The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
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...
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Episodes (456)
Secrets in a Silk Dress, Mice Afraid of Men, Crawfish Clone Overlords
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Literal Treasure You Can Hunt For Right Now, A Nuanced Blue, Manhattants
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The Forbidden Experiment, Too Annoying To Die, Bonny Clabber
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Dropout TV's Lily and Grant talk Presidential Possums, Napoleon's Penis, and Spl...
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Surgery For Ants, Hot Sharks, Too Many Galaxies
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Olympic Tug-o-War, Leaping Leeches, Card-Carrying Women
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Pointy-Headed Vikings, Apocalypse Popularity, Perfect Prism Poops
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Reptilian Theater Kids, Gay Giraffes, Impatient Birds
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Robotic Roller Derby, Orangutan Skincare Routines, That Good Pet Stink
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Hyrax Heaven, Underwater Bees, Carbonated Oceans
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Screaming Frogs, "Talking" Mushrooms, Nonbinary Birds
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Traveling Barber Uprising, Rats Taking Selfies, Honeyguide Helpers
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Lotion Spider Brouhaha, ADHD Superpowers, Earth's Evil Twin
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Freaky Eclipse Rituals, Cosmic Serendipity, Solar Mysteries
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Stargazing Poop Bugs, Ancient Beer Ladies, Secret Internet Slang
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Bird Milk, Space Lube, Hermit Crab Housing Crisis
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Government Cheese, Mitochondria NOT Powerhousing, Dawn of the Cockroach
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Nature's Weirdest Sleepers, Iron Maiden Myths, Parking Psychology
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
LIVE SHOW: Trees are Fake, Fortune-Telling Cheese, Sunscreen Secrets, Magical Mi...
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Eating The Rich, Menopausal Chimps, Darwin's Taxidermy Teacher
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
The Truth About Quicksand, Release the Tea Kraken, Learning Without Brains
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Taxidermy Robots, Talking to Dolphins (and Aliens), Methuselah the Fish
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
American Hippo Ranchers, Peacock Vasectomies, Leave Einstein Alone
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Ancient Tweezers, Modern Leprosy, Space Rock Recycling
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Defensive Puking, Self-Cooling Curls, Zambia's Teen Astronauts
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
How to Survive an Apocalypse, Teeth with Secrets, Birds Who BBQ
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Our Swolest Ancestor, Climate Fungi-pocalypse, Terrifying Bananas
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
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Bird Chess, Monkey Selfies, Crocodile Dung Birth Control
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
The First Constellations, Surprisingly Spicy History, Kids Find the Darndest Fos...
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Butts: A Backstory, Parrot Social Media, Why We Eat Chickens
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Weirdest Thing LIVE! on August 24th
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
George Washington: Swamp Ghost Hunter, Cockroach Chocolate, Science Scams
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
The Sleepiest Epidemic, Really Deep Holes, Goddess of Dirty Dishes
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Ancient Enemies to Lovers, Landscape of Fear, Hoax of the Century
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
A Horse in the Toilet?!, Creepy Clowns, Superpowered Bug Pee
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Worm Time in Whale City, Neanderthal Funk, Old-Timey Sauna Science
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Science of Elden Ring, Walmart Entomology, Architectural %&@*-Measuring Contest
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Eating Bog Butter, Disappearing Eels, Urinal Splashback Science
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Brain Death Cocktails, Fur Seal Crimes, Fish Driving Cars
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Lubed Up Chocolate, Ovaries Before Brovaries, Birds on the Moon
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Deprogramming the Patriarchy, Metric Pirates, Earwax Types
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
'Silly Walk' Science, Trombone-Head Dinosaurs, Museum Secrets Revealed
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Head Transplants, Criminal Koalas, Sneezing Sponges
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
A Weirdest Thing end-of-year update!
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Flying Toad Butts, High-Speed Uteruses, Lemurs Picking Noses
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Sex Rafts, Garbage Birds, Girded Loins, Security Geese
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Evil Forrest Gump, Poopsmiths, Penis Legs
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock and Fantastic Fungi’s Paul Stamets on Mushrooms & Myc...
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