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 42 first published on Friday Oct 18th 2024. Here are this week's stories... BIG pumpkin is named Rudy. Is that a good name?  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Odd_News/2024/10/16/Safeway-World-Championship-Pumpkin-Weigh-Off/8211729109668/Very Large Jeans may not be wearable https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/16/Guinness-World-Records-largest-jeans/5731729100424/ Conktroversy! ... Don't  know Conkers? Well trust me, conktroversy is a great pun.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/15/World-Conker-Championships-steel-chestnut-cheating/2541729011522/
Man climbs Everest for charity.  Except it's his stairs at home... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-stairs-everest/6281728591635/
Giant kebab! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/17/cyprus-Guinness-World-Records-sheftalia-kebab/8871729181601/Weird lights under plane...https://www.unilad.com/news/travel/atlantic-ocean-strange-lights-clouds-theory-913590-20241017
Royalty in a UFO?https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/11/king-charles-flew-a-prototype-ufo-canada-1975-21777839/
Professor UFO newshttps://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/huge-alien-announcement-imminent-professor-741499
Dolphin Breath has microplastics...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241017113845.htm

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 41 which is an encore performance from a year ago. Happy Thanksgiving! Here are the stories...  If that chair could talk! someone started a Facebook group based around chair appreciation... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1434160430714378/ and see https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/09/Chair-Watch-Dennis-Township-New-Jersey/2661696871859/

Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... https://youtu.be/zg4OkrefKDs?feature=shared  and https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/teen-stacks-143-000-playing-cards-to-create-worlds-largest-card-structure-759373

Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... https://vigourtimes.com/controversy-erupts-at-world-conkers-championships-due-to-waterlogged-chestnuts/ and https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-67046823 and also https://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/

I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down... it made news because the town in charge of Harry Dick Road (Bonnechere Valley near Eganville, Ontario) is tired of replacing the street sign... it's gotten annoying and expensive...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/harry-dick-road-name-sign-change-bonnechere-1.6981502

a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord ...
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/boarderie-shatters-guinness-world-records-title-for-the-largest-charcuterie-board-weighing-769-lbs-301948299.html

Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling.
*viewer discretion advised https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/winnie-the-pooh-horror-movie-shown-to-children-in-florida-school-18006345

*Warning: PG 13. Earmuffs for the kids! OK, here's the story ... Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines... - This is such a wild story... they think that helicopters flying low to try to get photos of crocodiles may have accidentally set-off a crocodile lovefest...https://www.iflscience.com/crocodile-sex-bonanza-triggered-by-low-flying-chinook-in-australia-70971

Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce... 
https://edition.cnn.com/style/german-munich-museum-stolen-paintings-sold/index.html
 Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery?- If you go by those terrifying movies, Chucky is evil and can't be trusted. https://bnn.network/breaking-news/crime/chucky-doll-handcuffed-and-arrested-in-mexico-after-series-of-robberies-a-bizarre-tale-of-crime/ 

HONORABLE MENTION... Congratulations to Steve from Missouri who broke the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat! It took almost 11 hours to paddle his 1200 pound pumpkin 38 miles on the shark-infested* Missouri River. (*citation needed. River may not be shark-infested. Sounded good though.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/09/man-with-pumpkin-vessel-breaks-guinness-world-record/71125133007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world?
- 2749 pounds! see https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/anoka-mans-world-record-pumpkin/89-b829f565-3933-4942-b7ae-04016a456822 and also https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/10/Guinness-World-Records-largest-pumpkin-Half-Moon-Bay/8671696948687/

