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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... Read more

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Smoke Enemas, Secret Acoustic Engineering, Volcano Traps Lighthouse

Smoke Enemas, Secret Acoustic Engineering, Volcano Traps Lighthouse

The weirdest things we learned this week range from trying to revive dead (or unconscious) people by literally blowing s... Read more

16 May 2018

41mins

Ranked #2

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The Best Dog, Carnivorous Mushrooms, Naming Groups of Animals

The Best Dog, Carnivorous Mushrooms, Naming Groups of Animals

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the world's best dog to mushrooms that eat animals. Whose story will... Read more

23 May 2018

39mins

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10k Steps is a Lie, a Secret Poop Factory, Eleanor Roosevelt's Mysterious Death

10k Steps is a Lie, a Secret Poop Factory, Eleanor Roosevelt's Mysterious Death

The weirdest things we learned this week range from robots wiping your butt to a Cheeto-shaped bacteria killing Eleanor ... Read more

25 Sep 2019

45mins

Ranked #4

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The Deadliest Surgery Ever, Severed Foot Epidemic, Toe-Touching Athletes

The Deadliest Surgery Ever, Severed Foot Epidemic, Toe-Touching Athletes

On season 2 premiere of Weirdest Thing, the weirdest things we learned this week range from dozens of severed feet that ... Read more

16 Jan 2019

34mins

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Coffee or Death, Radioactive Slippers, Literally Blinding Beauty

Coffee or Death, Radioactive Slippers, Literally Blinding Beauty

This week, No Such Thing As A Fish's James Harkin joins Rachel and Jess as a guest-host! The weirdest things we learned ... Read more

20 Nov 2019

42mins

Ranked #6

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Ladies Dueling Topless, Eating Every Animal, Birth via Pseudopenis

Ladies Dueling Topless, Eating Every Animal, Birth via Pseudopenis

The weirdest things we learned this week range from stripping during duels to stay alive to a man who wanted to eat ever... Read more

30 Jan 2019

32mins

Ranked #7

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

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

The weirdest things we learned this week range from the sweetest smelling butts to birds that were used as candles. Whos... Read more

23 Jan 2019

33mins

Ranked #8

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Bisexual Situations, Limey Sailors With Scurvy, Origin of Morons

Bisexual Situations, Limey Sailors With Scurvy, Origin of Morons

Helen Zaltzman, host of The Allusionist podcast, joins us this week as a guest host! The weirdest things we learned rang... Read more

23 Oct 2019

44mins

Ranked #9

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Pooping Magic Rocks, How We Ruined Bison, Common Cold Lies

Pooping Magic Rocks, How We Ruined Bison, Common Cold Lies

Arielle Duhaime-Ross, host of Reset from Vox, joins us this week as a guest host! The weirdest things we learned ranged ... Read more

9 Oct 2019

49mins

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Fetish Origins, the Big Oyster, the Most Luxurious Fruit

Fetish Origins, the Big Oyster, the Most Luxurious Fruit

The weirdest things we learned this week range from preferring to have sex on a carnival velcro wall to eating a banana ... Read more

24 Apr 2019

35mins

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Death By Rainbow, Face Blindness, Watermelon Snow

Death By Rainbow, Face Blindness, Watermelon Snow

PopSci contributor Kat Eschner joins us this week as a guest host! The weirdest things we learned ranged from how snow b... Read more

16 Oct 2019

39mins

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Bill Nye talks killer clowns, mermaids, pigeon poo, and deadly bicycles

Bill Nye talks killer clowns, mermaids, pigeon poo, and deadly bicycles

Bill Nye joins Rachel, Claire, and Eleanor on the show this week. Facts range from how pigeon poop led to the verificati... Read more

29 May 2019

52mins

Ranked #13

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The Science of ASMR (And People Who Hate It)

The Science of ASMR (And People Who Hate It)

This week, we have a very special episode all about the science behind the autonomous sensory meridian response, a.k.a. ... Read more

18 Dec 2019

37mins

Ranked #14

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Tying Up Penises, Dimple-Making Machines, Exotic Poop For Sale

Tying Up Penises, Dimple-Making Machines, Exotic Poop For Sale

Ellen Airhart, host of the podcast Plant Crimes, joins us this week as a guest host! The weirdest things we learned rang... Read more

4 Dec 2019

39mins

Ranked #15

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Medical Cannibalism, Hildegard of Bingen, Predicting the Weather

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 ... Read more

30 May 2018

41mins

Ranked #16

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Debunking Hymen Myths, Moving Corpses, Birth Control to Please the Pope

Debunking Hymen Myths, Moving Corpses, Birth Control to Please the Pope

OB-GYN and author Jen Gunter joins us this week as a guest host! The weirdest things we learned range from the invention... Read more

2 Oct 2019

41mins

Ranked #17

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A Marathon Catastrophe, Dangerously Spooky Tunes, Confused Cannibals

A Marathon Catastrophe, Dangerously Spooky Tunes, Confused Cannibals

This week, we've got the second half of our extra spooky Halloween live show! The weirdest things we learned ranged from... Read more

27 Nov 2019

39mins

Ranked #18

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When Death Was Sexy, The Knuckle-Cracking King, The Pouch You Never Knew You Had

When Death Was Sexy, The Knuckle-Cracking King, The Pouch You Never Knew You Had

The weirdest things we learned this week range from a secret pouch in your body to a literally killer fashion trend. Who... Read more

11 Dec 2019

45mins

Ranked #19

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Sucked into a Bottle, the Ultimate Exercise Hack, the Statue of Liberty’s Big Secret

Sucked into a Bottle, the Ultimate Exercise Hack, the Statue of Liberty’s Big Secret

The weirdest things we learned this week range from turning the Statue of Liberty into a battery to a man whose penis wa... Read more

12 Sep 2018

39mins

Ranked #20

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Man-Eating Deer, History’s Top Counterfeiters, a 12-Foot-Tall Bird

Man-Eating Deer, History’s Top Counterfeiters, a 12-Foot-Tall Bird

The weirdest things we learned this week range from an absolutely enormous bird from New Zealand to deer with a taste fo... Read more

10 Apr 2019

38mins

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