What a Weird Week Fri Sept 26, 2025: Giant Peaches and Angry Squirrels!

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 40 first published Fri Sept 26, 2025

Giant Peach Alert!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/19/Guinness-World-Records-heaviest-peach/6441758293973/ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYmBj8OaQSI&t=33s
 
Mystery Creature Found!
https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/mystery-creature-found-in-forbidden-cloud-forest-of-peru-is-new-species-of-marsupial 
 
Daylight Saving Time Study - DST aint great maybe you guys.
https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/abandoning-daylight-savings-time-could-prevent-over-300-000-stroke-cases-a-year-in-the-us-study-claims
Who's more generous and Why is it Cat Owners?
https://www.popsci.com/environment/cat-owners-donate-more-money/
 
How far would you go for delicious chocolate and why is it 2500 miles?
https://nypost.com/2025/09/19/lifestyle/chef-flies-2400-miles-on-extreme-day-trip-for-this-wild-reason/
 
Venus is hiding something dangerous
https://studyfinds.org/undiscovered-venus-asteroids-city-destroying-threat-earth/ 
 
Very mean squirrel makes news.
https://apnews.com/article/aggressive-squirrel-hurt-people-43efad83aa78de39affc1b3cd3c93afe

 
The State Park with all the Diamonds strikes again.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/25/Crater-of-Diamonds-Oklahoma-family-birthday/7181758823043/
 
Running on All-Fours looks like hard work.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/24/japan-Guinness-World-Records-running-all-fours/1411758736682/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxVWHgtwlo&t=74s
 
Fat Bears!
https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/pets/2025/09/25/fat-bear-week-explained-vote-see-results-katmai-national-park/86346135007/
 
Unrecognizable Peanut Butter Cup Shapes for Halloween have been saved!
https://www.fooddive.com/news/hershey-wins-class-action-lawsuit-reeses-halloween/760992/