What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd, interesting, strange, fun, and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
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Potatoes are Tomatoes. It's Science.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/evolution/tomatoes-randomly-mated-with-another-plant-9-million-years-ago-the-result-potatoes
New Addition to Stuff to Worry About: Radioactive Wasps
https://www.popsci.com/environment/radioactive-wasp-nest/ and also https://www.facebook.com/reel/4225602121097433
Video Games Linked to Boost in Kid IQ
https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-discovers
Squonkapalooza: A Festival to Cheer Up that sad ol' Squonk
https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/us-news/pas-ugliest-saddest-pig-the-squonk-needs-festival-cheer/
Most Expensive Labubu Doll Fuels Labubu Mania
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/worlds-most-expensive-labubu-doll-sold-for-125-times-its-original-price-9010811
Comedian Matt Rife now owns world's most haunted doll
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/us-comedian-buys-ed-and-lorraine-warrens-home-and-museum-becomes-legal-guardian-of-demonic-annabelle-doll-9009577
Paddleboarding Pooches Break Records
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/01/UK-Dog-Surfing-Championship-paddleboard-records/1591754070614/
New Tarantula Genus 'Satyrex' Discovered with Record-Long [redacted]
https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/it-seems-that-size-really-does-matter-males-of-4-never-before-seen-tarantula-species-have-record-long-genitalia
Scientists Find Asteroid Impact More Likely to Kill Than Rabies
https://www.sciencealert.com/youre-more-likely-to-die-from-an-asteroid-than-rabies-scientists-find
Giant, Cat-sized Rat Discovered in England Sparks Calls for Action
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/05/massive-rat-Eston-North-Yorkshire-England/6271754424099/
Denmark Zoo Asks for Pet Donations to Feed Predators
https://abcnews.go.com/International/denmark-zoo-asks-people-donate-pets-feed-predators/story?id=124367988
Keep talking to your Sunflower, Alex!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/06/Guinness-World-Records-tallest-sunflower/5901754496391/
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