A Horse in the Toilet?!, Creepy Clowns, Superpowered Bug Pee

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Melissa Dunphy joins the show to explain why she found a horse in the toilet. Meanwhile, Rachel talks super-powered bug pee, and Chelsey gets into the science of fearing clowns. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us! Click here to learn more about all of our stories! Links to Rachel's TikTok, Newsletter, Merch Store and More: https://linktr.ee/RachelFeltman Link to Jess' Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jesscapricorn -- Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Produced by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeek Check out Weirdest Thing on YouTube: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeekYouTube If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeek Thanks to our sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/WEIRDEST and get on your way to being your best self. Right now, get up to 55% off your subscription when you go to https://Babbel.com/WEIRDEST Babbel—Language for life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:09.8	At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.
1:14.8	And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles,
1:18.5	we also find plenty of weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured,
1:23.5	why not share those with you? Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors
1:27.9	of Popular Science. I'm Rachel Feltman. I'm Chelsea Becooms. And I'm Melissa Dunfee.
1:34.4	Melissa, welcome to the show. I'm so happy to be here. This is so cool. So folks, Melissa is a
1:42.1	composer among other things whose whose work I really admire and I think I've talked about at
1:47.2	least one of your pieces on here. The what about Tesla's pigeon? Yes, infamously. But,
1:54.1	Melissa, why don't you tell your listeners a little bit about yourself and why you are
1:59.7	privy to some weird historical information? I see what you did there. I see. So yeah, I'm a
2:06.7	composer based in Philadelphia. And so most of my life is writing music primarily for choirs and
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