What a Weird Week

Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, a Top Ten Countdown of weird news. For audio, video, and shownotes see www.shownotes.page! Here's the top ten list for Season 4, Episode 62 first published on Friday Dec. 1st, 2023... ❿ Attention Influencers and Models: be nicer to work with than AI. ❾ Sports Illustrated in the news this week after a Futurism Article with this headline: "Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers... We asked them about it - and they deleted everything." ❽ via NBC 5 "On Your Side" ... dateline, St. Louis ... "trespassers call 911 for help after locking themselves in cell ... Police helped free the men from a cell and then arrested them." ❼ The Snake with a Rockstar Energy Drink can on it's head in the news... the Facebook post from Snake Catcher Tasmania got picked up by Hoops over at UPI and the headline is "Venomous snake rescued from energy drink can" ❻ A Heartwarming World Record was in the news this week... The official world record is "Youngest Member of Mensa (female)" and it belongs to little Isla McNabb of Kentucky, USA ❺ Last week AP had this headline:Robbery suspect’s colorful underwear helped police arrest him..." ❹ Another Impressive World Record makes our top ten list... ❸ Watch twelve Hallmark Holiday Movies and get paid Thousands! Honorable Mention: This Holiday, please consider adding a Pretzel House to your Festive Traditions! ❷ Last week while we were busy doing our Thanksgiving Extravaganza Holiday Special, the Guinness World Records Folks published a piece about Edgar Yudkevich who set a pretty impressive knife world record... ❶ Underwater Magic Tricks are a thing and we have a new world record in that field?!

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Today, instead of the usual Weird News Top Ten Countdown, we're re-posting our 2022 holiday special recorded in the kitchen where my kids help me count down the Top Money-Making Christmas Movies of All Time, and the Best-Selling Toys of All Time! Happy Holidays to you friends who are celebrating!

Top-Grossing Christmas Movies of All Time list is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Christmas_films

The Top-Selling Toys of All Time list is at https://www.nowblitz.com/blog/15-best-selling-toys-in-history/

Hi Friends, I'm Scott. This is the What a Weird Week Show, a Top Ten Countdown of weird news. For audio, video, and shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page/podcast Here's the Top Ten List for Season 4, Episode 60 first published on Friday Nov. 17th, 2023...

❿ Teenager sets new Jenga world record and inspires a Hallmark Movie? ❾ Circus Lion Recaptured but that was scary! ❽ Horse gets loose on a plane... they decide to turn around and had back to home base... ❼ Please have your hippos spayed or neutered... ❻ Now it's deer who are trying to draw us out of our homes... ❺ Crochet World Record in the News... I hope this drives more episode downloads amongst you passionate crochet fans... ❹ headline via Fox News: $100k tool bag lost in space is now orbiting Earth... ❸ John Oliver, friend to the Pūteketeke Bird, helps to get it crowned Bird of the Century! ❷ Champagne Heist/ Chase Honorable Mention: The Toy Hall of Fame Voting Results... ❶ Yesterday the Guinness World Record Folks posted about a Kendama record that is bonkers...

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Here's the top ten for Season 4, Episode 59 first published on Friday Nov. 10th, 2023...

❿ Nike Lawsuit! ❾ The Chainsaw-wielding thieves in the news and what they're stealing... ❽ Two amazing cooking records in the news! ❼ the UFO was a NOFO ❻ Men charged in Golden Toilet Heist that might be an insult to America... ❺ Whales sink another boat... ❹ Headline from Global News: "Human skull found amid Halloween decor in Florida thrift store!"This one is scary! Creepy! Human skull! ❸ The Best Cheese in the World is... ❷ headline from Fox 13 is NYC Green Slime puzzlers New Yorkers... ❶ is an archeological find that surprised the researchers...

