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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Economy of "Frozen," Hopping Space Robots, Animals on Drugs

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the science and economics of the kingdom in the movie "Frozen" to the most (and least) wholesome scientific studies of animals on drugs. 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 Eleanor Cummins: www.twitter.com/elliepses Mary Beth Griggs: www.twitter.com/MaryBethGriggs 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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0:00.0

Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

0:06.0

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:18.0

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

0:23.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

0:30.0

Where are you? Astrid City from Director Wes Anderson.

0:34.0

Welcome to your stargazers and space cadets.

0:37.0

What are those pulses indicated? The beeps and blips we don't know.

0:40.0

There's an alien that actually happened.

0:43.0

This June, place all witnesses under a group arrest.

0:46.0

How long can they keep us in Astrid City?

0:48.0

I'm gonna know. Hurry. I like aliens.

0:50.0

Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks.

0:53.0

What a strange experience this is.

0:55.0

Astrid City in cinemas June 23. Booktickets now.

1:04.0

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

1:08.0

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

1:12.0

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

1:16.0

So we figured, why not share those with you?

1:18.0

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

1:21.0

I'm Rachel Feldman. I'm Eleanor Cummins. And I'm Mary Beth Griggs.

1:25.0

So on the weirdest thing I learned this week,

1:27.0

we start by each offering up a little tease of some kind of fact or story that we picked up in the course of our writing,

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