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/

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd/ interesting/ weird stories in the news. 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 6, Ep 1 first published on Friday Jan 3 2025. Our "Worst Stories of 2024" episode! January... From Study Finds: "Magic mushrooms traced back to asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs" ... - icymi, magic mushrooms are called that because they look like tiny magicians wearing top hats... just kidding. Magic mushrooms are psychoactive and please consult ten physicians, 40 spiritual advisers and 9 lawyers before going any further on this journey. Especially foraging for them, because that can be extremely dangerous if you get it wrong!
The article is about how researchers have learned that the dinosaurs didn't have magic mushrooms but around the time the dinos went extinct, magic mushrooms showed up on planet earth... 65 million years ago, the same time that an asteroid hit earth and started the beginning of the end for dinosaurs... which was new information for researchers. https://studyfinds.org/magic-mushrooms-asteroid/ February... From NBC 9 News...  Two high school kids in Colorado have received scholarships to play Division One Cornhole for Winthrop University... The athletes are very jacked about it quoted as saying "It's groundbreaking... It's making history!" ... Congratulations to Jaxson and Gavin. At some point professional Cornhole became a thing? and now also opportunities for young athletes to get an education on that Cornhole scholarship... btw Winthrop University is in South Carolina, United States of America. They are the first Division 1 school to offer Cornhole scholarships... Here's another quote... This is from Jaxson talking to media about receiving that Cornhole scholarship... "It's super awesome to make history." I can't argue with that. How fantastic is this? There's a whole new college sport being thrown into the mix... Well, it's not new but new to Division 1 schools... btw, if they don't have Cornhole where you are, it's that lawn game where you throw a beanbag and try to get that bean bag in a hole... The most basic way to describe it. It's a game that at one time I bet people who played horseshoes would make fun of... that part is just speculation.  
https://www.9news.com/article/sports/local-sports/colorado-cornhole-scholarship/73-ba279aed-6721-4a17-8610-1f6c3fd583df March... The moon was back in the news this week. Russia has announced that they hope to team up with China and build a nuclear power plant on the moon. There's been a lot of moon action from different countries and different agencies... Many of them haven't gone well. Just recently one famously flipped over on its side... It's a little unnerving when you think they're going to be rocketing radioactive stuff to the lunar surface ... You don't want that nuclear power plant to be a failed mission... I just want to float this out here that before we dabble in what has potential to be catastrophic nuclear disaster... wouldn't it be nice, as a proof of concept, If we could put a donut shop on the moon first? Prove to me that you can remotely build a doughnut shop that nothing has gone wrong with, and then I'll be convinced/ I'll trust you with the nuclear thing. I'll trust you with nuclear reactors if first you give me donuts I guess is what I'm saying.https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/03/05/russia-china-planning-for-joint-nuclear-power-plant-on-the-moon-by-2035/?sh=5ecdec160e1c and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_probes April... The Grammy who made the news after receiving a speeding ticket. (actually 2 tickets!) The only thing was she wasn't driving her van. *(character limit) full shownotes at ⁠www.shownotes.page⁠.

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 52 first published on Friday Dec 27 2024. Our "Top Stories of the Year" episode! Here are this week's stories... January The 10 year old girl behind the movement to bring back Haggis flavored chips (crisps)...
10 year old Grace is in Scotland. She loved Haggis chips and when she heard that Haggis flavored chips were being made a seasonal flavor instead of year round, Grace wrote a polite letter to the company saying it would make her sad. They're giving her a year's supply of chips, a tour of the chip factory,  and the Haggis chips are back! Victory!!
https://news.sky.com/story/girl-10-wins-years-supply-of-crisps-after-campaigning-to-get-niche-flavour-back-on-shelves-13041322  February  Gizmodo headline "Japan zoo recaptures escaped man in costume in adorable emergency drill." So at the zoo, they have this thing where they practice what to do if a bear got away... they do it every year. I think we even talked about it on this program before But it made news again because, you know, it's kinda gaining popularity... they hire someone or an employee gets dressed up as a bear and then the zoo workers initiate a take-down. They get one of those bear traps and that's it! Just kidding. 
https://gizmodo.com/zoo-simulated-bear-escape-japan-1851209277  March Couple of things I didn't know... first of all, hello to our friends in Missouri... the area code in St. Louis is 314 and so that's become a bit of a local holiday in St. Louis... 314 Day/ March 14th. And so I didn't know that... I also didn't know the world record for most people in one place with underwear on their head is 270 participants... Well on March 14th/ 314 Day in St. Louis they're going to try to get 314 participants wearing underwear on their head. This is at a museum in St. Louis. They will supply the underpants. You just got to be there. All we need is your presence and a good attitude. So good luck and shout out to the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/us-museum-attempts-underwear-on-head-world-record-for-local-holiday-5193222 April When to exercise for maximum staying alive capabilities!? This is from our friends at Study Finds. Here's a headline. "Why exercising at night  may be best for health. 61% lower risk of death from any cause!" They start out by talking about how, and we've all learned this... if you just exercise, It's good for you. Just do it. Any exercise is good. But... now there's a study about... if you're gonna exercise for maximum health potential, what time of day?? It's a pretty big study from the University of Sydney. 30,000 participants... they did moderate to vigorous physical activity. The 30,000 people were studied over an eight year time-frame... the exercising at different times of the day... and there was a pattern to the healthier outcomes. There was a certain time of day when people with the healthiest outcomes did their exercise. Evening.
Evening people seem to get the most out of their exercise. 61% lower risk of death from any cause! That's pretty great. If you're an exerciser and you're able to exercise in the evening, you're going to get more out of it according to this study. Now, if you're exercising in the morning or afternoon, it's not like it's bad for you. And please consult your physician. So why is exercising at night or in the evening better? They think because our bodies handle blood sugar better in the day. At night, our bodies can use a bit more help. Blood sugar tends to (character limit)

