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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 36 first published Fri Aug 29, 2025 Wet-sponges-to-the-face World Domination.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/28/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-wet-sponges/5821756400678/
World Records to Break TODAY!
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr70
Quiz https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr70/record-selector
Japanese City Considers Limiting Smartphone Use
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/26/japan-Toyoake-Japan-smartphone-screen-time-ordinance/3391756229235/
Missing Art discovered in House-for-Sale Listing?!
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/americas/argentina-painting-looted-nazi-intl-latam
Does Talking 'Bout Money get you all revved up?
https://studyfinds.org/modern-romance-young-adults-turned-on-by-salary-talk-on-dates/
Cheap Date Ideas https://www.theadventurechallenge.com/blogs/news/cheap-date-ideas
Hurricanes may now go up to 6 in severity
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/now-is-the-time-hurricane-category-6-could-be-introduced-under-new-storm-severity-scale
Glow-in-the-Dark plants could save us all.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/chinese-scientists-create-multicolored-glow-in-the-dark-succulents-that-recharge-in-sunlight
Haunted Soda Pop!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fanta-teams-universal-pictures-blumhouse-080000039.html
Rare Blue Dragons Attack! *citation needed re attack
https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-but-dangerous-rare-blue-dragons-are-forcing-beaches-to-close
Smelling Rose Scent seems to increase gray matter.
https://www.sciencealert.com/smelling-this-one-specific-scent-can-boost-the-brains-gray-matter
Listen to this song while eating chocolate. Do it for science.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/lifestyle/one-song-makes-chocolate-taste-even-sweeter/
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