Asking a stranger to switch seats, so you can sit with someone? 81% said it's fine.
*Is it okay to recline your seat? 40% said no.
*Waking someone up if they fall asleep on your shoulder. 15% said they'd just let the person sleep.
*Clapping when the plane touches down? 84% said don't do it.
*Also unacceptable: grabbing the bag from the seat pocket and pretending to throw up loudly, removing your pants so they don't crease, being a weirdo. (https://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/plane-etiquette)
-This Week in Mooning Pumpkin Butt Halloween decoration censorship: a guy in the States made the news because his pumpkin bum display was too much for the home owners association in his neighborhood.
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Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Canadians!
-Do you go around the table saying what you're thankful for before Thanksgiving dinner? When it's your turn, do you freeze up? HERE's a big ol list of things people say they're thankful for. Some highlights: cell phones #21, campfires #25, rainbows #30, indoor plumbing #33, sorry oceans, you're only #50.
-HERE's an article about the health benefits of being thankful.
It turns out that being grateful Increases our personal happiness, Helps us sleep better, Increases our success at work, Improves our relationships, Increases your energy, Helps us relax, Helps us live longer!
-Graphic from a poll about stuff you're thankful for...
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TMD Oct 5 2019 #CheaterLawsuitWin #RobotGarbage #TopHalloweenCandy Podcast.scottyandtony.com or scottyandtony.com
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World Record Tortilla Toss, Sexy Mr Dressup Costume, Pumpkin Spice Spam
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TMD Sept 21 2019 #SolidGoldToilets #SleepRingEater #BadDayatTheFair
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Cat Town: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1131178626559414272
What Cartoon would you Date: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1131170967340965888
Ellen renewed: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1131174749974016006
French Fries and Dairy: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1131025897073586177
Nutella Cheeseburger gets a nope from me: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1131025897073586177
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TMD Podcast April Fools Edition April 1 2019
a rundown of some of the trending april fool's jokes that were online today
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TMD Podcast March 1 2019 #CatEscapeArtist #WorldRecordDogCatcher #4YearOldMicdAtHockeyPractice #Oscars #Razzies #OMG #FatRatRescue #MarchBreakExcellence
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TMD Podcast Feb 23 2019
(*Trigger warning: giant bees GIANT BEES!)
AutotuneCat #PeanutButterDogPark #NetflixStandoff #GiantBees #EmojiPlates #WhatBoredPilotsDo #RunningClubCrimeFighters
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TMD Podcast Sat Feb 16 2019 #PostValentines #PostMalone #PostMalonentines #Kanye #KimKardashian #KennyG #MarsRover #OlYeller #Zombies
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TMD Podcast feb 9 2019 #KanyeScam #BaguetteLocomotion #StupidFakeAdForSomethingStupid #StealMoneyWithPuppets!
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Superbowl er... we mean "The Big Game"
Robot Uprising scheduled for mid-July
Groundhog Day Conspiracy Theory makes a lotta sense
"You need to relax. Go take a Gong Bath."
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Canadian Country Star Madeline Merlot is secretly good at badminton and secretly bad at cheeses... so many wonderful answers to our dumb questions! If we don't get a CCMA outta this there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM! Show Notes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/11/tmd-podcast-nov-10-2018-bonus-ep.html
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TMD Podcast Nov 2 2018 #devilvsNetflix #FoldingFone #doortodoorhotdogs #TimeChangeIdeas #heroes Show Notes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/11/tmd-podcast.html
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We have an easy formula that generates brilliant Halloween costumes and we're not even kidding. Also check out Kevin Bloomstein's tribute to legal weed in Canada Show notes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/10/tmd-podcast-oct-20-2018-halloween.html
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hijacking the TMD feed to try out a terrible new project of awful interviews and podcast discovery. This first ep of "Podcast Platter" (terrible name) features axes and axe enthusiasts.