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 58 first published on Friday Nov. 3rd, 2023... ❿ This week, I'm playing catch-up on a few stories because last week was our Halloween special... kicking things off at number ten is the heroic world record where a bunch of people did a shot of booze off a ski... ❾ Another Catch-up... the loudest house cat purr world record belongs to Bella the cat from the UK who can purr somewhat loudly... ❽ Next we're catching up on the Glass Dancing World Record as reported by Hoops Hooper at UPI... a man in Cyprus did a dance while balancing 319 wine glasses on his head... that's a new world record! ❼ Here's another one that got bumped for the Halloween episode last week... headline from Business Insider: "A man posed as a mannequin in a shop window to steal jewelry after hours, Polish police say" ❻ Bears try to steal minivan, escape arrest... ❺ Possible Spiderman World Record! ❹ OK... earmuffs for the kids on this one... and it's gross... a Charity Shop/ Thrift Store in the UK had to post this on their social media... Please stop (see shownotes for full headline) ❸ @GWR headline: "Colossal cup of ‘smelly’ instant noodles sets record in China"... ❷ A pig named Kevin Bacon who escaped from his Pennsylvania home has returned after 17 days on the loose... Honorable Mention this week goes to the staff at Buzzfeed who are promoting a delicious Croissant Candle that costs around 65 bucks... ❶ The day after Halloween Mariah Carey announced that it was time once again to enjoy her song "All I want for Christmas is You".

- It is the song that famously took 15 minutes to write and makes Mariah Carey around 3 million dollars per year.

- She is also being sued again over that song.

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Hi Friends, I'm Scott. Welcome to our What a Weird Week Halloween Special! Usually we have a Top Ten Countdown of weird news, but this episode is weird Halloween stuff. Link: https://www.shownotes.page

Now, Our Halloweird for Season 4, Episode 57 first published on Friday Oct. 27, 2023...

❿ Halloween costumes that will be popular this year... For 2023, Google Frightgeist says the Top Three costumes are

1) Barbie, 2) Princess, 3) Spider-Man

❾ 83% of people surveyed said they had some kind of paranormal activity in their home

❽ a quick and careful look at Ouija Boards... Steer clear of those things you guys!

❼ Some tips on Candy Hangovers...

❻ Most Popular Pet Halloween Costumes...

❺ Followup... In June we talked about the Ohio lady who made news for refusing to remove a nine foot tall werewolf statue...

❹ Followup... We had a pretty fantastic Halloweenish story the other day when that Chucky Doll was placed in handcuffs, arrested, and booked for crimes in Mexico...

❸ Redux... Steve from Missouri broke the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat!

❷ Followup... A few episodes ago we talked about that Big Ol' Pumpkin that broke the world record... over a ton!

❶ Headline from @GWR "Farm celebrates Halloween with giant Jack Skellington pumpkin mosaic"

Bonus... Most people dressed in certain costume... largest group of zombies was 15458 zombies... scarecrows was 2495... then there were the 2018 skeletons... Fastest pumpkin carving record belongs to Stephen Clarke who carved one regulation size pumpkin in 9.4 seconds... most pumpkins smashed in a minute is 52!

the National Retail Federation says spending for Halloween 2023 will surpass pre-pandemic numbers... we'll spend $12.2 billion on Halloween this year.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE!!

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 56 first published on Friday Oct. 20, 2023...

❿ Space Probe that may destroy the Global Economy has Successful Launch! ❾ University Student Wins $40,000 Prize for Letting AI DO All the Work! jk ... ❽ Mosquitos in Our Flying Tubes! ... ❼ Huffpost Headline was "GEORGIA MAN STUNNED BY $1.4 MILLION SPEEDING TICKET" ... ❻ New World Record for Cereal Box Dominoes... If you wanted to beat the record for knocking over cereal boxes, you'd need to beat ... ❺ Rubber Ducks: Why and How Much?!! ❹ Bungee Jumping World Record has its Ups and Downs (thanks dad, for that headline) ❸ New World Record for solving the Rubik's Cube before crashing into the earth at terminal velocity... ❷ from LiveScience: "Horrifying parasitic wasp with a giant head is one of more than 100 newfound species discovered in the Amazon" ... 

