Ten weird things from this week's news: The What a Weird Week Show on Friday, July 3rd, 2026. Thrift Store Treasure!!!

It's Friday, July 3rd, 2026 and here are ten weird things from this week's news. Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird news and interesting stuff that happened this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page. Thanks for rating and reviewing along with subscribing! These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 27. 10 the nocebo effect seems to work and it's weird. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260625060159.htm9 do not tell the evil geniuses of thw world about this butterfly! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260622014302.htm8 weird mountain mystery https://nypost.com/2026/06/26/lifestyle/mount-shasta-horseback-riders-find-eerie-source-of-apocalyptic-soundtrack/7 Empire State building climbers: love and world peace on top of the world. And arrests. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/two-people-unfurl-peace-banner-163849487.html 6 we are terrible at identifying a certain kind of ai photo. https://talkerresearch.com/how-well-can-americans-spot-ai-travel-photos-when-booking-a-trip/5 telepathy headsets are a thing.https://studyfinds.com/telepathic-device-communication-barrier-people-with-impaired-speech/4 incredible thrift store treasure tale!https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/07/02/3-goodwill-jacket-now-expected-sell-up-250000/3 always just let your sunglasses go. https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/us-news/sunglasses-rescue-goes-horribly-wrong-as-camper-plunges-into-california-vault-toilet-tank/2 tent-pitching world record.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/07/02/Guinness-World-Records-fastest-time-two-man-tent/2021783007088/Bonus: meet the lunge king.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/07/01/Guinness-World-Records-lunges-20-pound-pack/7261782918913/1 fastest pizza in the world.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/06/26/Dominos-fastest-pizza-maker-Manasses-Virginia/3041782489056/