What a Weird Week

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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 16 first published on Friday April 19th 2024

❿ Please check your cookies for a diamond...

The lady who lost her diamond in cookie dough. And now they're asking that you check your cookie dough and be careful eating your cookie dough. This happened in Kansas. This poor lady lost a diamond off her wedding ring. It's worth about four grand. Figures it is either in the chocolate chip cookies that went out last Friday, or in the sugar cookies, or peanut butter cookies. So be careful eating those cookies. We link to the story and also to the Facebook post from SIS's Sweets Cookies and Cafe. It was on their Facebook where they made the announcement (be careful eating cookies may contain diamonds.) ❾ Beard World Records and Facial Hair World Records were acknowledged this past week by the Guinness World Records folks. These were all set during the National Beard and Mustache Championships late last year. Just being acknowledged now and officially written up by the Guinness World Records folks over on their website. One of the records was Longest Beard Chain. This is where you stand side by side with some other beardos. And you divide your beard into two. Left side gets attached to the person on your left/ The right side of your beard gets attached to the person on your right. And you twist those beards together or maybe there's some sort of beard scrunchie involved sometimes? Anyway, you just form a chain out of those magnificent beards. And the new world record is... 195 feet and something of beards. They did a similar thing with mustaches. The longest mustache chain. 20 feet and something. To participate, your mustache or beard has to be qualifying / has to be a certain length and then of course it has to be robust in order to withstand all of the fastening to other people's beards... and I would say another skill is you have to be able to stand still because you gotta wait while everybody's beard gets attached.If somebody starts to wiggle & a jiggle, well, you're gonna come undone. And that's the end of that world record. ❽ David Record Breaker Rush/ The fellow who wants to break all the world records. I believe that's official now that he just wants to break all of the world records and every week he's trying to break world records and he's going to get there you guys because he is determined and he seems like a good fellow. He uses the world record attempts to shine a light on education and especially STEM education. This one, you know, a lot of times it's a world record where I'll say, hey, try it this weekend. But This one, don't try it this weekend. The longest time for a lawnmower, which is running, to be balanced on your chin. That was the world record he set.

Nine minutes and 17 seconds of balancing this electric mower on his chin... nine minutes and change! What an insanely dangerous world record attempt. Congratulations once again to Record Breaker Rush. I like this headline a lot. Bloke's baffling act in New South Wales River. A world first.

They believe this fellow has a world record, the fellow who got into a pumpkin and started paddling that pumpkin.

First of all, it's the biggest pumpkin grown in Australia. 407 kilograms, so what's that, 800 and something pounds.

He hollowed it out, got inside and paddled it. Now this is something we've seen in the United States. And it, when I saw the story, I was like, of course, it is now autumn in Australia. It's pumpkin season in Australia now, (Word Limit! See https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/04/what-weird-week-ten-weird-things-that.html for this week's blog)

Ten Weird things that happened this week - the What a Weird Week Show. For full shownotes and podcast stuff see https://www.shownotes.page/podcast

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❿ The Grammy who made the news after receiving a speeding ticket. (actually 2 tickets!) The only thing was she wasn't driving her van. It was one of these deals where the camera catches you speeding and it snaps your picture and you receive a ticket... "Hey here's the evidence. Look at this photo. We caught you speeding." Well this Grammy in East Cleveland Ohio, Joanne Gibson, was having her van towed to the shop at the time of the ticket. So the tow truck was speeding.

❾ The Squat World Record... Think about how many squats you can do. Think about maybe working really hard. How many more squats could you do? And then, you know, multiply that by 10. Are you anywhere close to 26,000 squats? Me, neither. The world record for most squats in 24 hours is more than 26,000 squats!

❽ From Hoops Hooper, who is the Weird News Guru at United Press International... (Every week we like to feature a story by Ben "Hoops"  Hooper.) This week Ben filed a story about the chicken who enjoyed the solar eclipse while wearing tiny solar eclipse glasses. This chicken in Arkansas. I mean, if you love your chicken and you want your chicken to enjoy a solar eclipse, of course you're gonna fashion some sort of safety equipment for that chicken to look at the solar eclipse. So a person named Tad made the news. Tad the human and Gertrude. That's the name of the chicken. Tad also was wearing eclipse glasses. It's just a fun photo, like so many people were taking photos of themselves enjoying the eclipse this past week, and someone snapped a picture of Tad and Gertrude, and it started to gain momentum online, and... next thing you know it's on... KTHV-TV!? And we learn that Gertrude laid an egg during the eclipse. I don't know what you get when you lay an egg during an eclipse, but it seems like some sort of superhero folklore, doesn't it? The origin story of something great.

❼ Man getting vasectomy when earthquake hit thought the doctor was joking around. The doctor said, "is that an earthquake?" And the patient was like, "good one, doc. I'm already nervous enough. Quit kidding around." But it was an earthquake, you guys. It was that earthquake that made the news on the east coast of the United States. This is one of those stories that gained momentum online as a funny social media post and then the news media reached out to talk to the fellow. I got this one from HuffPost. Justin Allen. 33 years old from Pennsylvania was getting the procedure, you know... getting the old vasectomy and posted about it online how an earthquake hit during the vasectomy... and that his doctor said "I think that we're having an earthquake." And of course, you're nervous and about to undergo a delicate procedure and... It ain't no joke. It's suddenly quite surreal. He's looking back at it now and laughing and... Seems fine. Two thumbs up in the photo outside of the Urology Health Surgery Center. So... Glad you're doing well, Justin.

❻ The garbage bag porch pirate. This one is just a fascinating video. Somebody is taking their porch piracy to the next level?! Can we all agree that Porch Piracy is a terrible, terrible thing that is going on where people will just take advantage of package being delivered and left unattended for a bit... And people will just steal those things?! Every neighborhood in the world now where you take deliveries, there are stories of people stealing our stuff. A fellow named Omar (Sacramento, California) had the security camera set up. I mean, you can see that camera. Any porch pirate is going to know, "oh, I'm under surveillance here." But this porch pirate dressed up like a garbage bag.

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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 14 first published on Friday 5 April 2024... ❿ Number 10 this week is from Hoops Hooper, the Weird News Guru at UPI. It's a story about something that happened a few weeks ago to this family in Naples, Florida. Alejandro Otero was on the news. Wink News interviewed him about the weird thing that happened. The headline is "Object that crashed through Florida roof may have come from the International Space Station."