Here's the Top Ten from last week. Episode is still online at https://www.shownotes.page/podcast ...
10 If that chair could talk! (It's probably seen a lot of rear ends.)
9 Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... but how big is the biggest house of cards in the world? 8 Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... 7 I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down...
6 a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord 5 Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling. 4 Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines...
3 Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce... 2 Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery? 1 Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world? 2749 pounds!

Honorable Mention! The headline from the New York Post is "Woman ate 48 oysters on a date - what happened next was shocking..."

❶ Lady accused of stealing car from Dealership to get to her Exotic Dancing Job Interview according to police...

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 55 first published on Friday Oct. 13, 2023... FRIDAY THE FREAKIN' 13TH!

❿ If that chair could talk! (It's probably seen a lot of rear ends.) ❾ Teenager makes news, success is built on a house of cards... but how big is the biggest house of cards in the world? ❽ Mushy Chestnuts linked to scandal in world championship Conkers... ❼ I'm just gonna muscle through this one like it's a news story and nothing else... Harry Dick Road is not a road you want to go down... ❻ a great day for salted meats and cheese! #WorldRecord ❺ Grade 4 kids shown "Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey" movie by mistake. School offers counseling. ❹ *Warning: PG 13. Earmuffs for the kids! OK, here's the story ... Crocodiles doin' it has made headlines... ❸ Guy who worked at museum decides to act out some kind of heist movie plot, buy Rolls Royce... ❷ Chucky Doll placed in handcuffs, arrested for... robbery? ❶ Big Pumpkin Makes News Ahead of Halloween... how big is the biggest pumpkin in the world?

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it is Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend, but instead of taking the week off or even posting a re-run, please enjoy this Ten Ten Episode where we revisit Ten former Number Ten Entries from the podcast to see how they hold up now... so here comes season 4, ep 54: ten tens for Thanksgiving, first published on Friday Oct. 6, 2023...

❿Headline from March 24, 2023: Bonkers Carrot Caper! Also, Happy Easter Season!! ❿Headline from March 31st, 2023: I say As You Get Older, Start Breaking Old People World Records because there are a bunch to be had! ❿Headline from April 7th, 2023: How Young is the world's youngest published author? ❿Headline from April 14th, 2023: How short is Pearl the Chihuahua (shortest dog in the world)? ❿Headline from April 21st, 2023 : How Fast can you drink? Are you ready to set a World Record? ❿Headline from April 28th, 2023: Nudists will feel naked and exposed if Cable Car over nude beach goes ahead... ❿Headline from May 5th, 2023: Freaky Foot World Record *Do Not Attempt! ❿From May 12th, 2023: How Excited are you about Printed Fish!? ❿From May 19th, 2023: The Gator that fooled us all... ❿From May 26th, 2023: People reminded to wear clothes for Driver's License photo in Georgia*

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Happy Thanksgiving! (Canadians)

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Here's the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 53 first published on Friday Sept 29, 2023... 
❿ Tinders Very Expensive Option makes news... ❾ Wienermobile Rides Again! ❽ Dogs Go To Human Movie, World Reacts... ❼ Flock of Sheep Steal 600 Pounds of Marijuana Plants... ❻ Guinness World Record for 10 Year-Old Makes Many of us feel inadequate... ❺ Message in a Bottle Sweepstakes Makes News... ❹ Guy drinks Capri Sun brand beverage very fast, sets new record... ❸ a Drug that can Grow New Teeth was in the news this week... ❷ Dog from Canada sets Sock Removal Record... Honorable Mention...  SpongeBob Mac and Cheese is a Triumph of the Human Spirit... ❶ Lady Stuck in Toilet Makes News, Retrieves Watch!  For full shownotes see https://www.shownotes.page

