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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Astrology’s Hidden Sign, Ancient Brunch, The Uncanny Valley

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Society & Culture, Science, Education

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The weirdest things we learned this week range from eating poison oak to creepy animated babies.  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 Sara Kiley Watson: www.twitter.com/SaraKileyWatson Purbita Saha: www.twitter.com/hahabita 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 --- 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, where does Rachel here before we start this week's episode?

0:03.8

I just want to let you know about a couple of pretty exciting pieces of news in the weirdest thing universe

0:10.6

first you're going to see

0:13.6

Some changes in your weirdest thing feed, but don't worry. Don't freak out change can be good

0:19.8

We are getting a brand new logo. So keep an eye out for a familiar yet unfamiliar

0:27.9

New icon in your feed. We wanted to give you a heads up

0:31.8

So you don't think weirdest thing has gone missing or you've accidentally downloaded some new

0:38.7

Bizarre thing. It's still weirdest thing. You'll find us. I trust you. You're smart people

0:44.0

You know the podcast has been around for a few years now and it's time for a little bit of a refresh

0:49.7

And now is the perfect time for us to debut a new logo because

0:54.7

We are getting a new sister show. It's called Ask Us Anything and it features some of your favorite weirdest thing cast and crew members

1:04.1

Ask us anything is a super short bite-sized

1:07.8

delicious

1:08.8

Delectable podcast that dives into answering

1:12.6

questions you have been asking for years and questions you didn't even know you had

1:18.7

Why can't we go to be 10 feet tall? Is it possible to boost your immune system?

1:23.7

Etc. Anyway, Ask Us Anything is coming into your world in just a couple of weeks

1:30.1

And to make things super simple for you and because we know you're going to love it

1:34.2

We are going to post the first episode right here in the weirdest thing feed

1:38.8

So keep an eye out for that and definitely give it a listen when it shows up. Okay, that's all the news for now

1:44.8

So let's get into the show

1:46.8

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