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What a Weird Week Fri Aug 15 2025: Possible Revolutionary Nuggs Breaththrough and Jellyfish Power Plant Invasion

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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 33 first published Fri Aug 15, 2025

Meteorite that crashed through someone's roof is back in the news.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/fireball-mcdonough-meteorite-atlanta-home

There's a drug you can take that makes you poisonous to mosquitos.

https://www.popsci.com/health/mosquito-repellent-nitisinone/

The future of your dental health will include hair toothpaste.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/health/toothpaste-made-out-of-hair-could-be-on-shelves-in-two-years/

The curious case of the lady who keeps having spontaneous happy fun times.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/lifestyle/young-woman-cant-stop-having-orgasms-doctors-stumped/

What if we never had to plug in our smart devices again?!

https://studyfinds.org/breakthrough-indoor-solar-cells-could-keep-smart-devices-running-forever/

Post office gets a jump on spreading Christmas cheer. *includes kind of bizarre photo op. #joyful

https://apnews.com/article/germany-santa-claus-st-nicholas-29093e02377653ecf3414302573c21ed

Licorice increases the shelf-life of ready-to-eat chicken. That's weird, right?

https://studyfinds.org/licorice-extract-nearly-doubles-chicken-shelf-life-in-lab-tests/

Pine flavoured pop is a thing?!

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zirbe

Jellyfish invasion forces nuclear power plant to shut down.

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/12/nuclear-power-plant-forced-shut-jellyfish-infestation-23896483/

Haunted doll hijinks

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/woman-living-with-54-haunted-dolls-claims-they-hack-into-my-amazon-alexa/ar-AA1KjqY3 and also https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRk-_cCwqV0kOhPi7NW7ag

Cat fools around and finds out: has mug shot taken after scratching the wrong cop.

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/11/cat-paw-printed-mugshots-taken-scratching-police-officers-23884577/

Maine shark!

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Scarborough-Maine-great-white-shark-beaches/9001755028150/

Alligator caught in PA lake

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Bucks-County-Pennsylvania-alligator-Magnolia-Lake/8111755011668/

Diamond found at diamond park

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/14/Crater-of-Diamonds-State-Park-Micherre-Fox/8121755187379/

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Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing and also subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 33 first published Fri Aug 15, 2025

Meteorite that crashed through someone's roof is back in the news.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/fireball-mcdonough-meteorite-atlanta-home

There's a drug you can take that makes you poisonous to mosquitos.

https://www.popsci.com/health/mosquito-repellent-nitisinone/

The future of your dental health will include hair toothpaste.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/health/toothpaste-made-out-of-hair-could-be-on-shelves-in-two-years/

The curious case of the lady who keeps having spontaneous happy fun times.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/lifestyle/young-woman-cant-stop-having-orgasms-doctors-stumped/

What if we never had to plug in our smart devices again?!

https://studyfinds.org/breakthrough-indoor-solar-cells-could-keep-smart-devices-running-forever/

Post office gets a jump on spreading Christmas cheer. *includes kind of bizarre photo op. #joyful

https://apnews.com/article/germany-santa-claus-st-nicholas-29093e02377653ecf3414302573c21ed

Licorice increases the shelf-life of ready-to-eat chicken. That's weird, right?

https://studyfinds.org/licorice-extract-nearly-doubles-chicken-shelf-life-in-lab-tests/

Pine flavoured pop is a thing?!

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zirbe

Jellyfish invasion forces nuclear power plant to shut down.

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/12/nuclear-power-plant-forced-shut-jellyfish-infestation-23896483/

Haunted doll hijinks

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/woman-living-with-54-haunted-dolls-claims-they-hack-into-my-amazon-alexa/ar-AA1KjqY3 and also https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRk-_cCwqV0kOhPi7NW7ag

Cat fools around and finds out: has mug shot taken after scratching the wrong cop.

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/11/cat-paw-printed-mugshots-taken-scratching-police-officers-23884577/

Maine shark!

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Scarborough-Maine-great-white-shark-beaches/9001755028150/

Alligator caught in PA lake

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/12/Bucks-County-Pennsylvania-alligator-Magnolia-Lake/8111755011668/

Diamond found at diamond park

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/08/14/Crater-of-Diamonds-State-Park-Micherre-Fox/8121755187379/

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