Weird News Update! Ten Weird Things from the News: What a Weird Week Fri Aug 28, 2026 #Rebroadcast #BlueDragonsInvadeBeach #SongMakesChocolateTasteBetter?!

It's Friday, Aug 28, 2026 and here is your weird news update featuring some of the weird news, odd stories, and fun things from the news A YEAR AGO. This is What a Weird Week: a special rebroadcast because I am on assignment this week. Show notes page is shownotes.page. Stream and Subscribe HERE.10 Wet-sponges-to-the-face World Domination. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/28/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-wet-sponges/5821756400678/ 9 World Records to Break TODAY! https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr70Quiz https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr70/record-selector8 Japanese City Considers Limiting Smartphone Usehttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/26/japan-Toyoake-Japan-smartphone-screen-time-ordinance/3391756229235/7 Missing Art discovered in House-for-Sale Listing?!https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/americas/argentina-painting-looted-nazi-intl-latam6 Does Talking 'Bout Money get you all revved up?https://studyfinds.org/modern-romance-young-adults-turned-on-by-salary-talk-on-dates/Cheap Date Ideas https://www.theadventurechallenge.com/blogs/news/cheap-date-ideas5 Hurricanes may now go up to 6 in severity https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/now-is-the-time-hurricane-category-6-could-be-introduced-under-new-storm-severity-scale 4 Glow-in-the-Dark plants could save us all.https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/chinese-scientists-create-multicolored-glow-in-the-dark-succulents-that-recharge-in-sunlight and the video https://youtu.be/cqfNVUNEfZo3 Haunted Soda Pop!https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fanta-teams-universal-pictures-blumhouse-080000039.html2 Rare Blue Dragons Attack! *citation needed re attackhttps://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-but-dangerous-rare-blue-dragons-are-forcing-beaches-to-close and here's a video of what they look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbNDk6sPdx4 1 Smelling Rose Scent seems to increase gray matter.https://www.sciencealert.com/smelling-this-one-specific-scent-can-boost-the-brains-gray-matter1 Listen to this song while eating chocolate. Do it for science. https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/lifestyle/one-song-makes-chocolate-taste-even-sweeter/