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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In the second half of our live show on June 14th, the weirdest things we learned this week range from the hungriest boy who ever lived to swallowing live goldfish for sport. 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 Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Corinne Iozzio: www.twitter.com/corinneiozo 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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1:02.4	Hey, Weirdos, it's Rachel.
1:03.8	Before we get started, I just wanted to let you know that the sound quality
1:07.0	might sound a little different from our usual episode,
1:10.2	which you guessed it is because you're about to hear part two of our live show,
1:14.6	which was on June 14th at Caviaw in New York City.
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