What a Weird Week Fri July 18, 2025: Sloths and Rosebuds #weirdnews
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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 29 first published Fri July 18, 2025
Casino for the rest of us! UNO at the casino https://www.newsweek.com/new-uno-social-club-casino-las-vegas-2098544
Mysterious ship goo is baffling the sciencers https://www.popsci.com/science/ship-goo-great-lakes-mystery/
Really old movie prop sells for record amount https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/17/Heritage-Auctions-Rosebud-Citizen-Kane/6941752775517/Online movie streaming services
How to sleep better but yer not gonna like it maybe https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250716000856.htm
Impossible egg record has finally been cracked! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/16/Guinness-World-Records-largest-scotch-egg/1951752684454/
Sloths and more specifically sloth gas makes science headlines https://www.livescience.com/animals/scientists-thought-sloths-dont-fart-then-one-was-caught-tooting-on-camera
Pooch TV preferences may surprise you #study https://studyfinds.org/dogs-watching-tv-habits/
Has the Green Pigeon shown up in your feeds yet? Earlier this summer it started to gain momentum. I thought it was fake. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5zdyy4lrgo
The science of delicious campfire food https://www.popsci.com/science/why-food-around-campfire-tastes-better/
Why do we feel guilty about using our vacation days? (If you don't, you're winning). https://studyfinds.org/why-do-so-many-american-workers-feel-guilty-about-taking-vacation-days/
The million dollar relationship question that you should NOT bring up with your partner https://studyfinds.org/would-you-leave-your-partner-for-million-dollars/
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