... ❾ From India Today, the story of a bear that escaped a zoo. It's been a little while since we had a bear story. We've featured bears ringing doorbells and waiting for people to answer the door so they could eat them. That's what I theorize. The bears are certainly sneaky and intelligent you guys (based on the news articles that we've featured). So this one from India Today broke on April the first and it's always hard to trust a news story that comes out on April the first, but this one appears to be legit about a zoo in India where the bear escaped... and listen to what happened... they had like a storm... a windstorm and a tree falls and it fell in such a way in the bear's enclosure that the bear was able to use that tree, that fallen tree trunk, to climb to freedom... ❽ It's another one from Hoops Hooper, a story that came out last fall, but Hoops did an article on it this week. Coin tosses. This one didn't get a lot of coverage when it came out in the fall, but the research indicates, well, it's game-changing research. Literally game-changing research, because apparently when you flip a coin, it's not 50-50 odds... ❼ Kyle, Texas back in the news. We talked about this before. For the last five years, Kyle Texas has been attempting to set a world record with their gathering of Kyles. And the record is people with the same name in the same place, the most people with the same name in the same place at once... ❻ Eclipse Flavored Sun Chips in the news...
The promotion department at SunChips® has got the brand in the news with a limited-edition flavor that will be given away during the total eclipse... which is 4 minutes and 27 seconds... the new flavor is Solar Eclipse Limited-Edition Pineapple Habanero and Black Bean Spicy Gouda. Yum? From the press release: " Beginning at 1:33 p.m. CT on April 8, as the eclipse casts its shadow over U.S. soil, eager fans can get their hands on the new flavor at SunChipsSolarEclipse.com while supplies last." ... ❺ This is the weirdest snake story you're going to hear all week.
A pet snake that had been missing for a year then shows up...  and how it showed up... and where it showed up is Absolutely Bonkers. This is a story out of the UK. The snake is named Agnus. Agnus the pet corn snake which had been missing for a year and then turned up on top of the neighbor's garage after it was dropped by a crow. After a year, the snake gets dropped by a crow onto the neighbor's garage!? Like, what? ... This is from ABC7. Another mysterious thing in the sky... the headline: "Streaking lights that lit up SoCal night sky were caused by Chinese space junk reentry, experts say." For a while, people didn't know what the heck was going on in the sky above them. When you see the footage, it looks like a shooting star or something like that, except it doesn't burn out. It just goes and goes and goes. So of course... therefore aliens.  It looked like multiple fireballs and people got some great footage... a number of people thought it was space debris from a SpaceX launch... that was ruled out upon more investigation... People online are pretty much now saying it was space junk from a Chinese space module... (character limit!) for the rest see https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/04/what-weird-week-for-fri-apr-5-2024-ten.html

(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 12 first published on Friday March 22 2024

❿ There's a company based in Toronto, Canada that analyzes Dog DNA And they made news this week after an investigative News team at WBZ Boston sent in DNA from their reporter, Christina.

❾ One of the all-time great Combinations Of Our Generation Is pizza and beer. You've got Fred and Barney. You've got Laverne and Shirley. You've got Procter and Gamble. And then pizza and beer.
This week that combination was in the news because The New Belgium Brewing Company Teamed up with Tombstone frozen pizzas To create A pizza beer ❽ A mysterious creature was in the news this week, found in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, East Coast, Canada.

❼ Follow up to a story we talked about In an earlier episode What a Weird Week. It's official, the underwear on the head world record Has been set.

❻ The headline from The mirror in the United Kingdom is "I named my baby after my internet provider so I could get 18 years free Wi-Fi."

❺ This one's scary and involves a haunted lake.

❹ The headline from Jen Mills at metro dot co dot uk: "Man finds jacked up grasshopper in fridge after shopping in Aldi."

❸ New study indicates that listening to Ariana Grande and Drake, also Eminem in your car can make you a better/safer driver!? Billy Eilish is mentioned in the study too... & Beyonce.

❷ from the Seattle Times an article about a burglary ring. They call it a burglary tourist ring... where people fly in from other countries to rob you and then they fly home again.

🍅 Honorable mention: From Science Daily. The headline is "New research suggests that our universe has no dark matter."
Which is a bit of a game-changer. ❶ Study from Concordia University in Montreal indicates that cranberries might make you bionic... or at least help you athletes.

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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 11 first published on Friday March 15th 2024 ... 

❿ Return of the Monoliths!

❾ Cats for books!

❽ Spring break is being ruined by Blue Dragons.

❼ Dog research in the news and it's good news.

❻ Rats getting high on seized supply!

❺ The Gas Pump Glitch... I got to say I love this story and maybe that's wrong... the woman who allegedly figured out this glitch at the gas pump...

❹ Bake Shop Accused of Re-selling Dunkin' Donuts as Their Own... 

❸ How Big is the World's Heaviest Blueberry? Monstrous.

❷ The Search for Alien Life Suffers Minor Setback... 

🍅 Honorable Mention for Clickbait Headline: "Stock Up On Food, Water, And Fuel Ahead Of The Eclipse, Emergency Officials Warn" (it's not what you think)

❶ Alligators in the Sewer!

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Reminder: For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 10.5 first published on Sunday March 10th 2024 ... Time Change Fact Sheet... 
- There are stats about heart attacks, traffic accidents, energy consumption, and enraged colleagues (not you, everyone else.)
- The time change might conserve energy, or it might not (depends on what study you look at.)
- SOME studies say car accidents go up after the time change because our concentration gets all messed up, but another study showed that more daylight resulted in better driving outcomes. 

Remember when they made Daylight Saving last longer?

- The time change helps the golf industry make more cash. 

- The petroleum companies do great business during extended Daylight Saving because it means that people drove their cars more in the evening.

- It has been great for the barbecue industry too.

- Did You Know... that the big candy companies lobbied for a longer Daylight Saving Time? They wanted as many kids as possible going out to Trick-or-Treat. I can't stay mad at you, big candy. 

Not everybody hates DST, and not everybody loves it (looking at you, airline industry... and farmers.)

- Vampires lose an hour of darkness this time of year.

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(Begin episode transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 10 first published on Friday March 8th 2024 ...  

