A Scientific Evaluation of Social Media's 'Oat-Zempic' Craze, Weird Wednesday Features a Tortoise on the Run & TDIH: Remembering Phil Petit's INSANE High-Wire Act on the Twin Towers

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Evaluating the scientific merit's of social media's 'Oat-zempic' craze. Plus, on Weird Wednesday we’ve got a Disneyland Park Ticket redeemed nearly four decades after it was received, a tortoise ‘on the run’ and a new albino alligator in Florida. And on This Day in History, we look back and commemorate the 50th anniversary of Philippe Petit’s unauthorized twin tower high-wire act. Oats mimic the effects of Ozempic, new study finds Man who won Disneyland Passport ticket nearly 40 years ago finally redeems it | KTLA Runaway tortoise's Oregon highway crossing a mystery - UPI.com Wild Florida, the Exclusive Attraction for Albino Gator Breeding, is Thrilled to Welcome a New Baby Albino Gator! (prnewswire.com) Welcome Our New Baby Albino Gator! (wildfloridairboats.com) TDIH: Remembering Philippe Petit’s High-Wire Walk 43 Years Later TDIH: Philippe Petit on his Twin Towers walk, 50 years later Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.9	Well, once again, welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home. My name's Marcus Path.
0:36.7	He's Reggie Rizzou.
0:37.9	Coming up on today's episode, if you're a TikTok user,
0:41.1	perhaps you've heard of the Oat-Zemphic trend.
0:44.1	Does it live up to the hype?
0:45.6	BBC Science Focus brings us the answer.
0:48.4	Plus, it's weird Wednesday,
0:49.6	we've got a Disneyland park ticket
0:51.5	redeemed nearly four decades after it was issued, a tortoise on the
0:55.7	run, and a new albino alligator. And on this day in history, remembering Philippe Petit's
1:01.5	Twin Tower Highwire Act 50 years later. That's coming up on cool stuff. Well, many of us are looking
1:08.3	to lose weight, or at the very very least maintain the figure we have.
1:12.7	For some, certainly those who fall into the former category, that quest will occasionally lead to the popular drug, OZempic.
1:20.1	If you follow the news in recent years, you've likely heard countless stories touting OZempic's weight loss potential.
1:26.2	Personally, I'm rarely inclined to use pharmaceuticals for such ventures, but that stems
1:30.7	from some bad experiences I've had in the past, and we of course know that everyone reacts
1:34.7	differently.
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