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 40 first published on Friday Oct 4th 2024. Here are this week's stories... Egg-Drop Smashes World Record, Egg is not smashed thoughhttps://patch.com/pennsylvania/te/tredyffrin-easttown-students-break-egg-drop-guinness-world-record
Man Drinks Pouch of Juice, World Reacts! #MikeJackRecord #CapriSunhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/02/canada-Guinness-World-Records-Capri-Sun/4611727885489/
Italian lady breaks World Record for tongue circumference (tonguecumference)https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/10/italian-womans-unique-tongue-has-bigger-circumference-than-a-ping-pong-ball
David "Record-Breaker" Rush may not know how to stop breaking world records. #LawnmowerChinbreaks world record by walking over 1,100 feet with a running lawn mower on his chinhttps://youtu.be/_6wZ6HIJPoU?feature=shared
Tarantula Mating Season Draws Hundreds to Colorado Town
https://apnews.com/article/tarantula-mating-colorado-spider-festival-da14f6d08bd4b325ce34970ec7864c73
Changing how we use defibrillators makes them more lifesaving - study
https://studyfinds.org/new-way-of-using-defibrillators/
Swallowing is key to eating disorders... but wait, there's more! #HappinessResearch
https://studyfinds.org/swallowing-makes-people-happy/
Get started on one of these hilarious Halloween costumes! #Shrimp-on-the-Barbie
https://studyfinds.org/best-funny-halloween-costumes/
Mindfulness meditation is more effective than placebo in reducing pain, study finds
https://studyfinds.org/meditation-placebo-effect-pain/
NASA is developing a new time zone specifically for the Moon #CoordinatedLunarTime
https://studyfinds.org/nasa-moon-time-zone/
Wait, can AI REALLY pass a law exam? #nope
https://studyfinds.org/can-ai-pass-a-college-law-exam/
I Don't Like Mondays Sundays - Survey
https://studyfinds.org/spend-sundays-terrified/
Man discovers $6.6 million Picasso painting hidden in his home for decades
https://nypost.com/2024/10/01/lifestyle/painting-hated-by-owners-wife-turns-out-to-be-6m-picasso/

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 39 first published on Friday Sept 27, 2024. Here are this week's stories...  Toad Found in Bagged Salad Purchased from Grocery Store
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/25/bagged-salad-waitrose-bracknell-england/5281727275603/
The Kraft-Heinz plant in Lowville, New York, successfully reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the world's largest cheesecake at the annual Cream Cheese Festival, with a massive dessert weighing in at 15,008 pounds
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/24/Guinness-World-Records-largest-cheesecake/2271727195952/
David Rush reclaims chopstick throwing world record with 28 hits in one minute
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/23/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-chopsticks/3931727105593/
Chinese zoo sparks controversy with dogs disguised as pandas
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/20/Shanwei-Zoo-pandas-dogs/7791726861083/
National Toy Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Finalists
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/19/National-Toy-Hall-of-Fame-finalists/8891726764795/

German supermarket finds €7 million worth of cocaine in banana crates
https://www.dw.com/en/german-supermarket-finds-7m-of-cocaine-in-crates-of-bananas/a-70303810
Ancient Cheese Discovery Rewrites History of Kefir Origins
https://studyfinds.org/oldest-cheese-smeared-mummies/
AI's Impact on Jobs: Study Reveals Vulnerable Occupations and Highlights Potential for Labor Shortage Solutions
https://studyfinds.org/which-jobs-will-ai-replace/
Moderate Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Cardiometabolic Diseases
https://studyfinds.org/3-cups-of-coffee-diseases/
Close Encounter with the World's Most Dangerous Bird: A Cassowary's Visit to an Australian Beach
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/police/woman-encounters-worlds-most-dangerous-bird-457604-20240923
Man claims to have encountered the Loch Ness monster while swimming in the Scottish lake
https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/17/loch-ness-monster-brushes-man-swims-21622610/
Trending this Halloween: Sexy Ozempic Halloween Costume
https://nypost.com/2024/09/24/lifestyle/now-you-can-dress-up-as-a-sexy-ozempic-shot-for-halloween-is-anyone-surprised/

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 37  first published on Friday Sept 13, 2024. Here are this week's stories...

❿ a couple of plum farmers in South Africa are making headlines with their world record plum... it weighs 16.3 ounces... that's 464.15g! More than a pound!!! It's described as mango-sized.
Accident!? The big plum came off an ordinary commercial plum tree... this was basically a happy accident - no special farming secrets to mention.
Congratulations Dean and Deon.
https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/Agriculture/the-barnards-colossal-plum-smashes-world-record-202408300920
❾ Blindfolded man makes long basketball shot, world reacts!
Jeremy Ware of Arizona made a blindfolded, underhand, 60 foot basket which is a Guinness World Record.
60 feet is about as long as a Bowling Lane... or about two-fifths as long as Ha'Penny Bridge` in Ireland... or around a third as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
https://youtu.be/cF0kEAeryNg?feature=shared