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Here are the Top Ten Headlines for Season 4, Episode 51 first published on Friday Sept 15, 2023.
❿ Man from Pennsylvania sees 777 theater movies in one year. ❾ Chopping Chopper Chops a Lot... ❽ Little Girl Finds Big Ol' Diamond, Makes News... ❼ What is the Mystery Golden Orb they've discovered in the Ocean? ❻ When you buy a cursed painting, the important thing is to come to grips with the fact it's cursed as soon as possible, then return it... ❺ Chico the cockatoo sends land speed bird scoot record! ❹ Lady in Maryland Uses License Plate to pick lotto numbers, wins $50,000 lottery prize! ❸ River of Wine Floods Portuguese Streets... I would say it was like white water rapids, but the wine was red wine... red wine rapids! ❷ Teen from India has record-breaking long hair... Honorable Mention:  UFO fails to cause panic in Prophetstown, Illinois. Everybody there seems really cool. ❶ Mystery Alien Mummies and Mexico's Congress...
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This is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. This is Season 4, Episode 49 first published on Friday Sept 1, 2023: "Long Things, Mystery Ducks, Wine!" Here's this week's Top Ten List...  10 Very Long Stick of Meat makes headlines...9 Very Long Sandwich also makes headlines...8 Very Fast Remote Controlled Car Breaks Record and also Explodes...7 Very Long Cat Tail receives honor...6 This just in: there are giant tanker trucks out there that have wine in them?5 We just came through the worst time for people taking a sick day... did you notice?4 Swedish Man eats something gross very quickly...3 News Crew Robbed while covering robbery story...2 NopeHM using old Coffee Grounds to make something better?!HM Gator in Jersey again...HM Mystery DucksHM Loch Ness Monster mystery solved! JK! LOL1 Hugging World Record Attempt... For story links, photos, and videos go to www.Shownotes.page

Salut les amis, Je m'appelle Scott. This is What a Weird Week, a show where every week we count down the top ten Weird Stories from the news. You can Like and Subscribe to the podcast, see the shownotes blog and check us out on YouTube. Find everything at Shownotes.page. This is Season 4, Episode 47 first published on Friday Aug 18, 2023 and here's the top ten:

❿ Sticky, Gooey, World Record! ❾ The Canadian Amateur Safe Cracker and the 75 year old safe... ❽ Riding a bicycle backwards for 500 miles is not impossible? ❼ The Butter Cow of the Illinois State Fair... ❻ Live Frog in Package of Spinach! ❺ The Sock Monkey World has a new Champion... ❹ I have had it with these snakes in a shopping cart! ❸ Dunkin' Booze is coming in September... ❷ Intoxicated Tourists spend a night trapped in the Eiffel Tower... ❶ Eggo's Brunch in a Jar booze is making news this week... Full links and shownotes at ⁠Shownotes.page⁠.

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This is Season 4, Episode 44 first published on Friday July 28, 2023:

❿ The real estate agent who made themselves at home a little too much and had to pay for it... ❾ Playing harp while very high results in world record... ❽ Swifties cause earthquake... headline from CBC: "When Taylor Swift performed Shake It Off in Seattle, Swifties literally shook the Earth, seismologists say"... ❼ the ol' "Change Your Name to Subway" story... ❻ When beasts emerge from the ocean and chase people off the beach... ❺ The Zoo had to issue a press release insisting the bear wasn't just a guy in a suit... ❹ Play UNO, get paid... ❸ Another gator in Pennsylvania... ❷ Would you drink beer made from water from your shower drain? 🏆 Another week, Another push-ups record! ❶ There's been a shakeup in the competitive Face Canning space (followup)...

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This is Season 4, Episode 42 first published on Friday July 14, 2023:

❿ Let's just eat all of the invasive species!

Headline from CBC "Invasive crabs are thriving in BC waters... ❾ What is Barbenheimer/ Barbieheimer? In case you missed it, Barbenheimer has its own Wikipedia entry. It is this social media trend that is taking off... ❽ Quick Question: Is the Ice Sword the perfect weapon? ... This amazing ice cream from Japan that looks like a sword. It got some attention this week as the longest ice cream in Japan... ❼ Never Send a Thumbs Up Emoji to Anyone Ever!

