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These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 4 first published Jan 23, 2026.  

10 Giant Sri Lanka sapphire will likely go for hundreds of millions.

See it https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTtwhQIgbKw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

and read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Pure_Land

9 Something else to be frightened of? Hurray!! #blue-ringed #octopus

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/i-was-almost-killed-by-deadly-creature-after-picking-up-shell-on-the-beach/

8 Delicious Soup Candy!

https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/progresso-brings-back-viral-soup-you-can-suck-candies-complete-sellout-last-year

7 Ski Bunny Hangs Out Around Parking Lot

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/01/15/rabbit-Copper-Mountain-Colorado/2731768501544/

6 Cow Uses Broom, World Reacts.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/ever-seen-a-pet-cow-pick-up-a-broom-and-scratch-herself-with-it-you-have-now

5 What's the deal with that App "You Dead Yet??" *may not be actual name*

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/aimed-growing-number-young-chinese-live-new-app-129232762

4 Will You Be Staying in the Moon Room?

https://nationalpost.com/news/california-company-plans-moon-hotel-accepting-1m-deposits-for-rooms

3 Man allegedly sells the same two cars repeatedly on Facebook Marketplace, then steals them back.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/cars-facebook-marketplace-stolen-kansas-b2904608.html

2 twelve tech workers, 25 balloons, and a dream.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/01/20/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-balloons/9421768928759/

Bonus: shingles vaccine may present a Benjamin Button situation?! *citation

https://studyfinds.org/shingles-vaccine-slower-biological-aging/

1 Artist eats another artist's art, world reacts.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alaska-art-student-arrested-eating-ai-generated-art-protest-1234770081/