❿ The moon was back in the news this week. Russia has announced that they hope to team up with China and build a nuclear power plant on the moon. ❾ Rare Lego piece makes news... It was found at a thrift store and sold for a lot of money. ❽ They've discovered a new sea creature. Off the coast of England. It's a whole new species of... ❼ Scientists stunned by man who has gotten the Covid vaccine more than 200 times. ❻ Something incredibly rare happened the other day and it's not terrible/ I would not deem it terrible news. A Grey Whale was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean... They thought Grey Whales were extinct and did not live in the Atlantic Ocean anymore. ❺ How often does Campbell Soup come out with a brand new flavor? Well, they have! ❹ The return of Don Gorske! Is he your hero? Does the name not ring a bell? He still might be your hero. ❸ The rabbit tattoo world record in the news this week. ❷ Dave Rush back in the news with another world record attempt. He's the fellow who is going for most Guinness World Record Titles Held Concurrently. 🍅 Okay, this one is PG-13! PG-13! Not for the kids maybe. It involves nudity. A group of nudists in Pittsburgh have made news because they are planning a naked bowling event. 🍅 This week a robot made headlines. Should we ever trust robots? Right now my vote is no. Never. ❶ Couple of things I didn't know... first of all, hello to our friends in Missouri... the area code in St. Louis is 314 and so that's become a bit of a local holiday in St. Louis... 314 Day/ March 14th. And so I didn't know that... I also didn't know the world record for most people in one place with underwear on their head is 270 participants... Well on March 14th/ 314 Day in St. Louis they're going to try to get 314 participants wearing underwear on their head.

and that's the program... See you next week for another countdown of weird news!

(this is a transcript of the podcast) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 09 first published on Friday March 1st 2024 ...  ❿ Musician breaks world record at music venue in Iowa... John Locker made news the other day when he set a world record by playing his bass through 81 amps simultaneously. ❾ Researchers have discovered the world's biggest snake. The Northern Green Anaconda is a new species of anaconda and it takes the record for the biggest snake in the world. ❽ The folks who churn out those delicious Cadbury Easter treats and the marketing department over there at Cadbury... they know what they're doing. The contest where your pet can become the new spokesperson for Cadbury Easter treats is back... ❼ The science of concerts... something published the other day from the University of Zurich... how enjoying a live performance of a song is more impactful to us than enjoying that same song as a recording. ❻ Imagine there is a target that you have to hit with a soccer ball 52 feet away. Now imagine you can't kick that soccer ball, you have to head the soccer ball and hit the target 52 feet away. Not easy. Somebody did it. It's a world record. ❺ From KKTV CBS 11 News The headline is "Woman has tongue larger than a soda can!" #WorldRecord ❹ Classroom sword fight lawsuit in the news... ❸The end of a professional sports era....

Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies organization has ended dollar hot dog days... because it was getting out of hand with the rambunctious fans and their new tradition of whipping hot dogs at one another...❷ A Spanish artist has announced that they are going to get married to an AI hologram that is inspired by the artist's previous boyfriends.🍅The Willy Wonka-inspired interactive experience for kids that made international headlines for how angry it made parents... 🍅 Another honorable mention is the very fast college football player who made headlines for not believing in other planets... ❶ Stinky Flower makes headlines again... this one makes headlines every time it blooms because it is so... very... stinky! The Corpse Flower has bloomed again and is on display in San Francisco... ... that's the program... For Shownotes and more go to ShowNotes Dot Page or search "What a Weird Week" wherever you get podcasts.

What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week. https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts. (this is taken from the transcript of the podcast) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where we catch you up on the weird news of the week. For transcript/ shownotes/ podcast stuff see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 08 first published on Friday Feb. 23, 2024 ... ❿ A new Guinness world record for the most sweaters worn at once... ❾ I don't know how to feel about this one you guys. It's a follow-up to when we talked about Bobi... The world's oldest dog... ❽ The Ryan Rodeo is in the news this week... This is a group out of Brooklyn... a society of Ryans... to be in this club you must be named Ryan... they're having a Ryan Rodeo this weekend in Austin in hopes of breaking the world record for "the largest same name gathering." ❼ The Naked Man Festival of Japan made news this week. The festival is ending after a thousand years. It's been running for a thousand years?! ❻ (From Hoops at United Press International) A couple got married in a social-media-famous bathroom... ❺ Shoutout to the marketing team who got a casino in the news this week with a fun Oscars contest/ publicity stunt/ job offer... Test Casinos made news this week because they're offering two thousand dollars if you are picked for the job of watching all 10 best picture nominees for this year's Academy Awards... ❹ Another world record... this one is super fast. A fellow has set the land speed record for riding on a toy car... ❸ There's a new latte flavor at Starbucks. This is available in China and it is pork... pork flavored latte. ❷ The Tooth Fairy is in the news for paying less for teeth... 🍅 An article from HuffPost talking about this study looking into whether marijuana makes running easier. Please enjoy responsibly and all of that... ❶ Chizza is in the news. Today and tomorrow (this show drops February 23rd)... today and tomorrow in New York City you can go to the East 14th Street KFC and it will be transformed into a chicken pizzeria and they will be serving Chizza... For these stories in detail click the link at the top ^. Thanks for checking out the show!

(this is a transcript of the podcast) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where you can get caught up on the weird news of the week. For a transcript, or shownotes or to subscribe to the podcast see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 07 first published on Friday Feb. 16, 2024 ... ❿ From NBC 9 News... Two high school kids in Colorado have received scholarships to play Division One Cornhole for Winthrop University ❾ The Plague/ Cat story was picked up by a lot of news orgs... It's a little scary at first. And also weird... a person in Oregon who is infected with bubonic plague ❽ the story about the very old wombat. It's cool and weird... weird and cool. I mean wombats, right you guys? The Guinness World Records folks have acknowledged this 34 year old wombat at a zoo in Japan, who is the oldest wombat in the world!! ❼ This past week we had Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Tuesday and folks in a place named Liberal, Kansas really lean into Pancake Day... ❻ This one was all over the place on the late-night shows and every news network picked up the story of the stingray that is somehow pregnant. The stingray is in a tank with only sharks. ❺ So there's a piece of music that, from beginning to end, will take 639 years to complete. The song or piece of music is set to be over in the year 2640. ❹ A wonderful tale of redemption this week... a followup to story that we talked about last week. re the fellow who made the Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks... ❸ Another follow-up... in an episode a lil while ago we mentioned about Sir Winston Churchill's false teeth... that they were going on auction... ❷ A new study is in the news about emojis and how men cannot understand emojis as well as women... the researchers have a theory on this... 🍅 Sort of a bittersweet Honorable Mention... this week we lost someone who brought joy to so many... ❶ Meat rice is in the news. It is exactly what it sounds like. ... that's this week's What a Weird Week program. For Shownotes and more go to ShowNotes Dot Page or search "What a Weird Week" wherever you get podcasts. Thanks to you folks who tune in to this show via Fun House Radio. Ask your smart speaker to play Fun House Radio or see the link on our Shownotes Page. See you next week for another countdown of weird news!!

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Here are the top ten headlines...

