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 25 first published Fri June 20, 2025. (A garage show again)
Steel drums marathon
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/18/trinidadandtobago-Guinness-World-Records-longest-marathon-steelpan-drum/6211750260585/
Museum-goer sits on art, breaks it, flees
https://globalnews.ca/news/11242632/crystal-chair-broken-art-work-italy-video/
Locals shoot tourists with squirt guns
https://globalnews.ca/news/11242709/spain-tourism-protests-water-pistols/
Amusement park bugs might invade your mouth
https://www.lex18.com/science-and-tech/animals-and-insects/kings-island-visitors-warned-to-keep-mouths-closed-on-amusement-park-rides-because-of-cicadas
Enormous game of red light/ green light sets record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/13/Guinness-World-Records-red-light-green-light-Anaheim-California/1291749834068/
Weird signals from Antarctica still a mystery
https://studyfinds.org/radio-signals-beneath-antarctica-theories-debunked/
What's the deal with this chicken wandering around the wings restaurant?
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/19/chicken-Buffalo-Wild-Wings-Des-Moines/8861750361259/
Want to eat less? Spice it up. *consult your physician before spicing anything up*
https://studyfinds.org/simple-spice-trick-food-portion-control/
Protesters weaponize crickets
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/crickets-released-protest-disrupt-mecklenburg-county-commission-meeting/4QGR67I6KVF67H7CECXEVDJ2HY/
hot dog boat? HOT DOG BOAT!!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK-zX_Lvrgt/
Secret marriage where one half of the couple didn't even know they were married
https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/mclennan-county/man-finds-he-was-married-without-his-knowledge-woman-arrested/
The void cheque scam you need to know about!
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/06/17/connecticut-family-soda-business-scammed-out-100000/
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