What a Weird Week

Hi friends. I'm Scott and this week your weird news update features some of the odd, and fun things from the news one year ago. This is What a Weird Week Friday 6 November 2026 featuring the stories first published in November of 2025.Show notes page is shownotes.page. Stream and Subscribe HERE.10 When will we be Living Out Scenes from Back to the Future in real life? Maybe sooner than you think. #garbagefuel https://www.popsci.com/technology/food-scraps-airplane-fuel/9 Butternaise! https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/butternaise 8 Dog Found After the Old Smelly Socks Trick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYshKlr1NRo 7 five hundred very-much-alive people get a note to inform them that they have passed away. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/11/04/mainehealth-death-notices/5471762298648/ 6 Louvre Museum Update: change your password maybe. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/louvre-heist-robbery-paris-museum-auditor-report and also https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/europe/louvre-password-cctv-security-intl 5 Real Life is Real -Mathematicians. https://www.popsci.com/science/not-living-in-computer-simulation/ 4 Wrapping Paper that Smells Like Cinnamon Buns! https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cinnabon-6 3 Comet 3I/ATLAS is still probably a comet. https://studyfinds.org/alien-rumors-comet-3i-atlas-astronomers/ 2 Join the Mouse Gym! #Bloodsugar https://studyfinds.org/weightlifting-beats-cardio-blood-sugar/ Bonus: Weird Spiral in the Sky was from a rocket. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/11/weird-thing-in-sky-was-exhaust-from.html Bonus: Wait, I get to remember stuff better AND Eat Chocolate?! https://studyfinds.org/dark-chocolate-sharpen-memory/ 1 Attention grownups: Eat Breakfast or Don't. #BreakfastScience https://studyfinds.org/skipping-breakfast-wont-make-you-less-sharp/ And here's our Mouse Gym song! https://www.facebook.com/reel/2069664857111084

Hi friends, I'm Scott and here is your weird news Halloween special featuring some of the odd, and fun things from the news. This is What a Weird Week. Fri. 30 Oct. 2026.Show notes page is shownotes.page. Stream and Subscribe HERE.Haunted Valley Ranch. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-2-october-2026.htmlStreet Shark in New Jersey. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-2-october-2026.htmlVampire Noodles (for humans). https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-9-october-2026.htmlEnormous Pumpkin attains world domination. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-16-october.htmlSalem Witch Trial mention. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-16-october.htmlHaunted Brewery. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-23-october.htmlPringles Can Urn. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-23-october.htmlGiant Crabs and Mysteries. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-23-october.htmlMysterious Object Falls to Earth. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/10/weird-news-update-on-fri-23-october.html Top Halloween Candy (via science). https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/10/what-weird-week-show-oct-31-2025-weird.htmlDog Costumes. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/10/what-weird-week-show-oct-31-2025-weird.html Peanut Butter Cups: a deep dive. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/10/what-weird-week-show-oct-31-2025-weird.html Halloween-adjacent World Records. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/10/what-weird-week-show-oct-31-2025-weird.html

Hi friends, I'm Scott and here is your weird news update featuring some of the odd, and fun things from the news. This is What a Weird Week. Fri. 23 Oct. 2026.Show notes page is shownotes.page. Stream and Subscribe HERE.  10 Chin-up King. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6dxwkd50d2zo and video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jgDWH5lE4sA?feature=share 9 Haunted overalls? idk. https://hudsonvalley.news12.com/ghosts-in-the-kitchen-newburgh-brewery-owner-shares-eerie-security-footage and video https://www.tiktok.com/@blaise.gomez12/video/7698483394283359519?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc 8 Brady slacks way into city council position. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/just-trying-pay-rent-canadian-184500354.html and video https://youtu.be/twdy56wPmmY?si=OadSy8jJQ0ba3vO_ 7 Pringles urn contest?! https://www.adweek.com/creativity/pringles-offers-one-die-hard-fan-a-final-resting-place-in-a-branded-urn/  and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy1VWEej1DEand also this video https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GNGmzDVUq/  6 Sleep Race Champ wins $14000 for falling asleep fast?! https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/ready-set-snooze-sleep-deprived-040913184.html and video https://youtube.com/shorts/WJyouLN9zfU?si=oBzRREbQBwSjKnBP 5 More sleep: Researchers name top exercise to help you sleep. *Why isn't it sleepwalking? https://studyfinds.com/one-exercise-ranked-best-for-sleep-walking-finished-less-than-point-behind-2180/  4 Study: what are we secretly doing during video calls? https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/americans-secretly-cooking-during-virtual-meetings-one-age-group-leading-way 3 Giant crabs hamper expedition. https://people.com/the-theory-behind-the-latest-search-for-amelia-earharts-plane-12178154 and video link https://youtu.be/WxELs7iNG2o?si=MO75DGS4icF4oaqE 2 Electric bike company reminds you: say no to ebike jousting. https://bbc.com/news/articles/c9zrdpg7256yo and video https://youtube.com/shorts/HpRc0ocKdmM?si=MwPAH_iRI9tVNUgR Bonus: Train is very long, world reacts. https://www.trains.com/pro/freight/south-african-operator-sets-record-for-worlds-longest-freight-train/ and video https://www.facebook.com/reel/1108494375301311 1 Mystery Object Falls from Sky, Lands in Minnesota Field. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article317714175.html and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eTvlbbiL9s