❿ The radio station that had their 200-foot radio tower stolen. ❾ 68 million Americans plan to bet on this year's football spectacular. ❽ Nuclear fusion is back in the headlines... we've talked about it before on this podcast because it's just weird, isn't it? You guys, how does it even work? Just kidding. I don't want to know. ❼ I love this one from the TV Spy website... Canadian broadcasters wear the same outfit for a week to see if anyone notices. ❻ The lady who returned her couch to Costco... because she didn't like it anymore. It was two years old. ❺ A suspected spy that was detained for eight months has been released... police thought a pigeon was a Chinese spy... ❹ This one was covered by everyone, but it's funny and weird so we're covering it too... the three year old boy in Australia who wanted to get the prize out of the claw machine, climbed in there, and got stuck. ❸ From Hoops, the Weird News Bureau Chief at UPI... I saw this headline a few different places. But we put the link to Hoops' story in today's show notes... The man from France who made a world record tall Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks. ❷ Another Valentine's story as we get closer to the day of love and the day of feeling scorned. There's a company in the news who will Name a junk car after your ex and then squish it. 🍅 We have an honorable mention... This publicity stunt gets full marks for trying to promote recycling and also for the most amazing website... https://flushyourex.whogivesacrap.org ... ❶ It's not a funny story. It's just weird you guys and I don't know what it means. Researchers hope that someday it'll cure cancer. I'm paraphrasing a bit there. This has to do with the radioactive wolves in Chernobyl.

See you next Friday for another countdown of weird news!!

Scott.

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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where you can get caught up on the weird news of the week. For Transcripts and Shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 5, Episode 04 first published on Friday Feb. 2, 2024 ...

❿ More romance in the news ahead of Valentine's Day...

Last week we talked about the zoo that will name a bug after your ex and then feed the bug to a zoo animal... Now A New Jersey animal shelter who will name a feral cat after your ex and then neuter that cat ❾ Super Swiftie breaks world record... ❽ Mona Lisa gets souped up real good... ❼ Lego man gets world record... ❻ Giant world record bouncy castle in the news. ❺ Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas) is back in the news. This is a park where you're allowed to go and look for diamonds. ❹ This one made national news here where I'm at in Canada. The McRib is back.

I'm not sure if you have the McRib where you are, but the McDonald's McRib, a delicious pressed pork sandwich, was gone for ten years in Canada ❸ Woolly rhinos are in the news. First of all, I had no idea they existed. Well, they're extinct now but... ❷ There's a story in the news about a mysterious noise in Florida and fish. I'm sorry PG-13... I should have said PG-13 first. There's a story in the news about this weird noise in Florida that people are taking note of and it may be fish... making fish babies. 🍅 We have an honorable mention about a lady in California and a world record. ❶ Gizmodo headline "Japan zoo recaptures escaped man in costume in adorable emergency drill."

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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week where you can get caught up on the weird news of the week. For audio, video, and shownotes see Shownotes dot Page. Here's Season 5, Episode 03 first published on Friday Jan. 26, 2024 ...

❿ Dominoes Pizza Heat Suit Utilizes Pizza Delivery Bag Technology to Spread Warmth... ❾ Chinese marathoner disqualified for chain smoking through the entire race... ❽ Chicago Rat Hole is like a phoenix from the ashes!! ❼ Stanley Mugs: Why and How Much? ❻ For Sale: Winston Churchill's False Teeth... ❺ The Swearing Parrots of Lincolnshire Wildlife Park... ❹ Study indicates that Food grown in Urban Gardens has a much Bigger Carbon Footprint than traditional Farms or Sources... that's weird, right?! ❸ The plane that had a landing wheel come off just before takeoff... ❷ Butter Chicken Lawsuit in the News... 🍅 Large Cabbage in the news... ❶ Love and Heartbreak, and bugs at the Zoo...

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Here's this week's top ten #Weird #News #Catch-up for Fri Jan 19, 2024 ...

❿ From Study Finds: "Magic mushrooms traced back to asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs" ... ❾ A New Approach to stop floods... get bent! ... ❽ Chicago's Rat Hole in the news! ... ❼ New Study out changes the game on Blue Light at Night! ... ❻ a Very Expensive Ice Cream Bar is in the News... How much is it?? ... ❺ There is a theory in life that If you don't know someone with an annoying nose whistle, then the person with the annoying nose whistle is you... maybe it's even world-record level nose whistle territory! ... ❹ Man drinks cup of coffee very fast, world reacts! Shout-out to Hoops at UPI who icymi is their weird news reporter... ❸ Delicious Hidden Valley Ranch Flavored Lip Care Products! ... ❷ A Japanese Space Trash Laser Blaster company is in the news... they are not called Japanese Space Trash Laser Blasters but that would be a great name... 🍅 Honorable Mention! 4 new deep-sea octopus species discovered close to Costa Rica... 🍅 Honorable Mention! What is that Jellyfish UFO/ UAP? ... ❶ There is a World Record Dog Scandal in the news this week... for links to these stories or more podcast options see the blog post at https://www.shownotes.page/podcast

(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your weird news catch-up top 10 countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page. Here's The Top Ten Headlines for Season 5, Episode 01 first published on Friday Jan. 12th, 2024 ... ❿ This week in sentencing: A 26-year-old guy tried to sell the late Queen of England's walking stick for charity... ❾ Dog story: A couple of scary dogs caused $350,000 damage at a car dealership in Houston. And there's video. ❽ Exploding Toilet Lawsuit article from the AP ... ❼ World Record Big Spider in the news ... ❻ The mouse that cleaned up the shed ... ❺ Message from Canada's National Parks: "Try to discourage moose from licking you car... " How do we do that? There's not a lot we can do but they do offer advice... ❹ Dog eats $4000. Owners did what they had to do ... or doodoo ... ❸ The Slate story about the indestructible cell phone... Anna Gibbs writing for Slate: "How Can a Phone Survive a Fall From a Plane Without Cracking? ...

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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your Weird News Catch-up in a Top Ten Countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 4, Episode 66 first published on Friday Dec. 29th, 2023 ... the Year in Review episode ... What a Weird Year!

What a Weird Week is usually a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. Full Shownotes and more stuff at ⁠https://www.shownotes.page/podcast⁠

But... it's Christmas Time, baby! So today we're re-posting this holiday special recorded in my kitchen last year. My wife is doing some baking. My kids are helping me crank out some podcast gold.

We count down the Top Earning Christmas Movies of All Time, and the Top Earning Toys of All Time!

