What a Weird Week Fri July 25, 2025: Dinosaurs, Meteors, Paving Stone Flip Flops

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 30 first published Fri July 25, 2025 

Dinosaur Museum finds actual Dinosaur Fossil Under Parking Lot

https://apnews.com/article/denver-museum-dinosaur-bone-fossil-parking-lot-a035df2d4c9b1cbcaa32137ebb4bfa2a

Biggest Claw Game in the World

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/22/philippines-Guinness-World-Records-largest-claw-machine/9421753198834/

Snail Races

https://kyma.com/news/national-world/2025/07/21/village-in-england-hosts-annual-world-snail-racing-championships/

The Argument is Strong for a Four Day Work Week

https://www.popsci.com/science/four-day-work-week-study/

Meteor Shower Headsup

https://www.livescience.com/space/meteoroids/see-up-to-25-shooting-stars-an-hour-as-southern-delta-aquariid-and-alpha-capricornid-meteor-showers-peak

Where to report a UFO/ UAP sighting:

- https://www.aaro.mil/Submit-A-Report/

- https://nuforc.org/report-a-ufo/

- https://uforum.blogspot.com/search?q=report+a+sighting and also here is a link to report directly to the Canadian UFO survey https://www.canadianuforeport.com/survey/reportfrontpage.html

Is it a Comet? Or is it Alien Technology?? (It's a Comet)

https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/here-we-go-again-controversial-paper-questions-whether-interstellar-visitor-3i-atlas-is-possibly-hostile-alien-tech-in-disguise

Sea Spiders!

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-common-blood-pressure-drug-extends-lifespan-slows-aging-in-animals

Blood Pressure Drug Might Fight Aging

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-common-blood-pressure-drug-extends-lifespan-slows-aging-in-animals

Paving Stone Flip Flops

https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/lifestyle/maurizio-cattelans-6m-banana-artwork-has-been-eaten-again/

Art Admirer Eats Banana, World Reacts

https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/lifestyle/maurizio-cattelans-6m-banana-artwork-has-been-eaten-again/

How Much Difference Does 7000 Steps-a-Day Make? A Lot.

https://studyfinds.org/7000-daily-steps-lower-death-risk/