That's the takeaway lesson. Ever. Never. Just don't use emojis anymore, you guys. Here's the CBC headline: "Texting thumbs up emoji in response to a question costs Saskatchewan farmer $82,000 in contract case." ❻ McDonald's Wedding Package is getting some attention... official wedding package offered by McDonald's in Indonesia... a McDonald's wedding package with 100 chicken burgers, and 100 four piece nuggs... that deal will cost you around $230 US. ❺ The Twenty Slices of Cheese Burger from Burger King Thailand...

It has twenty slices of cheese!? like a Whole Package of cheese slices? Mama!

❹ Headline from BBC... police search for screaming woman, find pet parrot. We've had stories like this before on this podcast, a parrot sounds so convincingly like someone in trouble that the police show up. Well the person who owned the parent is a retired police officer himself, he has 22 parrots, ❸ Giant Space Tubes in the News! From the TLDR newsletter which is pretty great, an article about $10 space travel which seems pretty weird... ❷ Survey out of England says Small Talk is really important, so don't screw it up??

- From the Study Finds website: research from University of Warwick seems to indicate that those first impressions we make during small talk has a big impact later on... ❶ Would you take $10,000 to be a toilet paper spokesmodel/ influencer? It's been awhile since we featured one of these publicity stunts... I always say it aint easy being on the toilet paper marketing team trying to come up with a way to get some toilet paper publicity to stand out from the rest... but I don't think I'll be taking part in this contest... did you scroll this far? you're my favorite. see all these stories or get to our youtubes via ⁠⁠www.Shownotes.page⁠⁠

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This is the Top Ten for Season 4, Episode 41 for Friday July 7, 2023:

❿ Bicentennial Celebration with Giant Pie! ❾ Stolen Velociraptor!

❽ On July 4th, Joey Chestnut won the hot dog eating deal for a 16th time. ❼ The Florida man who set the world record for living a long time underwater has revealed that he shrunk. ❻ The Teacher who skipped school for 20 years has been fired??!!! ❺ The Red Stuff Leaking from the Truck was hot Sauce... ❹ Pickle war is gaining momentum... ❸ a knockoff Louis Vuitton bag is in the news because...  ❷ Runner makes wrong turn, loses thousands in prize money... 🏆 via Science Alert: "NASA Seals Volunteers Into Isolated Habitat For Year-Long Experiment"

❶ Finally the flying cars we were promised in literature!

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This is Season 4, Episode 40 for Friday June 30, 2023:

❿ From Fox 2, KTBU. Billionaires offering dog nanny job with $127,000 a year salary had to pull their ad after too many applications. ❾ from HuffPost, The results are in,  Maury Povich is the father... of a great business venture! ❽ from NDTV... 'Skilled US cow performs 10 tricks in 1 minute to set world record' ...  ❼ Seven is going to be a tie. There's going to be two stories in number seven. They're not weird news items so much as they're just weird articles that started getting traction this past week. First one, the headline was why you should never jump into water to avoid a bee attack... and the other story is... which again, it's not a news item so much as an article that started gaining traction this past week... but to me, it's kind of weird. Have you ever heard the phrase sleep divorce before?? From USA Today. the article is 'Sleep Divorce is on the Rise'. ❻ Free Smartwatches: A Warning. Headline from PC Magazine is "Did you receive a free smartwatch in the mail? Do not turn it on." ❺ Pepsi Ketchup made headlines this week. Pepsi-infused ketchup! It's Pepsi and ketchup together at last! ❹ the janitor who unplugged the freezer and ruined the experiment and now is part of a lawsuit... ❸ the War on Taco Tuesday continues... Taco John's Answers Back... ❷ Rent the Barbie Dreamhouse... 🏆 A couple Honorable Mentions this week... - When in Rome, don't carve your gf's name into ancient architecture... for sure don't get VIDEO of it! the second Honorable Mention... - are we gonna have to start paying 70 dollars for a bottle of Sriracha sauce?!! ❶ Croatian City Bans Noisy Wheeled Suitcases... A European city has imposed a ban on wheeled suitcases due to the excessive noise they produce when dragged across cobblestones.

