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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

Strange News: The Death of a "Spy" Beluga Whale, Mobile Phones and Cancer, Car Rentals For Thieves

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

After making waves in 2019 with his affable nature and mysterious harness, the legendary beluga whale Hvaldimir has been found dead -- prompting serious questions. A recent meta-study appears to indicate no link between mobile phone use and cancer. Authorities allege an LA-based car rental company was, in fact, a front for "crime tourism." 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.

0:06.7

You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:11.6

A production of I-Heart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. My name is Noam. They call me Ben. We're

0:29.4

joined as always with our super producer Alexis codename Jackson most importantly you are you you

0:36.4

are here that makes this the stuff they don't want you to know it is finally becoming a little a tunnel here in our fair metropolis of

0:46.8

Atlanta Georgia and we cannot wait to explore strange news with you. We've got a couple things at the top. I gotta say every

0:57.0

time I hear a story about someone getting in trouble for handing out free water

1:01.4

I cannot help but roll my eyes.

1:04.5

It just makes me think of Larry David, right?

1:06.7

And then the most recent curve, he took that issue to prime time.

1:11.0

Or voting, you know, you also, at least in Georgia you can't give people water if they're waiting in line

1:17.7

as the polls right which informed you know curb your enthusiasm so shout out to David Martin who is as we record

1:26.7

fighting his HOA because he hands out water also shout out to HOA's, but not in a complimentary way.

1:35.0

Wait, like, like at his house, he hands out water to like people walking down the street?

1:40.0

Yeah, similar to how we had the free fridges here in Atlanta. What he was doing is leaving a cooler outside of his home to provide free water to anybody in the neighborhood.

1:52.0

And the HOA is saying that's against their terms or something

1:55.2

because it's like a liability,

1:57.1

because perhaps he's poisoning the water or something?

1:59.3

What I'm curious, sorry, I know this isn't your main story,

2:01.7

but, oh, geez, me choice.

2:04.1

I just want to point it out because the idea that you can't share free water with people.

2:12.9

Maybe it's a liability issue and something we'll look into later,

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