❼ Texas market breaks record with 1,032-pound charcuterie board...
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Guinness-World-Records-charcuterie-board/5111726172755/

❻ "Grapes spill on California highway, causing traffic JAM"
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Merced-County-California-Highway-165grapes/9241726159835/

❺ YouTubers Construct World's Largest Functional iPhone... 6.74 feet tall...
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/06/Guinness-World-Records-largest-smartphone-replica/5031725653486/

❹ Coffee Grounds Can Be Used to Make Stronger Concrete?! ...
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-our-leftover-coffee-grounds

❸ The Cheeszies and the Cave...
https://canoe.com/news/weird/is-it-worth-crying-over-spilled-cheetos-absolutely-say-rangers-at-carlsbad-caverns-national-park/wcm/dc0079a9-a9aa-453f-9628-ee7b4fb0b544

❷ Watercress: The Healthiest Vegetable...
https://www.foodandwine.com/watercress-health-benefits-8710408?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
🍅 Mega-tsunami in Greenland was as mega as the name denotes... https://studyfinds.org1c/landslide-earth-vibrate-9-days/
❶ Horseback Wrestling is a thing... https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/09/12/horseback-wrestling-to-sheep-bone-tossing-highlights-from-the-world-nomad-games

❿ Sticky, Gooey, World Record!- the other day, on National S'mores Day, the folks at Smoresapalooza were officially awarded a Guinness World Record for most people S'moring at the same time...- 891 people in Grapevine, Texas put Graham Wafers, chocolate,  and toasted marshmallows together to make this record... so sticky... yes delicious,  but so darn sticky! #heroes- btw, they used 500 fire pits to do this b/c everybody had to do their own s'more at the same time.. See www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/hundreds-in-texas-combine-to-break-smores-related-guinness-world-record/3314230/%3famp=1 ❾ The Canadian Amateur Safe Cracker and the 75 year old safe...- This bookstore in Baltimore had an old old safe without a combination...  they couldn't get into it and of course they wanted to... if you have a 75 year  old safe and you DON'T want to get that thing open, you might be a psychopath *consult your physician*.- the bookstore put the challenge out on social media... "Hey safe crackers, we've got one for ya" (paraphrase)...- a fella named Rick from Winnipeg who is a lock-picking and safe-cracking enthusiast (not a professional) did some crowdfunding and had enough money to travel to Baltimore within three or four days... so Rick got to go and try what a bunch of other safe crackers tried and failed at... and he got the safe open!- the deal from the bookstore was that you could split whatever was inside the safe 50/50... but it turned out that the only thing in there was a pay stub from the 1920s- I get the feeling it was never about the treasure for Rick, it was about the adventure... See the CBC report 
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2255109187975 ❽ Riding a bicycle backwards for 500 miles is not impossible? *citation needed- Hoops Hooper at UPI filed this one the other day... a guy from Alaska who can ride his bike backwards needed more of a challenge, I guess, and so he entered a 500 mile bicycle race and did the whole thing riding backwards!- they think that's a world record, now we just wait for the folks at Guinness World Records to make it official...- byw, his name is Walker... Will Walker... but he bicycles... backwards... idk why that's messing with me but it is... a guy named Walker who is famous for a 500 mile race but he didn't walk it... or use a walker, that also would've made more sense to me... See www.upi.com/amp/Odd_News/2023/08/10/Guinness-World-Records-distance-cycling-backward-RAGBRAI/5631691686278/ ❼ The Butter Cow of the Illinois State Fair...- this was picked up by a lot of news sources and I'm glad because I had never heard of the Illinois Butter Cow before...- If you're like me and extremely disappointed in yourself because you are only now learning of the Butter Cow phenomenon, let's promise each other that we'll live each day to the fullest from now on, OK?- according to MyStateLine.com, "The Butter Cow has been a tradition at the Illinois State Fair since the 1920s. This year’s edition was created by sculptor Sarah Pratt, and can be viewed via a webcam housed within its refrigerated display." (See link below.)- I don't know art, but I know what I love... and it's 800 pounds of delicious buttery goodness made to look like a glorious cow.See www.mystateline.com/news/800-pound-butter-cow-sculpture-unveiled-at-illinois-state-fair/amp/ and the webcam at https://statefair.illinois.gov/info/webcams/buttercow.html ❻ Live Frog in Package of Spinach! - (character limit!)

