The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Fortnightly podcast. Next episode on Wednesday, May 7.

At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

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Fetish Origins, the Big Oyster, the Most Luxurious Fruit

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Animal Prostitution, Pavlovian Pee Responses, Painful Ginger Genes

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Falcon Sex Hats, #HumanBones, Sleepy Muscle Twitches

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Apr 3, 2019

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Disney’s Military Tech, DIY Mummies, Forgotten Female Scientists

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33 mins

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39 mins

S1 E6

The First Underwater Video, Ballooning Over the North Pole, The Call of the Void

S1 E6·

Jun 6, 2018

39 mins

S1 E5

Medical Cannibalism, Hildegard of Bingen, Predicting the Weather

S1 E5·

May 30, 2018

39 mins

S1 E4

The Best Dog, Carnivorous Mushrooms, Naming Groups of Animals

S1 E4·

May 23, 2018

38 mins

S1 E3

Smoke Enemas, Secret Acoustic Engineering, Volcano Traps Lighthouse

S1 E3·

May 16, 2018

39 mins

S1 E2

The First Celebrity Diet, Animals Adopting Animals, Believing You Are Dead

S1 E2·

May 9, 2018

30 mins

S1 E1

Giant Sloths, Caged Babies, Spicy Horse Butts

S1 E1·

May 2, 2018

37 mins

What is The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week?

Apr 27, 2018

2 mins

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This WeekFollow

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week