The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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175 Episodes

  1. Screaming Frogs, "Talking" Mushrooms, Nonbinary Birds

    Published: 5/8/2024
  2. Traveling Barber Uprising, Rats Taking Selfies, Honeyguide Helpers

    Published: 4/24/2024
  3. Lotion Spider Brouhaha, ADHD Superpowers, Earth's Evil Twin

    Published: 4/10/2024
  4. Freaky Eclipse Rituals, Cosmic Serendipity, Solar Mysteries

    Published: 3/27/2024
  5. Stargazing Poop Bugs, Ancient Beer Ladies, Secret Internet Slang

    Published: 3/13/2024
  6. Bird Milk, Space Lube, Hermit Crab Housing Crisis

    Published: 2/28/2024
  7. Government Cheese, Mitochondria NOT Powerhousing, Dawn of the Cockroach

    Published: 2/14/2024
  8. Nature's Weirdest Sleepers, Iron Maiden Myths, Parking Psychology

    Published: 1/28/2024
  9. LIVE SHOW: Trees are Fake, Fortune-Telling Cheese, Sunscreen Secrets, Magical Misogyny

    Published: 12/20/2023
  10. Eating The Rich, Menopausal Chimps, Darwin's Taxidermy Teacher

    Published: 12/6/2023
  11. The Truth About Quicksand, Release the Tea Kraken, Learning Without Brains

    Published: 11/22/2023
  12. Taxidermy Robots, Talking to Dolphins (and Aliens), Methuselah the Fish

    Published: 11/8/2023
  13. American Hippo Ranchers, Peacock Vasectomies, Leave Einstein Alone

    Published: 10/25/2023
  14. Ancient Tweezers, Modern Leprosy, Space Rock Recycling

    Published: 10/11/2023
  15. Defensive Puking, Self-Cooling Curls, Zambia's Teen Astronauts

    Published: 9/27/2023
  16. How to Survive an Apocalypse, Teeth with Secrets, Birds Who BBQ

    Published: 9/13/2023
  17. Our Swolest Ancestor, Climate Fungi-pocalypse, Terrifying Bananas

    Published: 8/30/2023
  18. Catch Weirdest Thing Live TOMORROW!

    Published: 8/23/2023
  19. Bird Chess, Monkey Selfies, Crocodile Dung Birth Control

    Published: 8/16/2023
  20. The First Constellations, Surprisingly Spicy History, Kids Find the Darndest Fossils

    Published: 8/2/2023

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At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week. For advertising opportunities please email [email protected]   We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4  Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy