Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun 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 see www.shownotes.page.

Thanks for rating and reviewing it means the world, baby!

These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 8 first published on Friday Feb 21, 2025.

Man cannot stop setting world records, it's your move, juggling world

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/17/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-juggling-tricks/3391739808759/

Venomous Snake Found in New Hampshire Banana Shipment

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/17/venomous-snake-banana-shipment-New-Hampshire/7681739812069/

Kayaker Swallowed and Regurgitated by Humpback Whale in Chile

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/14/chile-humpback-whale-kayaker/1921739555842/

14-Year-Old 'Human Calculator' Breaks Six Guinness World Records

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/12/india-Guinness-World-Records-human-calculator/1921739393971/

Opossum Eats Entire Costco Chocolate Cake in Nebraska

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/12/nebraska-wildlife-rehab-opossum-chocolate-cake-costco/4611739382611/

Lab-Grown Chocolate

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/good-food/lab-grown-chocolate-bird-flu-beans-egg-substitutes/lab-grown-chocolate

🎵

we are hard-wired to want to dance like no one is watching

https://studyfinds.org/body-hardwired-to-dance-music/

Nap at 1:42p - Science

https://studyfinds.org/best-time-nap/

Followup: asteroid math

https://globalnews.ca/news/11023757/yr4-asteroid-hit-earth-possibility-percentage-record-high-2032/

Limited-Edition Pepperoni Pizza Soda

https://drinkperfy.com/products/pepperoni-pizza

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, see www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 7 first published on Friday Feb 14, 2025.

Fatberg Cancels Big Time Concert

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/entertainment/fatberg-bryan-adams-cancel-australia-show-intl-hnk/index.html

Fastest Round of Frisbee Golf was very very fast

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/11/Guinness-World-Records-disc-golf-fastest/6491739299481/

Chopstick Spill on California Highway

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/10/California-Highway-Patrol-chopstick-spill/3251739221852/

Colombian Circus Performer Sets World Record for Juggling While doing Headstand

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/06/colombia-Guinness-World-Records-headstand-juggling/1521738875496/

New way to Dump Someone and Help Memphis Zoo this Valentine's Day (emphasis on "Dump")

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/06/Memphis-Zoo-Valentines-Day-elephant-poop/2221738861169/

Valentines and Bugs: a loving combination

https://dailyvoice.com/ny/schenectady/via-aquarium-offering-cockroach-sponsorships-for-v-day/

Increased Chance of Asteroid Hitting us #dontpanichttps://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/nasa-says-chance-of-asteroid-hitting-earth-in-2032-is-2-3-231819333855

Financial Arguments in Couples: so many fights!?

https://studyfinds.org/average-couple-argues-about-money-58-times-a-year/

peperoni perfume! because: of course.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/lifestyle/dominos-launching-pepperoni-inspired-perfume-for-valentines-day/.https://chocolocket.com/product/the-ghirardelli-chocolocket

Square on Mars! SQUARE ON MARS!!

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-nasa-mars-square-structure-what-is-elon-musks-plan-after-mysterious-square-structure-has-been-found-on-mars-by-nasa-all-details/articleshow/118063156.cms?from=mdr

Show them you care with: Chocolocket?

https://chocolocket.com/product/the-ghirardelli-chocolocket

🎵

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/

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)

full shownotes at www.shownotes.page

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/)