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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The weirdest things we learned this week range from Christmas tree-flavored burritos to XXL codpieces. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"? 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! Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepsies Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden Edited by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy --- 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	Welcome aboard this Air France podcast message.
0:04.9	Air France and its crew invite you to discover its business class cabin, where you can enjoy
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0:12.7	You will taste an exclusive menu created by the greatest French chefs and discover one
0:17.4	of the most prestigious wine and champagne lists.
0:20.5	Air France wishes you a delicious podcast.
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0:30.1	Knock knock who's there?
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0:32.6	What?
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0:49.5	At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and
0:52.5	text stories every week.
0:54.1	And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles, we also find plenty
0:58.4	of weird facts that we just keep around the office.
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