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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The weirdest things we learned this week range from monkeys selling sex to a physiological explanation of peeing involving bagpipes. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned 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! Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden Edited by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy --- 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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0:31.2	Then the male penguins were like, oh, you're here for sex.
0:34.1	And the female penguins liked, eh, sure.
0:36.9	Ha-ha-ha.
0:41.5	At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.
0:46.1	And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles,
0:49.5	we also find plenty of weird facts that we just keep around the office.
0:53.2	So we figured, why not share those with you?
0:55.5	Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week,
0:57.4	from the editors of Popular Science.
0:59.3	I'm Rachel Fultman.
1:00.3	I'm Claire Maldirelli.
1:01.3	And I'm Jason Letterman.
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