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

And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are

lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office.

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 Theltman.

I'm Eleanor Cummins, and I'm Sarah Chowdosh.

So on the weirdest thing I learned this week, we start by all teasing a fact that we picked

up while reporting, editing, reading some other great science journalism, or just kind of

clicking around on the internet.

And we decide which one we just absolutely have to hear more about first.

Once we've all had the chance to tell our science stories, we reconvene and decide what

the weirdest thing we learned this week actually was.

And if you disagree with our vote, we would absolutely love to hear about it on Twitter

at Weirdest underscore thing.

I wonder why don't you give us your pitch.

First of all, mine's not a weird fact.

I'm already violating the entire premise of our podcast.

Mine is a heartwarming fact.

Just that maybe.

Boom.

No, I'm so sorry.

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