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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Spooky Rivers, Eyes Wide Shut, Pet Crocodiles

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Society & Culture, Science, Education

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Producer Jess Boddy joins Rachel for a listener voicemail Q&A episode! The weirdest things we learned this week range from a killer creek to naked mole rat facts at breakfast.  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! Buy your Weirdest Thing virtual live show tickets here: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/the-weirdest-thing-i-learned-this-week-livestream-9-21-2021 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 Produced by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci --- 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

Hello weirdos Rachel here along with Jess. Hello! And we're in your feed just because no

0:13.5

alter your motive. We just couldn't stay away even though we're on break. I want to give

0:18.0

you a heads up speaking of which that next Tuesday, not a Wednesday, but Tuesday September

0:25.3

21st, we are going to have yet another bonus episode dropped in your feed. Why again,

0:31.6

absolutely no alter your motive. We just love to talk to you. And coincidentally, we would

0:37.2

love to take this opportunity to remind you to buy tickets to our upcoming live show.

0:43.9

So for listeners who don't yet know, we are hosting a totally virtual live event, but

0:49.6

we're hosting it from our favorite venue, Cavia, in New York City, which means you'll

0:54.2

get all of the production value of Cavia's magnificent camera work. You'll get all of

1:00.2

the magic of us sitting together on stage, sharing our weird stories, playing games,

1:06.1

answering your questions live, sending out prizes, all of that. All that good stuff you

1:11.9

love about our live shows, instead of us sitting in front of our computers, trying not to

1:17.4

be sad. Like I said, the show is on September 21st. It's airing at 7 p.m. Eastern, but anyone

1:25.0

who buys a ticket will be able to watch a recorded version at their leisure. So even if you're

1:31.0

in a time zone where 7 p.m. Eastern is completely kukubin hammas for you, don't worry, you can

1:37.4

still join in. We also have a few VIP tickets available. It's just $20 extra and it gets

1:43.8

you access to an exclusive cozy, intimate, lovely virtual happy hour with the cast and crew

1:50.9

of The Weirdest Thing I Learn this week. It's a great opportunity for you to get to know us, tell

1:55.5

us all about yourselves, ask us any questions you have about the show, ourselves, whatever. It's

2:01.6

just a really fun way for us to spend a couple of hours and we really hope you'll join. So if you

2:07.0

want a ticket to the live show on September 21st or to that added VIP experience, you can find

2:14.0

the link in the show notes of this episode. Don't worry, we will also remind you on Tuesday when,

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