Eating Bog Butter, Disappearing Eels, Urinal Splashback Science

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week, Rachel gets into delicious, delectable butter made in a bog, Ryan F. Mandelbaum explains that we know almost nothing about eels, and Purbita describes the details of pee splashback at the urinal. 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.
0:09.0	And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles, we also find
0:13.4	plenty of weird facts that we just keep around the office.
0:16.7	So we figured, why not share those with you?
0:19.2	Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science.
0:23.4	I'm Rachel Feltman.
0:24.4	I'm Perbita Sa'ha.
0:25.4	And I'm Ryan Madlebaum.
0:27.2	Ryan, Perbita, welcome to the show.
0:29.7	It's been a while.
0:32.2	How are you?
0:33.2	Oh, I'm okay.
0:34.5	I'm still doing the pop side thing.
0:37.4	But yeah, it has been a while on weirdest thing.
0:40.8	I missed this crew and the podcast.
0:44.5	We are psyched to have you back on.
0:46.3	And Ryan, you have joined us for several live shows, but I believe this is your first
0:52.8	just regular recorded episode.
0:55.4	And now you almost received my voice, mainlined through your head.
0:59.0	So eyes allowed.
1:01.8	Exactly.
1:05.0	Listeners, for those of you who do not know or don't remember, Ryan Madlebaum is just
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