What a Weird Week Sep 27 2024: Toad Salad and Cocaine Bananas

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 39 first published on Friday Sept 27, 2024. Here are this week's stories...  Toad Found in Bagged Salad Purchased from Grocery Storehttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/25/bagged-salad-waitrose-bracknell-england/5281727275603/The Kraft-Heinz plant in Lowville, New York, successfully reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the world's largest cheesecake at the annual Cream Cheese Festival, with a massive dessert weighing in at 15,008 poundshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/24/Guinness-World-Records-largest-cheesecake/2271727195952/David Rush reclaims chopstick throwing world record with 28 hits in one minutehttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/23/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-chopsticks/3931727105593/Chinese zoo sparks controversy with dogs disguised as pandashttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/20/Shanwei-Zoo-pandas-dogs/7791726861083/National Toy Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Finalistshttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/19/National-Toy-Hall-of-Fame-finalists/8891726764795/German supermarket finds €7 million worth of cocaine in banana crateshttps://www.dw.com/en/german-supermarket-finds-7m-of-cocaine-in-crates-of-bananas/a-70303810Ancient Cheese Discovery Rewrites History of Kefir Originshttps://studyfinds.org/oldest-cheese-smeared-mummies/AI's Impact on Jobs: Study Reveals Vulnerable Occupations and Highlights Potential for Labor Shortage Solutionshttps://studyfinds.org/which-jobs-will-ai-replace/Moderate Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Multiple Cardiometabolic Diseaseshttps://studyfinds.org/3-cups-of-coffee-diseases/Close Encounter with the World's Most Dangerous Bird: A Cassowary's Visit to an Australian Beachhttps://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/police/woman-encounters-worlds-most-dangerous-bird-457604-20240923Man claims to have encountered the Loch Ness monster while swimming in the Scottish lakehttps://metro.co.uk/2024/09/17/loch-ness-monster-brushes-man-swims-21622610/Trending this Halloween: Sexy Ozempic Halloween Costume https://nypost.com/2024/09/24/lifestyle/now-you-can-dress-up-as-a-sexy-ozempic-shot-for-halloween-is-anyone-surprised/