The Weirdest Things We Learned in Season 1

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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We learned a lot of weird facts in season 1 of this show. Rachel and long-suffering producer Jason reflect on the first 25 episodes of The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week and go through the data to figure out the weirdest things we learned, what types of stories win most often, and who taught us the most weird things. Plus, we answer your questions from social media! 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 Jason Lederman: www.twitter.com/Lederman 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	This episode is brought to you by Turo.
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0:35.2	Hey, Weirdos, it's been a while and we miss you a bunch.
0:39.0	So our producer, Jason and me, Rachel Feldman,
0:42.8	are here to give you a very special bonus episode while we prep for season two,
0:48.8	which should be coming pretty early in the new year,
0:52.1	along with another live show at caveat.
0:55.7	So, Jason.
0:57.4	Hi, Rachel.
0:58.2	Hi, Jason.
1:00.1	I really have no idea what you have planned for today.
1:02.6	Yeah, we've been off the air for about a month,
1:05.4	and I had the idea as we started our prep for season two to do a little retrospective on season one,
1:11.3	and say, like, well, what were the weirdest things we learned?
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