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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 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 51 first published on Friday Dec 20 2024. Here are this week's stories... This week, our usual format of Weird News is OUT THE WINDOW because, it's Christmas time, baby!
Here are some things we cover this episode:

Here is the HALLMARK OR HOAX quiz we played. These are all via Reddit contributor ajaj (see https://www.reddit.com/r/HallmarkMovies/comments/18iie5j/1_of_4_hallmark_holiday_movie_plot_or_plot_i_made/?rdt=57451)

There was a gathering of over 2,000 people dressed as angels in the Philippines, which was enough to break the world record.  The previous record of 1,275 people was set in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada around ten years ago.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/ 2024/12/16/philippines- Guinness-World-Record-angels/ 3591734371304/video link is https://fb.watch/ww_g-UwuYL/

"Christmas Traditions from around the World":
The Yule Goats of Scandinavia! (https://www.visitgavle.se/en/ gavle-goat)

🎄 Christmas World Records!
Dateline, December, 2024!
A North Texas drone show company has a new Guinness World Record after using 4,981 drones to create a big ol' gingerbread house in the sky.
Congratulations to Sky Elements Drone Shows on the record for "Largest aerial display of a gingerbread village displayed by drones."
Important Note: the Gingerbread House was NOT made out of actual gingerbread, which is disappointing. 
(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/ 2024/12/17/Guinness-World- Records-drones-gingerbread- house/3591734469408/)

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

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 47 first published on Friday Nov 22 2024. Here are this week's stories...

Idaho couple break record for fast clothes put-away

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/19/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-hanging-up-clothes/7011732041128/

White Claw Cans as Far as the Eye can See!!

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/20/loop-303-white-claw-arizona/9341732136190/

Grandmother, DonnaJean does a LOT of pushups

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/20/Guinness-World-Records-pushups/1571732121106/

Grandmother, DonnaJean does a LOT of pushups

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/20/Guinness-World-Records-pushups/1571732121106/

pizza hut tomato wine is a thing

https://torontosun.com/life/food/pizza-hut-introduces-limited-edition-wine-but-its-not-made-of-grapes

A Booze Stocking you can Drink Out Of

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fireball-wishes-america-a-slappy-holidays-with-slap-the-bag-style-whisky-stocking-filled-with-35-shots-of-cinnamon-y-goodness-302310841.html and also https://youtu.be/4qPh2iyG8AA?feature=shared

Jug-O-McRib Sauce

https://www.foodandwine.com/mcdonalds-mcrib-sauce-half-gallon-jug-8747360

Hidden Valley Ranch Holiday Cards

https://www.hiddenvalley.com/ranch-shop-products/hidden-hidden-valley-ranch-holiday-cards/

Kraft 'Everything Bagel' Mac-n-Cheese

https://www.foodandwine.com/kraft-everything-bagel-mac-and-cheese-8746682

KFC Chicken Bucket Scented Candles

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bucket-of-chicken-candle

Extra Gum/ ASMR Release #hardpass

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chewns

a LOT of Couples DO NOT like how their marriage proposal went

https://studyfinds.org/messed-up-marriage-proposal/

is the Duct Taped Banana Saga Over?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/that-viral-banana-duct-taped-to-a-wall-it-just-sold-for-6-2-million-180985523/

Transcript? See podcast stuff at www.shownotes.page.

