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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

'Silly Walk' Science, Trombone-Head Dinosaurs, Museum Secrets Revealed

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 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! Links to Rachel's TikTok, Newsletter, Merch Store and More: https://linktr.ee/RachelFeltman To try America's #1 Meal Kit, go to https://HelloFresh.com/weirdest65 and use code WEIRDEST65 for 65% off plus free shipping! -- 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 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.

0:09.3

And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles, we also find plenty

0:13.9

of weird facts that we just keep around the office.

0:16.9

So we figured, why not share those with you?

0:19.5

Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science.

0:23.6

I'm Rachel Feltman.

0:24.6

I'm Sarah Kylie Watson.

0:26.6

And I'm Dustin Growing.

0:28.2

Dustin, welcome to the show.

0:29.2

I'm so excited to be here.

0:30.6

So excited.

0:31.6

Awesome.

0:32.6

We're so excited to have you.

0:34.4

Listeners, Dustin is here to nerd out about dinosaurs for us.

0:39.2

Dustin, why don't you tell our listeners a little bit more about why you know so much

0:43.1

about nerdy dinosaur thing?

0:45.2

I mean, who goes to love that?

0:46.6

No.

0:47.6

So I'm a science communicator.

0:48.6

I'm an educator.

0:49.6

Like I've taught in museums.

0:50.6

I've taught in the classroom.

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