What a Weird Week, a Weird News report on Fri Aug 7, 2026: How many of these ones do you remember from last year? #rebroadcast #NewSong

It's Friday, Aug 7, 2026 and here is an unexpected repeat from a year ago because of technical difficulties. A weird news update from 2025 featuring some of the odd and fun things from the news. This is What a Weird Week (show notes: shownotes.page).Potatoes are Tomatoes. It's Science.https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/evolution/tomatoes-randomly-mated-with-another-plant-9-million-years-ago-the-result-potatoesNew Addition to Stuff to Worry About: Radioactive Wasps https://www.popsci.com/environment/radioactive-wasp-nest/ and also https://www.facebook.com/reel/4225602121097433Video Games Linked to Boost in Kid IQ https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-discoversSquonkapalooza: A Festival to Cheer Up that sad ol' Squonk https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/us-news/pas-ugliest-saddest-pig-the-squonk-needs-festival-cheer/ Most Expensive Labubu Doll Fuels Labubu Mania https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/worlds-most-expensive-labubu-doll-sold-for-125-times-its-original-price-9010811Comedian Matt Rife now owns world's most haunted doll https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/us-comedian-buys-ed-and-lorraine-warrens-home-and-museum-becomes-legal-guardian-of-demonic-annabelle-doll-9009577Paddleboarding Pooches Break Records https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/01/UK-Dog-Surfing-Championship-paddleboard-records/1591754070614/New Tarantula Genus 'Satyrex' Discovered with Record-Long [redacted]https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/it-seems-that-size-really-does-matter-males-of-4-never-before-seen-tarantula-species-have-record-long-genitalia Scientists Find Asteroid Impact More Likely to Kill Than Rabies https://www.sciencealert.com/youre-more-likely-to-die-from-an-asteroid-than-rabies-scientists-findGiant, Cat-sized Rat Discovered in England Sparks Calls for Action https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/05/massive-rat-Eston-North-Yorkshire-England/6271754424099/Denmark Zoo Asks for Pet Donations to Feed Predators https://abcnews.go.com/International/denmark-zoo-asks-people-donate-pets-feed-predators/story?id=124367988Keep talking to your Sunflower, Alex! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/06/Guinness-World-Records-tallest-sunflower/5901754496391/