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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 33 first published Fri Aug 15, 2025
Meteorite that crashed through someone's roof is back in the news.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/fireball-mcdonough-meteorite-atlanta-home
There's a drug you can take that makes you poisonous to mosquitos.
https://www.popsci.com/health/mosquito-repellent-nitisinone/
The future of your dental health will include hair toothpaste.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/health/toothpaste-made-out-of-hair-could-be-on-shelves-in-two-years/
The curious case of the lady who keeps having spontaneous happy fun times.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/lifestyle/young-woman-cant-stop-having-orgasms-doctors-stumped/
What if we never had to plug in our smart devices again?!
https://studyfinds.org/breakthrough-indoor-solar-cells-could-keep-smart-devices-running-forever/
Post office gets a jump on spreading Christmas cheer. *includes kind of bizarre photo op. #joyful
https://apnews.com/article/germany-santa-claus-st-nicholas-29093e02377653ecf3414302573c21ed
Licorice increases the shelf-life of ready-to-eat chicken. That's weird, right?
https://studyfinds.org/licorice-extract-nearly-doubles-chicken-shelf-life-in-lab-tests/
Pine flavoured pop is a thing?!
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zirbe
Jellyfish invasion forces nuclear power plant to shut down.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/12/nuclear-power-plant-forced-shut-jellyfish-infestation-23896483/
Haunted doll hijinks
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/woman-living-with-54-haunted-dolls-claims-they-hack-into-my-amazon-alexa/ar-AA1KjqY3 and also https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRk-_cCwqV0kOhPi7NW7ag
Cat fools around and finds out: has mug shot taken after scratching the wrong cop.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/11/cat-paw-printed-mugshots-taken-scratching-police-officers-23884577/
Maine shark!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Scarborough-Maine-great-white-shark-beaches/9001755028150/
Alligator caught in PA lake
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Bucks-County-Pennsylvania-alligator-Magnolia-Lake/8111755011668/
Diamond found at diamond park
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/14/Crater-of-Diamonds-State-Park-Micherre-Fox/8121755187379/
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