Glowing Civil War Wounds, Bubble Wrap's Origins, Historic Font Disputes

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The weirdest things we learned this week range from the origins of bubble wrap to Civil War soldiers whose wounds glowed in the dark. 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 on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weirdest_thing #weirdestthingpod Follow our team on Twitter Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepses Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman Sophie Bushwick: www.twitter.com/sophiebushwick Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme Music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden Edited by Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman --- 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	Where are you?
0:01.1	Asteroid City.
0:02.2	From director Wes Anderson.
0:04.0	Welcome to your stargazers and space cadets.
0:06.8	What are those pulses indicate?
0:08.3	The beeps and blips we don't know.
0:09.8	There's an alien.
0:11.8	That actually happened.
0:12.8	This June, place all witnesses under a group arrest.
0:15.8	How long can they keep us in Asteroid City?
0:17.8	I'm in O'Hurry.
0:18.8	I like aliens.
0:19.8	Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks.
0:23.2	What a strange experience this is.
0:25.4	Asteroid City, in cinemas June 23.
0:28.4	Booktickets now.
0:31.0	Nautic nature is ever changing and unpredictable.
0:35.0	Shifting between wind, sun and rain.
0:37.8	But one thing is certain.
0:39.4	This landscape shares its goodness with us all.
0:42.6	Yard is the delicious plant-based oat drink,
0:45.6	made with simple, all-natural ingredients.
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