Movies list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Christmas_films

Toys list https://www.nowblitz.com/blog/15-best-selling-toys-in-history/

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(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your Weird News Catch-up in a Top Ten Countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 4, Episode 64 first published on Friday Dec. 15th, 2023... less weird news and more of a holiday Snow Pourri...   ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ 
❿ The airing of grievances has begun... The Tampa Bay Times asked people to send in their grievances - as is the custom - for Festivus. They've started publishing those... ❾ The Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Toss and it's Storied Past. *Event happens this weekend in Bethlehem, PA ❽ Article from Atlas Obscura claims that "Unusual Christmas Ornaments Make the Holidays Weird and Wonderful" ... ❼ From Delish dot Com: "25 Christmas Snack Recipes That'll Keep Everyone Full & Festive" ... ❻ From Slate's Advice Column "Care and Feeding" by Nicole Chung: "Our Family’s Christmas Gathering Has Taken a Weird Turn, and I Want Out" ... ❺From Women's Health Magazine: "41 Unique, Funny, And Weird Christmas Gifts To Get Your Friends This Holiday Season" ... ❹ Christmas Puns from Reader's Digest ... they claim the puns are "Elfin Hilarious"Some of these include: "Sleigh it ain’t so!" ... "Single bells, single bells, single all the way!" ... "Make it rein, deer." ... "Don’t mind the resting Grinch face." ... "It’s the most wonderful time for a beer!"Q: Would Reader's Digest exaggerate the hilariousness quotient of puns? idk. ❸ The Pioneer Woman website article: "45 Funny Christmas Movies That'll Make You Say, 'Ho, Ho, HA!'" Honorable Mention!
Holiday Drink Recipe... if you are craving Dorito-flavored booze and are disappointed that it is not available until after the holidays, create your own cheesy booze with this recipe!!Step One: make some nacho cheese sauce. Step Two: add a bunch of booze to that sauce and drink it. Two easy steps you guys!! ❷ Weird Advent Calendars! (Maybe they'll be on sale by the time you hear this and you can get a great deal, plus you'll have a bunch of windows to open right away!) ❶ Rosie Taylor writing for the Sun: "I tested all the weird Christmas food ..."Among the weird holiday foods she tried are: chips that taste like cheese and sparkling wine (6 outta 10), sticky toffee cheese (3 outta 10), Black Forest Christmas Pudding (it looks rough to me but she gives it an 8 outta 10), and chocolate wine (5 outta 10).Depending where you're at, those might not be available to you but Rosie's article might give you the courage to try some other disgusting flavor of chips... or crisps.

What a Weird Week is a show about the weird stuff that happened in the news this week. For Full Shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page ... Subscribe to the Audio Podcast at https://kite.link/weird ... and see the Video Podcast at https://www.youtube.com/@weirdweekpod ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫
(transcript) Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, your Weird News Catch-up in a Top Ten Countdown. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's Season 4, Episode 63 first published on Friday Dec. 8th, 2023...

(Here's the Top Ten for this episode. See link for full Shownotes)

❿ The Hopper and the Copper: Kangaroo arrested in Ontario, Canada...  ❾  The most-read article on Wikipedia for 2023 was... ❽ The Golden Mole is back you guys! Or, maybe don't call it a comeback?

❼ This one via Hoops at UPI... I know it's weird news and you got to report that stuff Hoops, but IDK...

❻ The Garden Ornament turned out to be a Bomb. Not 'THE Bomb' like "Hey that garden ornament is the bomb!" but rather, "we're calling the bomb squad to dispose of that thing,"

❺ A lady who threw a burrito at an employee in a Chipotle has been sentenced to working in fast food...

❹ World's First AI-written Law gets voted in...

❸The top advertisement of 2023 (according to AdWeek) is...  Honorable Mention!CoCo the Flying Cat 

❷ Another publicity stunt that knocked it out of the park... ❶ via NeuroScienceNews.com: "Optimism Linked to Poor Decision-Making and Lower Cognitive Skills" 

Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, a Top Ten Countdown of weird news. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's the top ten list for Season 4, Episode 62 first published on Friday Dec. 1st, 2023... ❿ Attention Influencers and Models: be nicer to work with than AI. ❾ Sports Illustrated in the news this week after a Futurism Article with this headline: "Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers... We asked them about it - and they deleted everything." ❽ via NBC 5 "On Your Side" ... dateline, St. Louis ... "trespassers call 911 for help after locking themselves in cell ... Police helped free the men from a cell and then arrested them." ❼ The Snake with a Rockstar Energy Drink can on it's head in the news... the Facebook post from Snake Catcher Tasmania got picked up by Hoops over at UPI and the headline is "Venomous snake rescued from energy drink can" ❻ A Heartwarming World Record was in the news this week... The official world record is "Youngest Member of Mensa (female)" and it belongs to little Isla McNabb of Kentucky, USA ❺ Last week AP had this headline:Robbery suspect’s colorful underwear helped police arrest him..." ❹ Another Impressive World Record makes our top ten list... ❸ Watch twelve Hallmark Holiday Movies and get paid Thousands! Honorable Mention: This Holiday, please consider adding a Pretzel House to your Festive Traditions! ❷ Last week while we were busy doing our Thanksgiving Extravaganza Holiday Special, the Guinness World Records Folks published a piece about Edgar Yudkevich who set a pretty impressive knife world record... ❶ Underwater Magic Tricks are a thing and we have a new world record in that field?!

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Today, instead of the usual Weird News Top Ten Countdown, we're re-posting our 2022 holiday special recorded in the kitchen where my kids help me count down the Top Money-Making Christmas Movies of All Time, and the Best-Selling Toys of All Time! Happy Holidays to you friends who are celebrating!

Top-Grossing Christmas Movies of All Time list is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Christmas_films

The Top-Selling Toys of All Time list is at https://www.nowblitz.com/blog/15-best-selling-toys-in-history/

Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, a Top Ten Countdown of weird news. For audio, video, and shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page/podcast Here's the Top Ten List for Season 4, Episode 60 first published on Friday Nov. 17th, 2023...

❿ Teenager sets new Jenga world record and inspires a Hallmark Movie? ❾ Circus Lion Recaptured but that was scary! ❽ Horse gets loose on a plane... they decide to turn around and had back to home base... ❼ Please have your hippos spayed or neutered... ❻ Now it's deer who are trying to draw us out of our homes... ❺ Crochet World Record in the News... I hope this drives more episode downloads amongst you passionate crochet fans... ❹ headline via Fox News: $100k tool bag lost in space is now orbiting Earth... ❸ John Oliver, friend to the Pūteketeke Bird, helps to get it crowned Bird of the Century! ❷ Champagne Heist/ Chase Honorable Mention: The Toy Hall of Fame Voting Results... ❶ Yesterday the Guinness World Record Folks posted about a Kendama record that is bonkers...