Hi friends, I'm Scott and here is your weird news update featuring some of the odd, and fun things from the news. This is What a Weird Week. Fri. 16 Oct. 2026.Show notes page is shownotes.page. Stream and Subscribe HERE.  10 Pumpkins are surpassing 3000 pounds now. https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/giant-pumpkins-battle-for-heavyweight-glory-and-the-world-record-in-california/ and also video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2n_g661iR09 Man risks paper cuts on lips, esophagus to catch several airplanes in mouth. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/10/13/guinness-world-records-david-rush-paper-planes-mouth/5211791898743/ and the video https://youtu.be/9mI-3SVweng?si=EG1ae43DUqjcLIMs8 Spidermen unite. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/10/09/Guinness-World-Records-spider-man/4421791569448/ and video https://youtu.be/VpD3C5tP39A?si=BHYgnDKxJgSWNmv_7 Planking Grammy dominates. https://people.com/grandmother-breaks-own-record-planking-world-record-at-5-hours-12170377 and the video https://youtu.be/CY69c_vfDO8?si=ARLI8LZGNzc5hvzX6 Giant Wiener Dog terrifies community *citation needed* https://www.chron.com/texas/article/buda-wiener-dog-statue-texas-22475144.php and the video https://youtube.com/shorts/60k_kPZh8ps?si=uajQ_sySq3iG4imr5 Locked in! Doctor's office edition. https://www.wmur.com/article/keene-convenient-md-patient-left-behind/74111701 4 Poison Ivy Sheep. https://www.kgns.tv/2026/10/09/they-love-it-sheep-hired-eat-your-poison-ivy/3 Wait, that Salem witch trial theory was debunked 50 years ago?? Tell the all the podcasters! https://www.popsci.com/science/salem-witch-trials-moldy-bread-ergot/ 2 Bear gets too close to literary classic for my liking. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bear-library-winnie-the-pooh-22479397.php1 (tie) Jenny the horse has a very long tail. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/10/15/guinness-world-records-longest-horse-tail/8351792085400/ and video https://www.facebook.com/reel/4588182088080988  1 (tie) man drinks bottle of pop very fast, world reacts. *might be soda. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/10/14/finland-Guinness-world-records-orange-soda/7121791997375/ and the video https://www.facebook.com/reel/4476578822604451

Hi friends, I'm Scott and here is your weird news update featuring some of the odd, and fun things from the news. This is What a Weird Week. Fri. Oct 2 2026.Show notes page is shownotes.page. Stream and Subscribe HERE.  10 Seniors dominate old person contest. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2026/10/worlds-oldest-men-send-birthday-wishes-to-each-other-as-they-turn-113-and-1149 Couch drivers go for sofa drive. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/north-carolina-police-stop-two-men-driving-couch-public-roadway8 Bargain painting sells for more than a million!https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/10/02/estate-sale-painting-gertrude-abercrombie-auctioned/6081790959629/ and here's our shownotes page for the story before the auction https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/09/weird-news-update-ten-weird-things-from_0947769036.html7 Frozen waffles with Nutella inside.https://www.fooddive.com/news/ferrero-nutella-waffles-breakfast-innovation/832036/6 Vampire noodles.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cup-noodles-raises-the-stakes-this-halloween-with-vampire-noodles-302886901.html5 Whale sinks yacht. https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/loud-thud-sperm-whale-sinks-085114541.html 4 The things we do for love, psychic edition. https://studyfinds.com/gen-z-daters-psychics-spells-find-love/ 3 The left turn mystery. https://studyfinds.com/almost-everyone-naturally-turns-left-when-walking-and-we-still-have-no-idea-why/2 More coffee news that aint too shabby. https://studyfinds.com/black-coffee-14-lower-risk-death-sugar-cream-2180-g1/1 Vanilla as medicine? Maybe! https://www.popsci.com/health/vanilla-heal-wounds/