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 https://www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 46 first published on Friday Nov 15 2024. Here are this week's stories...

Emperor penguin rescued after 2,200-mile swim to Australia. Gus!

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/emperor-penguin-recovering-after-2200-mile-swim-to-australia/1713752

Rhode Island man sets Guinness World Record for largest collection of energy drink cans.

https://www.turnto10.com/news/local/tiverton-man-breaks-guinness-world-record-for-the-largest-collection-of-energy-drink-cans-youtube-channel-caffeine-man-november-7-2024

Be grateful, kids. It's good for your parents.

https://studyfinds.org/saying-thank-you-family-happiness/

Bug that eats plastic may save us all!

https://studyfinds.org/plastic-eating-insect-discovered-in-kenya/

National Toy Hall of Fame Inducts My Little Pony, Transformers, and Phase 10

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/12/National-Toy-Hall-Fame-Transformers-My-Little-Pony-Phase-10/4491731434350/

Famous and Very Old Piece of Cake gets Auctioned Off.

https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/royals/slice-of-old-royal-wedding-cake-sold-auction/

Taylor Swift Inspires McDonald's Canada to Introduce Friendship Bracelet Meal.

https://www.delish.com/food-news/a62919222/mcdonalds-taylor-swift-bestie-bundle/

M&M's Snack Jacket is a Thing.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/lifestyle/mampms-drops-puffy-red-jacket-with-pockets-for-snacks-thats-perfect-for-gluttons-this-holiday-season/

Wrong Website Printed on Doll Boxes/ they linked to a saucy website/ The saucy website is getting record traffic.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/12/lifestyle/porn-site-traffic-surges-to-12-year-high-after-mattel-mistakenly-prints-url-on-wicked-doll-boxes/

Comb jellyfish discovered to have reverse aging ability, challenging understanding of animal development.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/10/science/time-traveler-jellyfish-can-age-in-reverse-accidental-discovery/

Man benches his weight 44 times in 30 seconds. Yes, that's a record.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/13/canada-Guinness-World-Records-bench-press-body-weight-reps/4591731532068/

Artist/ Doctor creates world's largest drawing.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/11/nigerian-doctor-and-artist-creates-worlds-largest-drawing-to-celebrate-countrys-culture

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 45 first published on Friday Nov 8 2024. Here are this week's stories... Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) makes world's largest thumbtack
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/01/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pin/5291730478715/
 just 5 minutes of exercise to lower blood pressure?! Seems like a game changer you guys.https://studyfinds.org/5-minutes-exercise-blood-pressure/
Eggs on a spoon. MANY eggs on a spoon. 
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/07/mexico-Guinness-World-Records-egg-spoon-race/8191731011180/
Japanese fellow arrested for alleged quiet calls to wife 
https://quirkl.net/lifestyle/relationships/japanese-man-arrested-after-calling-his-wife-over-100-times-a-day-in-bizarre-act-of-love/
Russian court fines Google $2 decillion. That's more money than actually exists.https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/russian_court_fines_google/
 Jumbo Chicken turns out to be a hotel, actually. So don't panic.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/05/philippines-Guinness-World-Records-rooster-hotel/5001730831321/
 Would a therapy llama and alpaca calm you down at the airport? (me neither. sorry llamas.) https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/03/nx-s1-5173755/therapy-animals-portland-airport-llama-alpaca
 Fart Kontrol seems like a skill we all need, but it's actually something else.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/swedens-fart-kontrol-signboard-goes-viral-internet-says-too-hilarious-6950454
 Perfume for kids that is enriched with prebiotics and Vitamin B3. That's kinda weird, right? https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/seven-kids
 Taylor Swift Cake Hands Damaged During Transit. #DramaAlerthttps://nypost.com/2024/11/03/lifestyle/life-sized-taylor-swift-cake-has-hands-shaken-off-in-horrifying-mishap/ 
Merlin the 17-year-old goldfish has a new lease on life after surgery. https://nypost.com/2024/11/07/lifestyle/goldfish-17-gets-life-saving-surgery-to-remove-deadly-tumor/
 Nov 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada and Veteran's Day in the USA. Why Canadians wear a poppy at this time of year: https://www.legion.ca/remembrance/the-poppy

Transcript available at https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/11/what-weird-week-friday-november-8th.html