terrible
There will be zero further information about this axe club deal on the show notes. (http://podcast.scottyandtony.com/)
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Back to School Special
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SummerBucketList
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TMD Podcast Ep27Aug 18 2018 #DadJokes #ThankYouNotes #AcadianDayHero #RobotsExterminate #PoetryIsAScam #DustyBlueberry #wrestling name (https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/08/tmd-podcast-ep27aug-18-2018-dadjokes.html)
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TMD Podcast Ep26 Aug 9 2018 #KeithUrbanSmellsNice #Bacon #Robots #Rhinos #DadJokes (Show Notes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/08/tmd-podcast-ep26-aug-9-2018.html)
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TMD Podcast Ep 25 July 28 2018 #TomCruise #SlippinJimmy #AGT #BananaBoatParty #CastleRealtors #SharkWeek #DadJokes Show Notes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/07/tmd-podcast-ep-25-july-28-2018.html
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TMD PODCAST EP 24 Jul 21 2018 #Bachelorette #Colton #Bezos #ThisWeekInBacon #BongGoneGoneBong Show Notes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/07/tmd-podcast-ep-24-jul-21-2018.html
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TMD PODCAST S2E11 July 7th 2018 #HeatWave #HotDawgs #KingOfTheLobsters #MargaritaBear #TourDeChienChaud #RaceCarFoleyArtist #ParliamentSiri (Show Notes: https://tmd.scottyandtony.com/2018/07/tmd-podcast-s2e11-july-6th-2018.html)
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TMD PODCAST S2E10 June 17th 2018 #FathersDayExtravaganza with my daughter and some dad jokes and lawn darts and the #DadSong and hot and cold running maple syrup (Show Notes- https://tmd.scottyandtony.com/2018/06/tmd-podcast-s2e10-june-17th-2018.html)
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TMD PODCAST S2E9 June 4 2018 #lava #vesuvius #fashion #bachelorette #gaming #magic shownotes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/05/tmd-podcast-s2e-2-june-2018.html
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(Show Notes: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/05/tmd-podcast-may-26-2018-s2-e8.html) THIS WEEK IN DAD JOKES #TWIDJ After the news came out about that grown man who won't leave his parents' house so his parents took him to court, Jimmy Kimmel did this Adoption Appeal for Grown Men THIS WEEK IN MUZZLES FOR PEOPLE (Non Kinky Variey) #TWIMFPNKV THIS WEEK IN HORSES #TWIH Watch this reporter catch a runaway horse in her fancy British Presenter's dress! THIS WEEK IN POOP #TWIP (sorry for this poop train story) THIS WEEK IN SLEEP #TWIS (SLEEP IN, LIVE LONGER... Science Confirms: You need to quit listening to our show and SLEEP IN!) Bonus Track: THIS WEEK IN FIRE PITS #TWIFP
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this is a bonus ep of TMD Podcast for the Long Weekend where we salute Long Things. Show notes here: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2018/05/great-moments-in-long.html
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VolcanoGolf #iLoveLaurel #MothsInWallets #JunkWeek #HowToFoodDrop
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(Show notes: https://tmd.scottyandtony.com/2018/05/tmd-podcast-s2-e6-rubiksworldrecord.html) TMD Podcast S2 E6 #RubiksWorldRecord #KaraokeNightmare #CubaScubaTuba #GoldLeafBurger #PandaExpress #10May2018
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Show Notes: (http://tmd.scottyandtony.com/2018/05/tmd-podcast-s2e5-may-3-bacon.html) Tony's Bacon Hack: Bacon Apple Pie© Oldest spider in the world has died... this song is for you, sad scientists "Put on yer Makeup Glasses" Lady finds this freaky root and it terrorizes her whole family Eleven year old Walmart Cowboy gets record deal Four year old art genius makes thousands$
PuppyDogDrone
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Woman Loves Dino, Wedding Pictures are gonna be beauty! Frank the Cat stands on 2 feet, will soon be dancing* (citation needed) Body Building wardobe malfunction award will revolutionize sport This Week in #Bacon Teach a cat to high five and you've got a friend for life... or 9 (show notes: https://tmd.scottyandtony.com/2018/04/tmdpodcasts2ep4-thuapr26.html)
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Show Notes: (https://tmd.scottyandtony.com/) #MovieAdlibs #CellPhoneExorcisms #SpicyLovePotion #LabMistakeMutant! #Beans #Cows
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(Show Notes: Podcast.ScottyandTony.com) -Peanut Butter Pickle Sandwiches: Is Big Pickle industry behind this? #conspiracy -Stressed out monkeys take hot baths to relax... not really sure what to do with this info... -Wearing Fancy Workout Clothes makes you want to work out? And what about Bathrobes... do they make you want to take a bath? certified Dad Joke ©DadJokesInc 2018
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Shownotes: (podcast.scottyandtony.com) -Easter Traditions Around the World -The Saxmonica may cause a baby boom* -Cat runs into owner downtown, gets ride home -9 year old comedy genius!!
