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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Ancient Brain Surgeons, the Crows Have Eyes, Why Radiators are so Annoying

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Society & Culture, Science, Education

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Actor and famous Schitt's Creek impersonator Michael Judson Berry joins the show this week! 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!  Click here to follow our sibling podcast, Ask Us Anything!  Follow our team on Twitter! Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Sara Kiley Watson: www.twitter.com/SaraKileyWatson Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Produced by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ Season 5 of The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week was recorded using the Shure MV7 podcast kit. The kit includes a Manfrotto PIXI mini tripod, so everything you need to get recording straight away is included—that’s super-helpful if you’re a creator who’s buying their first mic set up. Check it out at www.shure.com/popsci. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popular-science/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/popular-science/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there! Here's some important news from Network Rail, if you're planning to catch a train

0:04.8

over the May Bank holiday weekends. From 28 April to 1 May, and from 27 May to 29 May,

0:12.8

Network Rail will be working to upgrade and improve the railway for us all.

0:17.2

And while most of the network will stay open, some train services will be affected.

0:22.1

So, be in the know before you go. Please check before you travel at

0:26.8

nationalrail.co.uk forward slash May.

0:31.3

The sound of spring cleaning. Steam clean your way to brighter bathrooms and sparkling

0:37.5

kitchens with the car to steam cleaner. You'll be done before you know it, with more time to

0:42.6

pitch your feet up. Find your car to steam cleaner at car to .co.uk or a car to retailer.

0:49.8

At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and heck stories every week.

0:58.8

And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles,

1:02.4

we also find plenty of weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured,

1:06.8

why not share those with you? Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week

1:10.2

from the editors of Popular Science. I'm Rachel Feldman. I'm Sarah Kylie Watson.

1:14.9

And I'm Michael Judson Berry. Michael, welcome to the show.

1:18.9

Thank you. I'm so excited. Listeners, some of you at May already know Michael, and if not,

1:26.1

you may come to recognize him soon from the very distinctive and TikTok famous sound of his voice.

1:35.1

Well, hello, both of you. Thank you for having me on the weirdest thing I've learned this week.

1:40.7

Oh my gosh, I'm going to pass over. It's a true fur. It's like having one of our favorite fans,

1:46.6

and one of my favorite actresses of the stage and screen here with us today. So thank you.

1:53.5

Thank you. So, Michael, before we get into it, why don't you tell listeners who do not yet know

2:02.3

a little bit about who you are and what you've got going on? Thank you.

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