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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Most Man-Eating Tiger, Historical Balloon Riots, Baseball’s Curses28:58

2d ago28:58

28:58

The weirdest things we learned this week range from a tiger that ate more than 600 people over seven years to not one, not two, but three historical hot air balloon riots. 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 stor ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Sideshow Babies, Strange Sneezes, Rust for the Rust God32:09

10d ago32:09

32:09

The weirdest things we learned this week range from premature babies displayed as a sideshow exhibit to people who sneeze after eating a big meal. 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 Facebo ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Biting Cow Lips, Death by Molasses, Shopping for a New Finger28:45

17d ago28:45

28:45

The weirdest things we learned this week range from a 30-foot-tall molasses wave to the man who invented "bulldogging" in rodeos. 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 ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Ladies Dueling Topless, Eating Every Animal, Birth via Pseudopenis32:01

24d ago32:01

32:01

The weirdest things we learned this week range from stripping during duels to stay alive to a man who wanted to eat every animal (for science). Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"? Get your tickets to our live show here! The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest fa ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Sweetest Butts, Flaming Birds, The U.S. vs. 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs of Coca-Cola32:36

1M ago32:36

32:36

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the sweetest smelling butts to birds that were used as candles. 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 on social media: www.facebook.com/groups/the ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Deadliest Surgery Ever, Severed Foot Epidemic, Toe-Touching Athletes33:41

1M ago33:41

33:41

On season 2 premiere of Weirdest Thing, the weirdest things we learned this week range from dozens of severed feet that wash up in the Pacific Northwest to an operation on one person that killed three people. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Scienc ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Torturous Treadmills, Champagne and Balls, History's Calendars31:34

2M ago31:34

31:34

On the this special New Year's episode, the weirdest things we learned this week range from the origins of treadmills (your New Year's resolution) to the origin of the sparkling wine and the New Year's ball to the origin of the modern calendars. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?The Weirdest Thing I Learned This ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Weirdest Things We Learned in Season 133:39

3M ago33:39

33:39

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 qu ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Halloween Spooktacular 2018 (Season 1 Finale)39:50

4M ago39:50

39:50

On the season 1 finale of "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week," four of our original hosts jump behind the mic to share their spookiest facts, in honor of Halloween.The weirdest things we learned this week range from fetuses that turn to stone to a newt that sticks its ribs through its body to defend itself from predators. Whose story will ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Glowing Civil War Wounds, Bubble Wrap's Origins, Historic Font Disputes28:10

4M ago28:10

28:10

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the origins of bubble wrap to Civil War soldiers whose wounds glowed in the dark. 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 on Twitter: www.twitter.com ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Taxidermy's Dark Secret, Woman "Births" Rabbits, The Parthenon's Optical Illusion33:12

4M ago33:12

33:12

The weirdest things we learned this week range from a piece of taxidermy with a dark secret to a woman who claimed to give birth to rabbits. 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 on Twitter: www.twit ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Vanishing Twins, The Poison Squad, Levitating Frogs39:06

5M ago39:06

39:06

The weirdest things we learned this week range from levitating a frog with electromagnets to the idea that absorbing a twin in utero gives you superpowers. 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 on Tw ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Economy of "Frozen," Hopping Space Robots, Animals on Drugs39:24

5M ago39:24

39:24

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the science and economics of the kingdom in the movie "Frozen" to the most (and least) wholesome scientific studies of animals on drugs. 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 weirdes ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Illegal Cheese, The Worst Dairy Disaster, Holes in People (and Cows)33:05

5M ago33:05

33:05

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the world's worst dairy-related disaster to a Sardinian cheese that is illegal to sell. 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 on Twitter: www.twitt ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Two Facts and a Lie with PopSci Editor-in-Chief Joe Brown5:23

5M ago5:23

5:23

The weirdest things we learned this week are weird things we've already learned! In this mini-episode, Popular Science editor-in-chief Joe Brown plays "Two Truths and a Lie" about past editions of Weirdest Thing. Play along with him and see how many you can get right!The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Sucked into a Bottle, the Ultimate Exercise Hack, the Statue of Liberty’s Big Secret38:18

