Strange News: Ditch the Penny, Transparent Skin, The CIA and Star Wars, ChatGPT Refuses to Shut Itself Down, and More

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

The United States may FINALLY ditch the inconvenient and terrible penny (Ben here -- can you tell I write the descriptions?). A popular food coloring turns the skin of mice transparent. Investigations verify the CIA's use of oddly updated websites to communicate with assets. A new ChatGPT model refuses to shut itself down. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.5	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:12.0	A production of IHeart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:28.1	My name is Matt.
0:29.0	My name is Noel.
0:29.9	They call me Ben.
0:31.2	We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.
0:36.0	Most importantly, you are you.
0:38.2	You are here.
0:39.4	That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:43.4	And fellow conspiracy realist, if you are tuning in the night this strange news publishes,
0:50.4	let us welcome you to, guys, get this, June 2nd.
0:55.4	It's already June.
0:57.0	May the second be with you.
0:58.6	Mm-hmm.
0:59.1	Yes, yes.
1:00.0	And may the June be with you as well.
1:03.1	Before we do anything, just for fun, I'd love to share my favorite headline of the recent news.
1:10.7	Are you guys ready?
1:11.7	Oh, man.
1:12.4	So ready.
1:13.1	Yeah.
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