What a Weird Week

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. 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!
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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.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
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.

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 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:

- https://www.aaro.mil/Submit-A-Report/

- https://nuforc.org/report-a-ufo/

- 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/

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 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/

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 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

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 27 first published Fri July 4, 2025.

Thanks for rating and reviewing!

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/