What a Weird Week Fri May 16: Ten Fun, Weird, Odd, Interesting, Neat things from the news #weirdnews

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!
See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts/ incl YouTube.Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode.  To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other see www.shownotes.page.
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 20 first published Fri May 16, 2025.   

Is your Cat a Psychopath? Icymi, there's a test.
story https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-developed-a-questionnaire-to-find-out-if-your-cat-is-a-psychopath and questionnaire https://osf.io/ysb9z 

Nutella with peanuts to launch this Spring
https://www.fooddive.com/news/ferrero-launches-a-nutella-spread-with-peanuts-to-fuel-us-growth/747112/ 
Papa John's and Mountain Dew Launch Limited-Edition 'Cini Dirty Soda'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/05/14/mountain-dew-papa-johns-dirty-soda/83621951007/

NYC Carpet Performance Artist Kevin Carpet Divides Opinions
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/nyc-performance-artist-divides-people-with-sidewalk-carpet-stunt-perverted/ Accidental Alchemy: Turning Lead into Gold at the Large Hadron Collider
https://studyfinds.org/physicists-accidentally-turn-lead-into-gold/

Tofu the Cat's $5,000 Gold Tooth: A Viral Sensation
https://www.newsweek.com/cat-gets-5000-dollar-gold-tooth-internet-sensation-2070856 
Purdue University Students' Robot Breaks Rubik's Cube Solving Record. We're doomed #robotuprising
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/14/Guinness-World-Records-Purdue-University-Rubiks-cube-robot/6291747242972/
Woman Breaks World Record for Longest Time Suspended by Hair
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/13/Guinness-World-Records-hair-hanging/8161747167471/Irish Soccer Player Sets World Record for Longest Throw-in
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/08/Guinness-World-Records-farthest-distance-soccer-throw-in/8741746726152/ 
Big Shakeup in Tiny Dog Town
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/15/canada-Guinness-World-Records-smallest-dog-Lulu/9541747323543/