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If you click you will find the full story behind this week's top ten including:

❿ You've heard it said, Dance like no one is watching. I say, dance like the world is watching! Students at a school in Connecticut just broke the world record for the longest conga line. ❾ Headline from ABC7... I'm gonna read it word for word because it's a perfect headline... "Bear hangs from second floor window, climbs into home, and then eats family's pork chops." Perfection.❽ Number eight features 8 clams... 8 boss clams who are basically in charge of people's lives in this Polish City...❼ Number seven is about greatness and world records. Maybe this will inspire you to attain greatness this weekend. It's a world record involving jello shots.❻ Number six on our list involves love, heartbreak, and bomb threats.❺ the Ohio lady who is in the news for refusing to remove a nine foot tall werewolf statue.❹ Another world record to inspire you... maybe try to break it this weekend... ❸ Why was the horse on the patio? Horse jumps or falls off patio into pool and has to be rescued.❷ I had quite a few world records this week but I mean they're weird, they're wonderful, they're inspiring. This one is, when you think about it, impossible? Doesn't this sound impossible... a couple of fellas from Nova Scotia broke a Guinness world record by completing 306 holes of golf in 12 hours.❶ The weirdest story of the week? I don't know, we had some weird ones, some interesting ones... but the team thought that a very long piece of bacon should have the number one spot.

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Hi friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 Countdown podcast, a blog with all the stories and shownotes, and a YouTube video. Find everything at Shownotes.page. This is Season 4, Episode 38 for Friday June 16th, 2023:

❿ Guy on TikTok gets arrested after *allegedly* jumping in with the alligators at Bush Gardens... ❾ I put the headline through the ai machine and it churned out "Octopus Intelligence: Rethinking Our Menu Choices..." ❽ The Secret to Living Longer?!* ❼ Beloved Mascot goes to hospital after fooling around and finding out... ❻ Another reason to thank the mice, scientists may have solved obesity, diabetes, and heart disease... ❺ Man bails on blind date and gets sued over it. I would like to give you some of the details, and then you be the judge on this... ❹ United States Supreme Court has sided with whiskey and not with the dog toy company. ❸ People keep stealing the same cat... ❷ How big is the world's biggest catfish? Very big. Scary Big. ❶ "Belgian dad fakes own death because felt Unappreciated." Full notes at ⁠Shownotes.page⁠.

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This is the Top Ten for Episode 36 of Season 4 on Friday June 2nd 2023: ❿ Headline courtesy the North Vancouver RCMP: "We think he was trying to make a clean getaway but was unsuccessful." ❾ Pretty soon we'll all be going on airplane diets... ❽ Bear takes break from ringing doorbells to rob bake shop... ❼ The mosquitos are attracted to our what now? ❻ a Kitty Cat is terrorizing a Florida Neighborhood you guys... ❺ Official in India loses phone in reservoir, orders the whole thing drained... ❹ Secret Spy Whales?! ❸ Are the Whales Fighting Back?! (Yes, Back-to-Back Whale Stories!) ❷Headline via DW.com "Drug-laden fridge defenestrated during police raid" ❶How Fast is the Fastest Garbage Can?

Every Friday we do a Weird-News-of-the-Week Top 10 audio podcast with a full show notes blog and a YouTube video. For all of that see www.Shownotes.page. This week's top ten of weird includes frogs and dogs and chicken can beer.

Here's the Top Ten for Fri May 19th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 34 ...

❿The Gator that fooled us all... ❾It's wrong to blame the dog for your crimes... ❽A Frog First? #FrogScience ❼Is a Taco fight really what we need right now? ❻Dog viciously attacks soccer ball, interrupting match... ❺Is Beer Can Chicken Beer Savory and Delicious? ❹The Bears are Ringing Again! ❸Very Strong Man hired by carnival to spin Ferris Wheel by hand... ❷California UFO Mystery solved? ❶Amazing Cold Case has been Cracked! #RubySlippers

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Here's the Top Ten for Fri Apr 28th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 31 ...

