The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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  Casting Smell Spells, the Quantum Slap, the Boniest Jigsaw Puzzle

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  Introducing What It's Like To Be with Dan Heath

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  Cheesy Mummies, Ant Farmers, When Superstitions Actually Help

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  Old Bay's Secret History, Midwestern Hells, Mad Gasser of Mattoon

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  Why Hammerheads are "Like That," Cartoon Crush Psychology, Entering the Vu…

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  Secrets in a Silk Dress, Mice Afraid of Men, Crawfish Clone Overlords

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  Literal Treasure You Can Hunt For Right Now, A Nuanced Blue, Manhattants

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  The Forbidden Experiment, Too Annoying To Die, Bonny Clabber

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  Dropout TV's Lily and Grant talk Presidential Possums, Napoleon's Penis, a…

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  Surgery For Ants, Hot Sharks, Too Many Galaxies

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  Olympic Tug-o-War, Leaping Leeches, Card-Carrying Women

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  Pointy-Headed Vikings, Apocalypse Popularity, Perfect Prism Poops

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  Reptilian Theater Kids, Gay Giraffes, Impatient Birds

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  Robotic Roller Derby, Orangutan Skincare Routines, That Good Pet Stink

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  Hyrax Heaven, Underwater Bees, Carbonated Oceans

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  Screaming Frogs, "Talking" Mushrooms, Nonbinary Birds