This WTFWednesday is chock full of incredible news stories, including the Ghislaine trial being weird again, Delta Karen, Alexa telling kids to electrocute themselves (00:21:56), NASA studying what revealing alien life would do to people’s brains, China making people exercise while they eat McDonalds, a Nurse in Canada who was giving her nursing home patient extra special care (00:53:04), and MUCH more… (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:04:41) - Fun Fact: Women Taste Better Than Men (00:06:15) - Holidays: Pepper Pot and Tick Tock Day (00:08:25) - This Day in History: Texas Becomes a State (00:10:12) - #3 - Ghislaine Maxwell Trial being Weird Again w/ Potential Covid Delay (00:13:50) - #2 - “Delta Karen” named Patricia Cornwall was a Baywatch Character (00:21:56) - #1 - Amazon’s Alexa told a 10 year-old to Try and Electrocute Themselves (00:32:40) - Space Mountain: NASA is Studying how People Would React to Learning of Extraterrestrial Life (00:38:57) - Researchers have Found Ammonia in Venus’ Acid Clouds, Suggesting Signs of Life TikTok International Moment (00:47:29) - China - McDonald’s are offering stationary bike workouts while you eat cheeseburgers (00:53:04) - Canada - Nursing home nurse wrongfully terminated after pleasuring her eldery male clients (00:58:40) - Germany - Woman arrested for biting another woman over dog-beating criticism These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: ExpressVPN - ExpressVPN.com/HardFactor for 3 Months FREE Encryption Services Black Buffalo - BlackBuffalo.com and use promo code HARDFACTOR at checkout for 25% off your first order Talkspace - Talkspace.com; Promo Code: HARDFACTOR for $100 off (or tell them we sent you) Go to store.hardfactor.com and patreon.com/hardfactor to support the pod with incredible merch and bonus podcasts Leave us a Voicemail at 512-270-1480, send us a voice memo to [email protected], and/or leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts to hear it on Friday's show Other Places to Listen: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Lots More... Watch Full Episodes on YouTube Follow @HardFactorNews on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook

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