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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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 28 first published Fri July 11, 2025
Three Easy Brain Boosters for the mindgrapes of your brain vineyard
https://nypost.com/2025/07/04/health/3-weird-tips-for-brain-health-one-you-can-do-in-the-shower/
Even going to a VR forest promotes mental health
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250705084325.htm
Cinnamon Toast and Bacon Crunch Cereal
https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/28590-general-mills-debuts-bacon-flavored-cereal
ICYMI, they solved Hair Loss by mistake
https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-hair-loss-breakthrough-dna-sugar-gel-triggers-robust-regrowth
Whenever you drive, You Hear a Symphony
https://apnews.com/article/uae-fujairah-road-beethoven-ninth-symphony-b1991f9afacb7445f9277fe8ac659ff0
World's Most Expensive Cheese breaks record. Also, it's cave cheese.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/08/spain-Guinness-World-Records-Cabrales-cheese-expensive/7871751993044/
Dad Bods of the world: you ARE desirable!
(https://nypost.com/2025/07/04/lifestyle/the-perfect-male-body-type-according-to-scientists/)
French Stuntman Breaks Guinness Records while on Fire
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/09/france-Guinness-World-Records-motorcycle-fire/1771752080214/
"Blueberry Spill Causes Traffic Jam in British Columbia" (perfect headline via writer Hoops Hooper
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/09/canada-Mission-British-Columbia-RCMP-blueberries-road/2811752081702/
Bees attack the French #serious
https://apnews.com/article/france-bees-attack-8c24d5919db13eac5b817c91daf1e7ab
Large Shoes Found at Dig Site. So Very Large!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/roman-bigfoot-uk-archaeologists-probe-171502887.html
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