(this is part of the episode transcript) "Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, a Top Ten Countdown of weird news. For audio, video, and complete shownotes see www.shownotes.page!

Here's the top ten for Season 4, Episode 59 first published on Friday Nov. 10th, 2023...

❿ Nike Lawsuit! ❾ The Chainsaw-wielding thieves in the news and what they're stealing... ❽ Two amazing cooking records in the news! ❼ the UFO was a NOFO ❻ Men charged in Golden Toilet Heist that might be an insult to America... ❺ Whales sink another boat... ❹ Headline from Global News: "Human skull found amid Halloween decor in Florida thrift store!"This one is scary! Creepy! Human skull! ❸ The Best Cheese in the World is... ❷ headline from Fox 13 is NYC Green Slime puzzlers New Yorkers... ❶ is an archeological find that surprised the researchers...

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 58 first published on Friday Nov. 3rd, 2023... ❿ This week, I'm playing catch-up on a few stories because last week was our Halloween special... kicking things off at number ten is the heroic world record where a bunch of people did a shot of booze off a ski... ❾ Another Catch-up... the loudest house cat purr world record belongs to Bella the cat from the UK who can purr somewhat loudly... ❽ Next we're catching up on the Glass Dancing World Record as reported by Hoops Hooper at UPI... a man in Cyprus did a dance while balancing 319 wine glasses on his head... that's a new world record! ❼ Here's another one that got bumped for the Halloween episode last week... headline from Business Insider: "A man posed as a mannequin in a shop window to steal jewelry after hours, Polish police say" ❻ Bears try to steal minivan, escape arrest... ❺ Possible Spiderman World Record! ❹ OK... earmuffs for the kids on this one... and it's gross... a Charity Shop/ Thrift Store in the UK had to post this on their social media... Please stop (see shownotes for full headline) ❸ @GWR headline: "Colossal cup of ‘smelly’ instant noodles sets record in China"... ❷ A pig named Kevin Bacon who escaped from his Pennsylvania home has returned after 17 days on the loose... Honorable Mention this week goes to the staff at Buzzfeed who are promoting a delicious Croissant Candle that costs around 65 bucks... ❶ The day after Halloween Mariah Carey announced that it was time once again to enjoy her song "All I want for Christmas is You".

- It is the song that famously took 15 minutes to write and makes Mariah Carey around 3 million dollars per year.

- She is also being sued again over that song.

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Hi Friends, I'm Scott. Welcome to our What a Weird Week Halloween Special! Usually we have a Top Ten Countdown of weird news, but this episode is weird Halloween stuff. Link: https://www.shownotes.page

Now, Our Halloweird for Season 4, Episode 57 first published on Friday Oct. 27, 2023...

❿ Halloween costumes that will be popular this year... For 2023, Google Frightgeist says the Top Three costumes are

1) Barbie, 2) Princess, 3) Spider-Man

❾ 83% of people surveyed said they had some kind of paranormal activity in their home

❽ a quick and careful look at Ouija Boards... Steer clear of those things you guys!

❼ Some tips on Candy Hangovers...

❻ Most Popular Pet Halloween Costumes...

❺ Followup... In June we talked about the Ohio lady who made news for refusing to remove a nine foot tall werewolf statue...

❹ Followup... We had a pretty fantastic Halloweenish story the other day when that Chucky Doll was placed in handcuffs, arrested, and booked for crimes in Mexico...

❸ Redux... Steve from Missouri broke the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat!

❷ Followup... A few episodes ago we talked about that Big Ol' Pumpkin that broke the world record... over a ton!

❶ Headline from @GWR "Farm celebrates Halloween with giant Jack Skellington pumpkin mosaic"

Bonus... Most people dressed in certain costume... largest group of zombies was 15458 zombies... scarecrows was 2495... then there were the 2018 skeletons... Fastest pumpkin carving record belongs to Stephen Clarke who carved one regulation size pumpkin in 9.4 seconds... most pumpkins smashed in a minute is 52!

the National Retail Federation says spending for Halloween 2023 will surpass pre-pandemic numbers... we'll spend $12.2 billion on Halloween this year.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE!!

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 56 first published on Friday Oct. 20, 2023...

❿ Space Probe that may destroy the Global Economy has Successful Launch! ❾ University Student Wins $40,000 Prize for Letting AI DO All the Work! jk ... ❽ Mosquitos in Our Flying Tubes! ... ❼ Huffpost Headline was "GEORGIA MAN STUNNED BY $1.4 MILLION SPEEDING TICKET" ... ❻ New World Record for Cereal Box Dominoes... If you wanted to beat the record for knocking over cereal boxes, you'd need to beat ... ❺ Rubber Ducks: Why and How Much?!! ❹ Bungee Jumping World Record has its Ups and Downs (thanks dad, for that headline) ❸ New World Record for solving the Rubik's Cube before crashing into the earth at terminal velocity... ❷ from LiveScience: "Horrifying parasitic wasp with a giant head is one of more than 100 newfound species discovered in the Amazon" ... 

Here's the Top Ten from last week. Episode is still online at https://www.shownotes.page/podcast ...
10 If that chair could talk! (It's probably seen a lot of rear ends.)
9 Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... but how big is the biggest house of cards in the world? 8 Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... 7 I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down...
6 a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord 5 Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling. 4 Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines...
3 Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce... 2 Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery? 1 Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world? 2749 pounds!

Honorable Mention! The headline from the New York Post is "Woman ate 48 oysters on a date - what happened next was shocking..."

❶ Lady accused of stealing car from Dealership to get to her Exotic Dancing Job Interview according to police...

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 55 first published on Friday Oct. 13, 2023... FRIDAY THE FREAKIN' 13TH!

❿ If that chair could talk! (It's probably seen a lot of rear ends.) ❾ Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... but how big is the biggest house of cards in the world? ❽ Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... ❼ I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down... ❻ a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord ❺ Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling. ❹ *Warning: PG 13. Earmuffs for the kids! OK, here's the story ... Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines... ❸ Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce... ❷ Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery? ❶ Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world?

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it is Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend, but instead of taking the week off or even posting a re-run, please enjoy this Ten Ten Episode where we revisit Ten former Number Ten Entries from the podcast to see how they hold up now... so here comes season 4, ep 54: ten tens for Thanksgiving, first published on Friday Oct. 6, 2023...

