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

11/20/2024 • 43 min

Twitch Partner Cheebs joins the show to talk about some mega weird quantum physics. Plus, Jess talks about real-life stinky witch magic, and Rachel lays out a jigsaw puzzle made of bones. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us! Click here to learn … Play episode

Introducing What It's Like To Be with Dan Heath
Cheesy Mummies, Ant Farmers, When Superstitions Actually Help
Old Bay's Secret History, Midwestern Hells, Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Why Hammerheads are "Like That," Cartoon Crush Psychology, Entering the Vu…
Secrets in a Silk Dress, Mice Afraid of Men, Crawfish Clone Overlords
Literal Treasure You Can Hunt For Right Now, A Nuanced Blue, Manhattants
The Forbidden Experiment, Too Annoying To Die, Bonny Clabber
Dropout TV's Lily and Grant talk Presidential Possums, Napoleon's Penis, a…
Surgery For Ants, Hot Sharks, Too Many Galaxies
Olympic Tug-o-War, Leaping Leeches, Card-Carrying Women
Pointy-Headed Vikings, Apocalypse Popularity, Perfect Prism Poops
Reptilian Theater Kids, Gay Giraffes, Impatient Birds
Robotic Roller Derby, Orangutan Skincare Routines, That Good Pet Stink
Hyrax Heaven, Underwater Bees, Carbonated Oceans
Screaming Frogs, "Talking" Mushrooms, Nonbinary Birds
Traveling Barber Uprising, Rats Taking Selfies, Honeyguide Helpers
Lotion Spider Brouhaha, ADHD Superpowers, Earth's Evil Twin
Freaky Eclipse Rituals, Cosmic Serendipity, Solar Mysteries
Stargazing Poop Bugs, Ancient Beer Ladies, Secret Internet Slang
Bird Milk, Space Lube, Hermit Crab Housing Crisis
Government Cheese, Mitochondria NOT Powerhousing, Dawn of the Cockroach
Nature's Weirdest Sleepers, Iron Maiden Myths, Parking Psychology
LIVE SHOW: Trees are Fake, Fortune-Telling Cheese, Sunscreen Secrets, Magi…
Eating The Rich, Menopausal Chimps, Darwin's Taxidermy Teacher
The Truth About Quicksand, Release the Tea Kraken, Learning Without Brains
Taxidermy Robots, Talking to Dolphins (and Aliens), Methuselah the Fish
American Hippo Ranchers, Peacock Vasectomies, Leave Einstein Alone
Ancient Tweezers, Modern Leprosy, Space Rock Recycling
Defensive Puking, Self-Cooling Curls, Zambia's Teen Astronauts
How to Survive an Apocalypse, Teeth with Secrets, Birds Who BBQ
Our Swolest Ancestor, Climate Fungi-pocalypse, Terrifying Bananas
Catch Weirdest Thing Live TOMORROW!
Bird Chess, Monkey Selfies, Crocodile Dung Birth Control
The First Constellations, Surprisingly Spicy History, Kids Find the Darnde…
Butts: A Backstory, Parrot Social Media, Why We Eat Chickens
Weirdest Thing LIVE! on August 24th
George Washington: Swamp Ghost Hunter, Cockroach Chocolate, Science Scams
The Sleepiest Epidemic, Really Deep Holes, Goddess of Dirty Dishes
Ancient Enemies to Lovers, Landscape of Fear, Hoax of the Century
A Horse in the Toilet?!, Creepy Clowns, Superpowered Bug Pee
Worm Time in Whale City, Neanderthal Funk, Old-Timey Sauna Science
Science of Elden Ring, Walmart Entomology, Architectural %&@*-Measuring Co…
Eating Bog Butter, Disappearing Eels, Urinal Splashback Science
Brain Death Cocktails, Fur Seal Crimes, Fish Driving Cars
Lubed Up Chocolate, Ovaries Before Brovaries, Birds on the Moon
Deprogramming the Patriarchy, Metric Pirates, Earwax Types
'Silly Walk' Science, Trombone-Head Dinosaurs, Museum Secrets Revealed
Head Transplants, Criminal Koalas, Sneezing Sponges
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