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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Best Dog, Carnivorous Mushrooms, Naming Groups of Animals

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The weirdest things we learned this week range from the world's best dog to mushrooms that eat animals. 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 Sara Chodosh: www.twitter.com/schodosh Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepsies Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme Music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden Edited by: Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman Lexi Krupp: www.twitter.com/KruppLexi --- 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

You've already achieved so much during things your own way.

0:04.6

So why should your leadership development be any different?

0:07.4

At Warwick Business School, you can choose your preferred pathway

0:11.2

with subject-specific courses and study at your own pace.

0:15.6

With world-leading experts, this is stackable learning.

0:19.6

This is your career your way.

0:22.0

This is Warwick Business School in the Shard, London.

0:25.6

Visit wbs.ac.uk now.

0:30.2

Did you know choosing the train over your car

0:32.8

can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

0:36.0

So, one family outing at a time,

0:39.2

one little adventurer to time,

0:41.6

one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city,

0:44.8

one nap on the way home at a time.

0:48.6

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:53.4

So when will you take your next trip?

0:55.8

Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

1:04.2

At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week.

1:08.8

And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles,

1:12.4

there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office.

1:15.4

So we figured why not share those with you?

1:17.8

Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week from the editors of Popular Science.

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