The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
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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 PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com 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
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Aug 8, 2018 • 39min
Skin-Peeling Soup, Chlorinating the Ocean, Secret Drug Toilets
The weirdest things we learned this week range from a soup that makes your skin peel off to secret drug-finding toilets in airports. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Aug 1, 2018 • 41min
Detachable Sex Organs, Human Skin Artwork, 17th Century Thought Experiment Solved
The weirdest things we learned this week range from animals that detach their sex organs during or after sex to artwork you can hang in your home on a human skin canvas. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Jul 25, 2018 • 41min
Bears in Ejector Seats, Nobel Prize for Giving Patients Malaria, The Secret Origins of Beer Yeast
The weirdest things we learned this week range from the Air Force testing ejector seats with black bears to a doctor winning the Nobel Prize for infecting his patients with syphilis. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Jul 18, 2018 • 41min
Le Pétomane (The Fartiste), Tesla Loved a Pigeon, Meat Lozenges
The weirdest things we learned this week range from a flatulist who became the highest-paid performer in France to meat lozenges. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Jul 11, 2018 • 41min
Poisonous Wallpaper, Cruise Ship Poop, The Best Ultramarathon Runners
The weirdest things we learned this week range from poisonous wallpaper that people voluntarily put in their homes to an exploration of what happens to poop on a cruise ship. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Jun 27, 2018 • 41min
Sex Magick, The Oldest Mac and Cheese, Contagious Writer's Block
Discover the world's oldest macaroni and cheese recipe and the origins of pasta. Learn about rocket engineer Jack Parsons and his controversial interest in the occult. Explore the fascinating story of writer Joseph Mitchell's 30-year battle with writer's block. Uncover Mitchell's secret writing and the importance of collaboration in creative work.
Jun 20, 2018 • 41min
Corpses Doing Yoga, The Loneliest Island, Biblical Quail Rhabdo
The weirdest things we learned this week range from rhabdo, a potentially fatal medical condition first mentioned in the bible, to the most remote inhabited island on Earth. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Jun 13, 2018 • 41min
Ketchup Consistency Standards, Implanting Memories, People Inside of Sperm
The weirdest things we learned this week range from the standards and grading of ketchup to the idea that people were fully-formed inside of sperm before being born. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Jun 6, 2018 • 41min
The First Underwater Video, Ballooning Over the North Pole, The Call of the Void
The weirdest things we learned this week range from finding lost footage of the first-ever underwater video to a daring attempt to fly over the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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May 30, 2018 • 41min
Medical Cannibalism, Hildegard of Bingen, Predicting the Weather
The weirdest things we learned this week range from nuns, the origin of the cosmos, and the female orgasm to the number of calories in an average human man. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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