The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Popular Science
Topics: Science · Education · Society & Culture
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week. For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is No. 83 in Science on Apple Podcasts in the US today. The latest episode came out on October 21, 2026. A new episode comes out about every two weeks.
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| Chart | Place | Since yesterday |
|---|---|---|
| US: Science | 83 | ▼10 |
| Canada: Science | 97 | = |
| Australia: Science | 162 | ▼38 |
| New Zealand: Science | 48 | ▲119 |
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