❿Headline from March 24, 2023: Bonkers Carrot Caper! Also, Happy Easter Season!! ❿Headline from March 31st, 2023: I say As You Get Older, Start Breaking Old People World Records because there are a bunch to be had! ❿Headline from April 7th, 2023: How Young is the world's youngest published author? ❿Headline from April 14th, 2023: How short is Pearl the Chihuahua (shortest dog in the world)? ❿Headline from April 21st, 2023 : How Fast can you drink? Are you ready to set a World Record? ❿Headline from April 28th, 2023: Nudists will feel naked and exposed if Cable Car over nude beach goes ahead... ❿Headline from May 5th, 2023: Freaky Foot World Record *Do Not Attempt! ❿From May 12th, 2023: How Excited are you about Printed Fish!? ❿From May 19th, 2023: The Gator that fooled us all... ❿From May 26th, 2023: People reminded to wear clothes for Driver's License photo in Georgia*

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 53 first published on Friday Sept 29, 2023... 
❿ Tinders Very Expensive Option makes news... ❾ Wienermobile Rides Again! ❽ Dogs Go To Human Movie, World Reacts... ❼ Flock of Sheep Steal 600 Pounds of Marijuana Plants... ❻ Guinness World Record for 10 Year-Old Makes Many of us feel inadequate... ❺ Message in a Bottle Sweepstakes Makes News... ❹ Guy drinks Capri Sun brand beverage very fast, sets new record... ❸ a Drug that can Grow New Teeth was in the news this week... ❷ Dog from Canada sets Sock Removal Record... Honorable Mention...  SpongeBob Mac and Cheese is a Triumph of the Human Spirit... ❶ Lady Stuck in Toilet Makes News, Retrieves Watch!  For full shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page

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Here are the Top Ten Headlines for Season 4, Episode 51 first published on Friday Sept 15, 2023.
❿ Man from Pennsylvania sees 777 theater movies in one year. ❾ Chopping Chopper Chops a Lot... ❽ Little Girl Finds Big Ol' Diamond, Makes News... ❼ What is the Mystery Golden Orb they've discovered in the Ocean? ❻ When you buy a cursed painting, the important thing is to come to grips with the fact it's cursed as soon as possible, then return it... ❺ Chico the cockatoo sends land speed bird scoot record! ❹ Lady in Maryland Uses License Plate to pick lotto numbers, wins $50,000 lottery prize! ❸ River of Wine Floods Portuguese Streets... I would say it was like white water rapids, but the wine was red wine... red wine rapids! ❷ Teen from India has record-breaking long hair... Honorable Mention:  UFO fails to cause panic in Prophetstown, Illinois. Everybody there seems really cool. ❶ Mystery Alien Mummies and Mexico's Congress...
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This is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. This is Season 4, Episode 49 first published on Friday Sept 1, 2023: "Long Things, Mystery Ducks, Wine!" Here's this week's Top Ten List...  10 Very Long Stick of Meat makes headlines...9 Very Long Sandwich also makes headlines...8 Very Fast Remote Controlled Car Breaks Record and also Explodes...7 Very Long Cat Tail receives honor...6 This just in: there are giant tanker trucks out there that have wine in them?5 We just came through the worst time for people taking a sick day... did you notice?4 Swedish Man eats something gross very quickly...3 News Crew Robbed while covering robbery story...2 NopeHM using old Coffee Grounds to make something better?!HM Gator in Jersey again...HM Mystery DucksHM Loch Ness Monster mystery solved! JK! LOL1 Hugging World Record Attempt... For story links, photos, and videos go to www.Shownotes.page

Salut les amis, Je m'appelle Scott. This is What a Weird Week, a show where every week we count down the top ten Weird Stories from the news. You can Like and Subscribe to the podcast, see the shownotes blog and check us out on YouTube. Find everything at Shownotes.page. This is Season 4, Episode 47 first published on Friday Aug 18, 2023 and here's the top ten:

❿ Sticky, Gooey, World Record! ❾ The Canadian Amateur Safe Cracker and the 75 year old safe... ❽ Riding a bicycle backwards for 500 miles is not impossible? ❼ The Butter Cow of the Illinois State Fair... ❻ Live Frog in Package of Spinach! ❺ The Sock Monkey World has a new Champion... ❹ I have had it with these snakes in a shopping cart! ❸ Dunkin' Booze is coming in September... ❷ Intoxicated Tourists spend a night trapped in the Eiffel Tower... ❶ Eggo's Brunch in a Jar booze is making news this week... Full links and shownotes at ⁠Shownotes.page⁠.

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This is Season 4, Episode 44 first published on Friday July 28, 2023:

❿ The real estate agent who made themselves at home a little too much and had to pay for it... ❾ Playing harp while very high results in world record... ❽ Swifties cause earthquake... headline from CBC: "When Taylor Swift performed Shake It Off in Seattle, Swifties literally shook the Earth, seismologists say"... ❼ the ol' "Change Your Name to Subway" story... ❻ When beasts emerge from the ocean and chase people off the beach... ❺ The Zoo had to issue a press release insisting the bear wasn't just a guy in a suit... ❹ Play UNO, get paid... ❸ Another gator in Pennsylvania... ❷ Would you drink beer made from water from your shower drain? 🏆 Another week, Another push-ups record! ❶ There's been a shakeup in the competitive Face Canning space (followup)...

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This is Season 4, Episode 42 first published on Friday July 14, 2023:

❿ Let's just eat all of the invasive species!

Headline from CBC "Invasive crabs are thriving in BC waters... ❾ What is Barbenheimer/ Barbieheimer? In case you missed it, Barbenheimer has its own Wikipedia entry. It is this social media trend that is taking off... ❽ Quick Question: Is the Ice Sword the perfect weapon? ... This amazing ice cream from Japan that looks like a sword. It got some attention this week as the longest ice cream in Japan... ❼ Never Send a Thumbs Up Emoji to Anyone Ever!

That's the takeaway lesson. Ever. Never. Just don't use emojis anymore, you guys. Here's the CBC headline: "Texting thumbs up emoji in response to a question costs Saskatchewan farmer $82,000 in contract case." ❻ McDonald's Wedding Package is getting some attention... official wedding package offered by McDonald's in Indonesia... a McDonald's wedding package with 100 chicken burgers, and 100 four piece nuggs... that deal will cost you around $230 US. ❺ The Twenty Slices of Cheese Burger from Burger King Thailand...

It has twenty slices of cheese!? like a Whole Package of cheese slices? Mama!

❹ Headline from BBC... police search for screaming woman, find pet parrot. We've had stories like this before on this podcast, a parrot sounds so convincingly like someone in trouble that the police show up. Well the person who owned the parent is a retired police officer himself, he has 22 parrots, ❸ Giant Space Tubes in the News! From the TLDR newsletter which is pretty great, an article about $10 space travel which seems pretty weird... ❷ Survey out of England says Small Talk is really important, so don't screw it up??