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Just an update to say we will be back with more internet trends and one Key Note to hit on... (Shownotes/ Stream /Subscribe podcast.scottyandtony.com)
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Canada chases a new medal record in PyeongChang 🇨🇦
'Noodles, mystery fish, some sort of pancake': The food of Pyeongchang People are fawning over this 'tiny' envelope ✉️
Daughter's confetti gun ambush leaves her dad on edge
What do you get when you cross 🛋 with a 🎥 ?
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Episode Notes We did this Valentines feature on the radio show with love expert© Dr Fabien Love...
(YT: https://youtu.be/s6KAGsU6Mq4)
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Resume typos that will keep you unemployed
Robots are having their own Olympics in PyeongChang
Calls to boycott Peter Rabbit film over 'food allergy bullying' scene
This American curler bears a striking resemblance to Super Mario
Flamin' Hot Cheetos made an appearance at NYFW
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Episode Notes Trending Online Today... This woman's reaction to winning trivia is an emotional rollercoaster 💸... Actual snow is falling in Tallahassee, Florida ❄️❄️ Hack your Christmas cards to use them all year... More than 15,000 have signed one of several http://Change.org petitions asking YouTube to delete Logan Paul's channel... Carrie Underwood says she 'might look a bit different' after injury... A singer got her late grandma's voicemail tattooed on her heart... Pouring a beer improperly can hurt your stomach — and minds are blown...
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Student commits to dressing as Christmas tree for rest of semester
The world's largest Starbucks opens in Shanghai
When a newspaper headline goes wrong
This luxury hotel for dogs features an ayurvedic spa 🐶
Would you eat this holiday-inspired pizza? 😐
Why is it so hard to find the right number on advent calendars? 😩
Respect your fast food by turning on the seat heater
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Player scores twice before rushing to see birth of his son
The reviews are in for Superman’s digitally-altered moustache
Sacha Baron Cohen offers to pay the fines of mankini-wearing tourists
This man stuffed 459 straws into his mouth, setting a new world record
Local seal up to same old antics at fishmongers
New Zealanders are signing up to a nationwide secret santa 🎅
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There's no 'i' in group costume
These costumes win Halloween
When your trick-or-treating haul expired 18 years ago 😷
These NHL players take Halloween seriously 👻
If you need cosplay inspiration, you should follow @AlysonTabbitha
Licorice haters, you're not wrong
Halloween 2017 is all about Eleven. Again.
Next-level pumpkin carvings at the Jack O'Lantern Spectacular
Justin Trudeau and family have a 'Super' Halloween
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NOTE: The #JFKFiles will be posted here (https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/2017-release) but the site keeps crashing for me...
Stranger Things 2 is getting a Netflix after-show
These Halloween costumes are the best!
Clear pumpkin pie might be a step too far for pumpkin fans
Anticipation is high for the release of the remaining JFK assassination files
Toronto man tries to run entire marathon juggling 5 balls
You want to see these dogs dressed like pumpkins 🎃
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'Sexy goldfish' is the Halloween costume you never asked for Trump is $600 million poorer than last year, Forbes estimates
Pennywise pumpkins are here to terrify you 🎈
The 2018 Men of #Curling Calendar is now available to support for numerous charities! A banker’s ex-girlfriend dumped his $55,000 Mercedes in a swimming pool after he broke up with her
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Fidget spinners reach the final frontier
Have you listened to the Dirty John podcast yet?
This backpack makes cats look like adorable astronauts
Ed Sheeran has been injured in a bike accident
Binge-watched Mindhunter this entire weekend? You're not alone
Watch a colossal pumpkin destroy a car
News reporter gets upstaged by cat on live TV
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