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 21 first published Fri May 23, 2025.
The Dangers of Mouth Taping for Sleep Improvement
https://www.popsci.com/health/is-mouth-taping-safe/
First Ever Photograph of Elusive - and large - and cute - and terrifying- Woolly Rat
https://www.popsci.com/environment/woolly-rat-photo/
Innovative Snacks at the 2025 Sweets & Snacks Expo
https://www.fooddive.com/news/5-attention-grabbing-products-from-the-2025-sweets-snacks-expo/748462/
Scrambled Cookies
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scrambled-cookies
Jello Shots Mixup
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/15/kindergarten-jello-shots-pennsylvania/83653787007/
Journalist goes into labor during newscast
https://dailyvoice.com/ny/albany/albany-cbs6-anchor-olivia-jaquith-goes-into-labor-on-air/
Golden Toilet update
https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/man-sell-64m-gold-toilet-stolen-english-country-121952575
Spoon Man World Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/21/iran-Guinness-World-Records-spoons-balanced/3351747843033/
Coupons on the First Date?
https://studyfinds.org/is-it-ok-to-use-coupon-on-first-dates/
Smurfs Smurf it up like smurfin' smurfs
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/19/france-Guinness-World-Records-gathering-Smurfs/7101747670259/
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