- From the Study Finds website: research from University of Warwick seems to indicate that those first impressions we make during small talk has a big impact later on... ❶ Would you take $10,000 to be a toilet paper spokesmodel/ influencer? It's been awhile since we featured one of these publicity stunts... I always say it aint easy being on the toilet paper marketing team trying to come up with a way to get some toilet paper publicity to stand out from the rest... but I don't think I'll be taking part in this contest... did you scroll this far? you're my favorite. see all these stories or get to our youtubes via ⁠⁠www.Shownotes.page⁠⁠

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This is the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 41 for Friday July 7, 2023:

❿ Bicentennial Celebration with Giant Pie! ❾ Stolen Velociraptor!

❽ On July 4th, Joey Chestnut won the hot dog eating deal for a 16th time. ❼ The Florida man who set the world record for living a long time underwater has revealed that he shrunk. ❻ The Teacher who skipped school for 20 years has been fired??!!! ❺ The Red Stuff Leaking from the Truck was hot Sauce... ❹ Pickle war is gaining momentum... ❸ a knockoff Louis Vuitton bag is in the news because...  ❷ Runner makes wrong turn, loses thousands in prize money... 🏆 via Science Alert: "NASA Seals Volunteers Into Isolated Habitat For Year-Long Experiment"

❶ Finally the flying cars we were promised in literature!

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Hello friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 Countdown ⁠podcast⁠, a ⁠blog⁠ with all the stories and shownotes, and a ⁠YouTube video⁠. Find everything at ⁠www.Shownotes.page

This is Season 4, Episode 40 for Friday June 30, 2023:

❿ From Fox 2, KTBU. Billionaires offering dog nanny job with $127,000 a year salary had to pull their ad after too many applications. ❾ from HuffPost, The results are in,  Maury Povich is the father... of a great business venture! ❽ from NDTV... 'Skilled US cow performs 10 tricks in 1 minute to set world record' ...  ❼ Seven is going to be a tie. There's going to be two stories in number seven. They're not weird news items so much as they're just weird articles that started getting traction this past week. First one, the headline was why you should never jump into water to avoid a bee attack... and the other story is... which again, it's not a news item so much as an article that started gaining traction this past week... but to me, it's kind of weird. Have you ever heard the phrase sleep divorce before?? From USA Today. the article is 'Sleep Divorce is on the Rise'. ❻ Free Smartwatches: A Warning. Headline from PC Magazine is "Did you receive a free smartwatch in the mail? Do not turn it on." ❺ Pepsi Ketchup made headlines this week. Pepsi-infused ketchup! It's Pepsi and ketchup together at last! ❹ the janitor who unplugged the freezer and ruined the experiment and now is part of a lawsuit... ❸ the War on Taco Tuesday continues... Taco John's Answers Back... ❷ Rent the Barbie Dreamhouse... 🏆 A couple Honorable Mentions this week... - When in Rome, don't carve your gf's name into ancient architecture... for sure don't get VIDEO of it! the second Honorable Mention... - are we gonna have to start paying 70 dollars for a bottle of Sriracha sauce?!! ❶ Croatian City Bans Noisy Wheeled Suitcases... A European city has imposed a ban on wheeled suitcases due to the excessive noise they produce when dragged across cobblestones.

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Dear friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 Countdown podcast, a blog with all the stories and shownotes, and a YouTube video. Find everything at Shownotes.page

If you click you will find the full story behind this week's top ten including:

❿ You've heard it said, Dance like no one is watching. I say, dance like the world is watching! Students at a school in Connecticut just broke the world record for the longest conga line. ❾ Headline from ABC7... I'm gonna read it word for word because it's a perfect headline... "Bear hangs from second floor window, climbs into home, and then eats family's pork chops." Perfection.❽ Number eight features 8 clams... 8 boss clams who are basically in charge of people's lives in this Polish City...❼ Number seven is about greatness and world records. Maybe this will inspire you to attain greatness this weekend. It's a world record involving jello shots.❻ Number six on our list involves love, heartbreak, and bomb threats.❺ the Ohio lady who is in the news for refusing to remove a nine foot tall werewolf statue.❹ Another world record to inspire you... maybe try to break it this weekend... ❸ Why was the horse on the patio? Horse jumps or falls off patio into pool and has to be rescued.❷ I had quite a few world records this week but I mean they're weird, they're wonderful, they're inspiring. This one is, when you think about it, impossible? Doesn't this sound impossible... a couple of fellas from Nova Scotia broke a Guinness world record by completing 306 holes of golf in 12 hours.❶ The weirdest story of the week? I don't know, we had some weird ones, some interesting ones... but the team thought that a very long piece of bacon should have the number one spot.

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Hi friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 Countdown podcast, a blog with all the stories and shownotes, and a YouTube video. Find everything at Shownotes.page. This is Season 4, Episode 38 for Friday June 16th, 2023:

❿ Guy on TikTok gets arrested after *allegedly* jumping in with the alligators at Bush Gardens... ❾ I put the headline through the ai machine and it churned out "Octopus Intelligence: Rethinking Our Menu Choices..." ❽ The Secret to Living Longer?!* ❼ Beloved Mascot goes to hospital after fooling around and finding out... ❻ Another reason to thank the mice, scientists may have solved obesity, diabetes, and heart disease... ❺ Man bails on blind date and gets sued over it. I would like to give you some of the details, and then you be the judge on this... ❹ United States Supreme Court has sided with whiskey and not with the dog toy company. ❸ People keep stealing the same cat... ❷ How big is the world's biggest catfish? Very big. Scary Big. ❶ "Belgian dad fakes own death because felt Unappreciated." Full notes at ⁠Shownotes.page⁠.

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This is the Top Ten for Episode 36 of Season 4 on Friday June 2nd 2023: ❿ Headline courtesy the North Vancouver RCMP: "We think he was trying to make a clean getaway but was unsuccessful." ❾ Pretty soon we'll all be going on airplane diets... ❽ Bear takes break from ringing doorbells to rob bake shop... ❼ The mosquitos are attracted to our what now? ❻ a Kitty Cat is terrorizing a Florida Neighborhood you guys... ❺ Official in India loses phone in reservoir, orders the whole thing drained... ❹ Secret Spy Whales?! ❸ Are the Whales Fighting Back?! (Yes, Back-to-Back Whale Stories!) ❷Headline via DW.com "Drug-laden fridge defenestrated during police raid" ❶How Fast is the Fastest Garbage Can?