What a Weird Week: Octopuses, Old Dogs, Dinosaurs! Weird News Catch-up for Fri Jan 19, 2024

from What a Weird Week · host Scotty Horsman

What a Weird Week is a show about the weird stuff that happened in the news this week. For Full Shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page ... thanks for subscribing to the podcast! Here's this week's top ten #Weird #News #Catch-up for Fri Jan 19, 2024 ... ❿ From Study Finds: "Magic mushrooms traced back to asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs" ... ❾ A New Approach to stop floods... get bent! ... ❽ Chicago's Rat Hole in the news! ... ❼ New Study out changes the game on Blue Light at Night! ... ❻ a Very Expensive Ice Cream Bar is in the News... How much is it?? ... ❺ There is a theory in life that If you don't know someone with an annoying nose whistle, then the person with the annoying nose whistle is you... maybe it's even world-record level nose whistle territory! ... ❹ Man drinks cup of coffee very fast, world reacts! Shout-out to Hoops at UPI who icymi is their weird news reporter... ❸ Delicious Hidden Valley Ranch Flavored Lip Care Products! ... ❷ A Japanese Space Trash Laser Blaster company is in the news... they are not called Japanese Space Trash Laser Blasters but that would be a great name... 🍅 Honorable Mention! 4 new deep-sea octopus species discovered close to Costa Rica... 🍅 Honorable Mention! What is that Jellyfish UFO/ UAP? ... ❶ There is a World Record Dog Scandal in the news this week... for links to these stories or more podcast options see the blog post at https://www.shownotes.page/podcast

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