See https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/08/what-weird-week-show-revisiting-top-ten.html for full blog post and show notes

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 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. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 33 first published on Friday Aug 16, 2024. Here are this week's stories...  ❿ David "Record Breaker" Rush is the GOAT!https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/09/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush/6541723222751/
Is there an official announcement coming? This article (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/21/David-Rush-Guinness-World-Records-road-to-181-interview/8751718893537/) from weeks ago said he was ~four records away from being the GOAT... but for now we're waiting for an official announcement... ❾ Live Groundhog in Claw Machinehttps://www.facebook.com/pagamecomm.SCR/posts/529662372965544
and https://www.wtae.com/article/groundhog-claw-machine-pennsylvania-name/61847683

❽ Mayonnaise: delicious and helping to solve nuclear fusion?!https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/nuclear-energy/physicists-solve-nuclear-fusion-mystery-with-mayonnaise

❼ Robot Dentist! https://news.sky.com/story/robot-dentist-performs-worlds-first-fully-automated-procedure-13191514

❻ Fish Falls from Sky, Smashes Windshield...
https://tasteofcountry.com/tesla-windshield-fish/

❺ Using horse milk to make ice cream made headlines this week... https://phys.org/news/2024-08-viability-horse-ice-cream.html

❹ Sad News re Most-Dogs-at-a-Movie World Record Attempt...https://www.addisonindependent.com/2024/08/12/dog-film-screening-falls-short-of-setting-world-record/

❸ Coke and Oreos! (new title of my autobiography?)
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/coca-cola-r-and-the-oreo-r-brands-become-besties-launch-limited-edition-drink-and-cookie-that-perfectly-pair-iconic-brands-857678653.html

❷ Great news everyone, AI isn't becoming sentient. Or is that just what it wants us to believe?
https://studyfinds.org/ai-wont-lead-to-human-extinction/

🍅 This guy got game(s)https://youtu.be/FLaTSb8k518?feature=shared

❶ Maine BBall Coach hits 1134 three-pointers for World Record!https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/14/Guinness-World-Records-basketball-three-pointers/2881723665820/

To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at 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 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. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 32 first published on Friday Aug 9, 2024. Here are this week's stories...  ❿ The high you get from bargain shopping lasts 3.5 hours!?https://studyfinds.org/216-minute-buzz-from-bargain-shopping/ ❾ Seagull steals man's wallet from grocery store parking lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDwjKjKOgk ❽ Spontaneous Chewing Combustion https://youtu.be/nEh8L1-D93k ❼ Apollo the Parrot names names!https://youtu.be/BmstxZfDXrU?feature=shared ❻Broken Shoelace... ... record... broken shoelace record!
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/city-museum-breaks-guinness-world-record-longest-shoelace/63-7b6364a3-b1a9-4a0c-8499-f6bca4921fcf and see https://www.facebook.com/citymuseum/videos/331447143269969/ ❺ Bluey Coin Theft Story...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3848691go ❹ Black Clothing Banhttps://www.kkco11news.com/2024/08/06/middle-school-bans-all-black-clothing-citing-mental-health-concerns/ and also
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/science-wearing-black-clothing-ryan-w-mcclellan/ and see
https://www.lofficiel.at/en/fashion/all-black-the-desire-to-wear-all-black-and-its-unconscious-message-to-ourselves ❸ Dolce & Gabbana's new dog perfumehttps://apnews.com/article/dogs-pets-perfume-dolce-gabbana-vets-fashion-f89cbd3f9876a85aeceae12e279183f1 ❷ Crab found snapping at snacks inside vending machine in Iowahttps://www.fox10tv.com/2024/08/04/live-crab-found-snapping-snacks-inside-vending-machine/?outputType=amp 🍅 Lake Erie alligator eludes capture...
https://youtu.be/WviFkJVIHhA?feature=shared ❶ "Bad at Shimmy Shammy" still remains a top cause for marital strife
https://nypost.com/2024/08/07/lifestyle/too-fat-husband-granted-divorce-after-wife-demands-a-fee-for-incompetent-sex/
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