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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In the first half of our live show on June 14th, the weirdest things we learned range from the bloody path to becoming a naked mole rat queen to a tiger shark vomiting feathers onto the deck of a boat. 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 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	This episode is brought to you by Turo.
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0:31.2	Hey, Weirdos, it's Rachel.
0:32.8	Before we get started, I just wanted to give you a heads up that this episode sounds a little different.
0:38.3	That's because it was recorded at our live show at Cavia in New York City on June 14.
0:44.0	It was really awesome.
0:45.3	Everyone had a great time.
0:46.8	It was sold out again.
0:48.6	And we hope you'll join us for the next one, which we promise we will schedule and announce very soon.
0:54.2	So a few things to keep in mind as you get ready to listen to part one of our live show.
0:59.1	Number one, the sound quality is going to be different because instead of being in our studio,
1:03.3	we were in front of a live, wonderful audience.
1:06.4	Number two, we're sometimes going to mention visual aids because people were there watching us
1:11.4	instead of just listening.
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