5M ago38:18

38:18

The weirdest things we learned this week range from turning the Statue of Liberty into a battery to a man whose penis was sucked into a bottle with an explosion. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?Buy tickets to our live show in NYC! www.popsci.com/wtliveThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popu ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Fatal Insomnia, Astounding Poops, NYPD Bees38:45

6M ago38:45

38:45

The weirdest things we learned this week range from a plan to bring George Washington back from the dead to a solar storm that powered telegraphs with no batteries. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?Buy tickets to our live show in NYC! www.popsci.com/wtliveThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by P ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Beauty of Corpses, Zombie George Washington, Solar-Powered Telegraphs39:54

6M ago39:54

39:54

The weirdest things we learned this week range from a plan to bring George Washington back from the dead to a solar storm that powered telegraphs with no batteries. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?Buy tickets to our live show in NYC! http://www.popsci.com/wtliveThe Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podca ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Organ Meats, Fitness and Sweating, The World's Largest Dog Ban39:56

6M ago39:56

39:56

The weirdest things we learned this week range from what organs you can and can't eat to the world's largest dog ban. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?Come to our live show in NYC on Sept. 14! https://www.facebook.com/events/205753813627165/The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Laughing Gas Parties, Human Femur Flutes, Domesticating Zebras39:24

6M ago39:24

39:24

The weirdest things we learned this week range from flutes made from human femurs to trying to tame zebras. 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 on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weirdest_thing #weirdestt ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Skin-Peeling Soup, Chlorinating the Ocean, Secret Drug Toilets37:08

7M ago37:08

37:08

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"?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/ ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Detachable Sex Organs, Human Skin Artwork, 17th Century Thought Experiment Solved39:42

7M ago39:42

39:42

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"?The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Bears in Ejector Seats, Nobel Prize for Giving Patients Malaria, The Secret Origins of Beer Yeast39:50

7M ago39:50

39:50

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"?The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest fact ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Le Pétomane (The Fartiste), Tesla Loved a Pigeon, Meat Lozenges39:37

7M ago39:37

39:37

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"?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/wei ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Poisonous Wallpaper, Cruise Ship Poop, The Best Ultramarathon Runners39:49

8M ago39:49

39:49

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"?The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and st ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Sex Magick, The Oldest Mac and Cheese, Contagious Writer's Block39:05

8M ago39:05

39:05

The weirdest things we learned this week range from a NASA engineer who believed in sex magick to the world's oldest recipe for macaroni and cheese. 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 on Twitter: ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Corpses Doing Yoga, The Loneliest Island, Biblical Quail Rhabdo39:05

8M ago39:05

39:05

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"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and st ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Ketchup Consistency Standards, Implanting Memories, People Inside of Sperm39:42

8M ago39:42

39:42

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"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories wi ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The First Underwater Video, Ballooning Over the North Pole, The Call of the Void39:59

9M ago39:59

39:59

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"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts an ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Medical Cannibalism, Hildegard of Bingen, Predicting the Weather39:57

9M ago39:57

39:57

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"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us on ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The Best Dog, Carnivorous Mushrooms, Naming Groups of Animals38:26

9M ago38:26

38:26

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the world's best dog to mushrooms that eat animals. 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 on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weirdest_thing #weirdestthin ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Smoke Enemas, Secret Acoustic Engineering, Volcano Traps Lighthouse39:49

9M ago39:49

39:49

The weirdest things we learned this week range from trying to revive dead (or unconscious) people by literally blowing smoke up their butts to the secret testing your favorite products go through to sound expensive. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The First Celebrity Diet, Animals Adopting Animals, Believing You Are Dead30:30

10M ago30:30

30:30

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the world's first celebrity dieter, Lord Byron, to Cotard Syndrome, a mental illness where a person believes they are already dead or do not exist. 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 ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Giant Sloths, Caged Babies, Spicy Horse Butts38:13

10M ago38:13

38:13

The weirdest things we learned this week range from Thomas Jefferson and giant sloths to Eleanor Roosevelt and suspending babies above Park Avenue in NYC. Who will win our to-the-death* competition and have their story voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"? (*not to the death)The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popul ...…

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

What is The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week?0:50

10M ago0:50

0:50

Here at Popular Science, we write (and read) dozens of stories every week. And though many of the fun facts we stumble across during our research make into an article, something always hits the cutting room floor. But we still want to share that information with you. So, welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week, a podcast from the edit ...…

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