What a Weird Week

Author: Scotty Horsman

What a Weird Week is a show featuring the week's weird news stories. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast, a full shownotes blog, and a video episode. See https://www.shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week". #Weird #News #Interesting #Stories #Entertainment #Popular #Culture #Fun #TenWeirdThings #weirdnews #weird #news #podcast #comedy #spotify #funny #weirdnewsoftheday #comedypodcast #weirdhistory #journalism #media #whoa #wow #what #saywhat #noway #ohmydays #areyouserious #wtf #weirdnewsstories #weirdnewsheadlines #weirdnewsoftheweek
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What a Weird Week Fri 31 Jan 2025: Here are Ten Weird/ Odd/ Interesting things from this week
Episode 5
Friday, 31 January, 2025

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a lighthearted look at the odd, interesting, and weird stories in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe, or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 5 first published on Friday Jan 31, 2025... 100 meter dash on Lego bricks https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/barefoot-lego-record-1.7437554 Chinese Corgi police dog gets pee-shamed on Socials https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/chinese-police-dog-loses-year-end-bonus-for-sleeping-on-job-peeing-in-bowl-internet-reacts-7567371 High Dudes/ Hot Air Balloon/ Slack line world record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/germany-Guinness-World-Records-highest-slackline-walk/7101738095308/ 42 Museums in 24 Hours record. *not quality visits* https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/Guinness-World-Records-museums-visited-24-hours/9221738089833/ Idaho Man covers head in shaving cream, world reacts. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/27/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-table-tennis-balls-shaving-foam/7911737998434/ Robots vs Humans Half Marathon this Spring will no doubt start robot apocalypse *citation needed* https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/robots-to-race-humans-at-china-half-marathon/ Wonderful Retraction Time! Sparkling Water and Weight Loss: A Critical Look at the Evidence https://studyfinds.org/no-sparkling-water-likely-wont-help-you-lose-weight-despite-new-finding/ Electronic Tongue makes headlines, takes licks. https://studyfinds.org/electronic-tongue-taste-spoiled-milk/ Parental Favoritism: A Complex Issue of Birth Order, Gender, and Personality https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/favourite-child-study-1.7443452 Ranking Groundhog Weather Prediction Accuracy. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/29/NOAA-groundhog-accuracy-study/7991738184509/