Taxidermy's Dark Secret, Woman "Births" Rabbits, The Parthenon's Optical Illusion

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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🗓️ 17 October 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The weirdest things we learned this week range from a piece of taxidermy with a dark secret to a woman who claimed to give birth to rabbits. 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 on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weirdest_thing #weirdestthingpod Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepses Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme Music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden Edited by Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman --- 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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0:58.4	Hey weirdos, this is part 2 of our live show, which we recorded back in September at caveat in New York City.
1:07.9	We're your super psyched share with you, and if you missed the first part of the live show,
1:12.4	you can find it earlier in our feed.
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1:19.7	So enjoy the live show.
1:21.4	Next week we'll be back with a regular episode of Weirdest Thing.
1:25.2	Thanks for listening.
1:28.4	At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.
1:35.0	And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles,
1:38.8	there are a lot of other weird facts that we just keep around the office.
1:41.7	So we figured, why not share those with you?
1:44.4	Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week, a podcast from the editors of Popular Science.
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