What a Weird Week

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/

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/

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The Yule Goats of Scandinavia! (https://www.visitgavle.se/en/ gavle-goat)

🎄 Christmas World Records!
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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