The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

By Popular Science

At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts... more

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April 24, 2019 Fetish Origins, the Big Oyster, the Most Luxurious Fruit
The weirdest things we learned this week range from preferring to have sex on a carnival velcro wall to eating a banana in tin foil with a knife and fork. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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April 17, 2019 Animal Prostitution, Pavlovian Pee Responses, Painful Ginger Genes
The weirdest things we learned this week range from monkeys selling sex to a physiological explanation of peeing involving bagpipes. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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34min
April 10, 2019 Man-Eating Deer, History’s Top Counterfeiters, a 12-Foot-Tall Bird
The weirdest things we learned this week range from an absolutely enormous bird from New Zealand to deer with a taste for human flesh. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
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39min
April 03, 2019 Falcon Sex Hats, #HumanBones, Sleepy Muscle Twitches
The weirdest things we learned this week range from a hat made for romancing falcons to a booming bone trade on Instagram. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
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Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden
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35min
March 27, 2019 Disney’s Military Tech, DIY Mummies, Forgotten Female Scientists
The weirdest things we learned this week range from monks that who themselves into mummies to the tech transfer between the military and Disneyland. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!

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38min
March 20, 2019 Asses on Trial, The Brown Dog Riots, An Apple a Day…
The weirdest things we learned this week range from animals being put on trial to the origins of the phrase "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
Click here to learn more about all of our stories!

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Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli
Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepses
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci

Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden
Edited by Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman
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37min
March 13, 2019 Poodle Science, The Great Pigeon Race Disaster, Artificial Hips
The weirdest things we learned this week range from the science of the poodle haircuts to the most dangerous pigeon race in history. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!

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Edited by Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman
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33min
March 06, 2019 Astronaut Farts, Deadly Dancing Plagues, A Shocking Art Scam
The weirdest things we learned this week range from NASA's fears of fart-induced explosions to groups of people who died from dancing. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!

Click here to learn more about all of our stories!

Follow our team on Twitter
Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepsies
Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci

Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden
Edited by Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman
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30min
February 27, 2019 Naked Founding Fathers, Jalapeño Thumb, Counting Vampires
The weirdest things we learned this week range from founding fathers of the USA who liked being nude to a condition called Jalapeño Thumb (aka "Hot Pepper Hands") and how to cure it. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!

Click here to learn more about all of our stories!

Follow our team on Twitter
Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli
Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
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Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden
Edited by Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman
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38min
February 20, 2019 The Most Man-Eating Tiger, Historical Balloon Riots, Baseball’s Curses
The weirdest things we learned this week range from a tiger that ate more than 600 people over seven years to not one, not two, but three historical hot air balloon riots. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!

Click here to learn more about all of our stories!

Follow our team on Twitter
Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepsies
Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci

Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden
Edited by Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman
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30min

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