Strange News: Keanu Fights Fungi, Mr. Beast vs. Walmart, and Russia's Shadow Oil Fleet

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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German researchers name a groundbreaking discovery after the legendary Keanu Reeves. YouTuber MrBeast sets his fans upon Walmart. Across the planet, Russia uses a "shadow fleet" of tankers to bypass sanctions -- no one's publicly saying who runs these groups... only that the fleet appears to be growing. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

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0:00.0	It was a Hollywood movie come true and I was the star.
0:05.0	That's Damon Launer. In 2013, he founded what became known as the most elite sex club in the world.
0:11.0	Sanktum. Join me, Carly Chortino, as we explore how this luxury sex empire was built,
0:18.0	and how it ultimately turned Damon's life upside down.
0:22.0	Listen to Sanktum on Mass, on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your favorite shows.
0:30.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:37.0	You can turn back now, or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:42.0	A production of iHeartRadio.
0:54.0	Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt.
0:57.0	My name is Noel. They called me Ben. We're joined as always with our super producer, Alexis Codenabe, Doc Holiday Jackson.
1:04.0	Most importantly, you are you. You are here, and that makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
1:11.0	Fellow conspiracy realist is one of our favorite days of the week.
1:16.0	As you are hearing this, it is Monday, which means it's time for some strange news.
1:23.0	People on YouTube are sick in their own armies at your favorite supermarket, super stores.
1:33.0	People in Germany are doing a little bit of fandom with their research and across the planet.
1:42.0	Russia is building a shadow fleet of people, of ships specifically.
1:49.0	This is news a lot of people will miss, but turns out those sanctions may not be worth as much as we would have assumed before we do anything, though, fellas.
2:00.0	I think it's time for us to shout out code name Doc Holiday as everybody's hearing this recently.
2:08.0	Doc and one of the friends of the show, Lauren Vogelbaum did a kick ass Disney episode.
2:15.0	Did you guys hear it? Did you guys check it out? Yeah, yeah, you can find it on Disney Plus or I'm just joking.
2:20.0	The stuff that Disney Plus doesn't want you to know about Disney and it absolutely rules.
2:25.0	Alexis straight up talked about slow cooking Walt Disney's head.
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