Getting Green Blood, Animal Crossing's Rarest Fish, Bird-Like Plague Masks

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This week, we've got the first half of our remote live show! The weirdest things we learned this week range from Animal Crossing's most fascinating fish to a man with forest green blood. 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 Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli Jessica Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden Edited by Jessica 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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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Jess and I have a quick note for you.
0:03.4	What you're about to hear is the first half of our Zoom live show, which we did in coordination
0:07.8	with Caviar at the end of last month.
0:10.2	It features facts from Rachel as always and also myself and Claire.
0:13.6	You'll also hear Stan Horacek and Pribita Saaja Chyman too, since they were also on the
0:18.5	live stream.
0:19.6	It might sound a little different since we're all perfecting our home recording setups,
0:23.9	but I can assure you it'll be as weird as always.
0:26.9	Alright, that's it.
0:27.9	Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!
0:29.9	At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.
0:39.5	And while most of the interesting things we find and adapt in our articles, there are
0:43.5	lots of other weird facts that we just share around the office.
0:47.8	So we figured, why not share those with you?
0:50.6	Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week, a podcast from the editors of Popular
0:54.0	Science.
0:55.0	As I said before, on The Weirdest Together this week, we started by each offering up a
0:58.4	little tease about some kind of factor story that we found in the course of reading, writing,
1:02.4	reporting, etc.
1:03.8	Decide which one we absolutely have to hear more about first.
1:07.0	Claire, when did you start with your tease?
1:09.0	Yes, I would love to.
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