What a Weird Week Friday April 4, 2025: Long Cat Tail and Real Life Raiders of the Lost Ark

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news 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!These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 14 first published Fri Apr 4th 2025. Video Game Playing Linked to Increased IQ in Childrenhttps://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-finds Three-Year-Old Girl Discovers 3,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet in Israelhttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-year-old-picks-up-beautiful-stone-discovers-3-800-year-old-scarab-amulet-in-israel A $12 Antique Store Drawing Could Be a Renoir Masterpiece Worth $1 Millionhttps://nypost.com/2025/03/27/lifestyle/12-drawing-bought-at-antique-store-could-be-a-renoir-and-worth-1m/ Cold Water Immersion Improves Cellular Resiliencehttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250328173516.htm Pennsylvania Storm Aftermath Yields Possible Bigfoot Sightinghttps://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/bigfoot-sasquatch-sighting-pennsylvania-mountains-1060721Tonguejenga©https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/31/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tongue-Jenga/2651743431104/Minnesota Cat Receives Guinness World Record for Longest Tailhttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/27/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tail-domestic-cat/2161743104475/ Dreamies Cat Treat Billboard Campaign https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/03/28/ad-the-day-cats-climb-billboards-dreamies Octopus hitches a ride on a shark's back in New Zealandhttps://nypost.com/2025/03/22/lifestyle/octopus-hitches-ride-on-sharks-back-in-remarkable-footage/ CIA's Psychic Search for the Ark of the Covenanthttps://m.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847774