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These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 21 first published May 22, 2026.

10 new discoveries from the world of bugshttps://www.popsci.com/environment/new-beetles-china/
 
9 also meet the newly-discovered smiley face spider https://www.popsci.com/environment/himalayan-happy-face-spider/
 
8 solving the problem of eating utensils that don't light up, it's  glow in the dark chopsticks https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunaris
 
7 McDonald's pickle juice https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mcdonalds-nz
 
6 eating grapes might do what now? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260517211427.htm
 
5 simple ancient exercise seems to be like medicine https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260510234724.htm
 
4 bag frog https://apnews.com/article/australia-frog-lettuce-salad-esperance-4134acf75e814dedd7789c1423c26ab1
 
3 kid finds ancient sword while on class trip, world reacts https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/clyp37py7mqo
 
2 teen allegedly steals bus for third time, possibly is very good driverhttps://www.oddee.com/14-year-old-goes-on-a-joyride-in-a-stolen-bus-for-the-third-time-in-six-months-78704/
Bonus yoyo dieting research seems to show it aint all bad https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260515233331.htm
Bonus: the pain of putting ice on an injury https://studyfinds.com/icing-injury-pain/
 
1 famous tv car gets impossible speeding tickethttps://apnews.com/article/knight-rider-car-speeding-ticket-new-york-24d37fa3e975363d8bcef5bbbb7bf089