❿Headline: Nudists will feel naked and exposed if Cable Car over nude beach goes ahead...

❾Headline: Big Mack, the 8 foot long alligator might be the largest alligator living in a Philadelphia basement...

❽Headline: The 600 mile-long velociraptor!

❼Headline: Happy Research proves other people are happier than we are you guys...

❻Headline: Grey Hair breakthrough... they may have cracked it you guys...

❺Headline: Facial Recognition Firearms are on sale...

❹Headline: High Strangeness in Texas...

❸Headline: Zoo Looking for terrifying Bird Actors...

❷Headline: Will you please ring the Fish Doorbell?!

🏆🏆Headline: Cannabis Chocolate Bar costs $40,000!

❶Headline: Heal Three Times Faster with a cure we've had since Ben Franklin?

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This week's top ten of weird includes the biggest Donkey Kong game in the world and a drinking world record you might want to try...

Here's the Top Ten for Fri Apr 21st 2023 / Season 4 Episode 30 ...

❿Headline: How Fast can you drink? Are you ready to set a World Record?

❾Headline: He made the news for an unusual act of generosity...

❽Headline: The Biggest Donkey Kong Game in the World announced! How Big??

❼Headline: 10 Year Old Kid breaks world record for soccer ball wizardry... could you do this for an hour?

❻Headline: elite extreme sportswoman in the news... "It's true that there were some difficult moments, but there were also some very beautiful moments... and I had both as I lived up to my commitment to living in a cave for 500 days."

❺Headline: here's a message you don't want to get from a buddy: "Dude this is so weird but I’m watching this murder documentary and they start flashing a bunch of peoples pictures and I said that is Hazlewood. Did they steal your photo? How did you get on there?” (via Hollywood Reporter story)

❹Headline: Dead Birds repurposed as drones... how do we feel about that?

❸Headline: Kyles of the world unite! First step: world record, next step: global domination!

❷Headline: Picture yourself doing pushups... for an hour... how many could you do?

🏆🏆Honorable Mention: a rocket exploded. I thought that was bad, but everybody keeps saying that it was super great...

🏆🏆Honorable Mention: update on UFOs or UAPs...

❶Headline: Harrowing Hearse Misadventure!

Cheers.

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Here are the show notes for Fri Apr 14th 2023 / Season 4 Episode 29 ...
❿Headline: How short is Pearl, the Chihuahua is shortest dog in the world?

❾Headline: Who is the Croc King and why is the Croc king??

❽Headline: How Old do you think is too old for robbing banks?

❼Headline: imprisoned by art balls!

❻Deep Dive on the most-expensive Sandwich on the planet (Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day 2023)

❺Headline: Update to the New York Rat Royalty story...

❹Headline: "Mysterious creature caught on camera swimming at New Orleans park"

❸Headline: Congratulations to lucky couples getting wiener-married this weekend!

❷Headline: We're going on a Space Rock Expedition!

❶Headline: Weird Cave Creature!!

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Hello friends and Happy New Year!! Usually on this podcast we count down the top 10 weird stories from the news, but today we've got the Ten Weirdest World Records Set in 2022. Study them! Figure out which one we're going to go for in 2023. (I feel good about the sticky face one, but let's not lock it in yet.)
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❿ World Record: Wisconsin can-man gets suckiest record of 2022!

❾ World Record: the ol' Eggs in One Basket Trick... except the basket is a human hand.

❽ World Record: Getting your Alphabet Soup in a Row.

❼ World Record: High Heel Tightropin'!

❻ World Record: (We had this one on the podcast last year) "Speed-Eating Hot Peppers!"

❺ World Record: Biggest get-together of people with the same first and last name.

❹ World Record: Well, it involves a pea.

❸ World Record: Pumpkin Paddling!

❷ World Record: Mr Potato Head Challenge!

❶ World Record: (we talked about this one in a past podcast) "Chain Chain Chain♪ Chain of Beards♫"

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