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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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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! Click here to follow our sibling podcast, Ask Us Anything! -- Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

0:06.0

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:18.0

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:24.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

0:30.0

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0:57.0

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1:02.0

At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and hex stories every week.

1:07.0

And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles, we also find plenty of weird facts that we just keep around the office.

1:14.0

So we figured why not share those with you? Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science. I'm Rachel Feldman.

1:21.0

I'm Chelsea Becoons. I'm Sarah Kylie Watson. Chelsea, welcome to the show.

1:26.0

Thank you so much. I'm very excited to be here.

1:30.0

Listeners Chelsea is the engagement editor at pop sigh and a real audio pro of voiceover star.

1:41.0

You've probably heard her on.

1:44.0

Well, I'm impressed by your voiceover work. Thank you.

1:49.0

Some of our listeners may recognize you of course from Ask Us Anything or Sister Podcast.

1:55.0

Folks, if you have not listened to our latest season of Ask Us Anything, it's excellent.

2:00.0

And you will hear appearances from all of your favorite weirdos.

2:05.0

So definitely go add that to your feed wherever you get podcasts.

2:11.0

But today we are not here to answer you everything.

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