Brain Death Cocktails, Fur Seal Crimes, Fish Driving Cars

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, Rachel talks about fish getting behind the wheel, Sara Kiley unravels the story of rodent DNA and a secret fur seal trade, and Sandra explains how cocaine might be the key to organ transplants. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.
0:09.2	And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles, we also find plenty
0:13.8	of weird facts that we just keep around the office.
0:16.8	So we figured, why not share those with you?
0:19.4	Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science.
0:23.4	I'm Rachel Bellman.
0:24.7	I'm Sarah Kylie Watson.
0:26.4	I am Sandra Gutierrez.
0:28.2	Welcome to the show.
0:30.2	Yay!
0:32.2	I am very excited.
0:34.2	Listeners, Sandra is one of our beloved Pops I team members.
0:38.8	Why don't you say a little bit about what you do at Pops I?
0:41.5	I know we've been planning on having you on Weirder's Thing for a long time and it has
0:46.0	not happened until now.
0:48.7	We will remedy this again soon.
0:52.6	We want you in the rotation, but please introduce yourself.
0:55.9	Yeah, so I'm the associate DIY editor at Popular Science.
0:59.2	I clean stuff, that's sort of my thing.
1:01.8	And I look into the little science bits of everyday things, so then you can know what
1:07.0	to do and do things yourself.
1:09.7	Yeah, you, like, I feel like saying you research the little science bits is really an understatement.
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