Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird news and interesting stuff that happened 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 along with subscribing! These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 22 first published May 29, 2026.
10 Saved By the Bell Cereal
https://people.com/general-mills-debuts-saved-by-the-bell-themed-cereal-boxes-exclusive-11982080
9 Scary Paragliding/ Airplane Mishap
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYu0zLyvZIs/
8 Dog Translator
https://www.odditycentral.com/animals/controversial-ai-powered-pet-translator-boasts-a-95-accurracy-rate.html
7 Police seek owner of very creepy puppet
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/27/Stoneham-Massachusetts-creepy-puppet/7051779883178/
6 Doorbell ringing bears are back
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/21/bear-doorbell-Sparta-New-Jersey/5501779382850/
5 New octopus discovered. It's small and blue and researchers may be freakin' out about it?
https://studyfinds.com/blue-octopus-changed-deep-sea-science/
4 (tie) We are not having fun, but here's something you might want to try
https://studyfinds.com/five-minutes-of-in-person-prayer-linked-to-less-pain-anxiety/ and also https://studyfinds.com/half-americans-say-no-fun-in-life/ 3 Juice research is knocking it out of the park!
https://studyfinds.com/daily-glass-juice-improve-diet-mood/
2 why hamsters hit the wheel so hard
https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-hamsters-run-on-wheels/
Bonus traffic fine fought and successfully beat. and it only took twenty years in court to do it. #fightthepower
https://www.oddee.com/canadian-man-wins-nearly-two-decade-battle-against-a-traffic-fine-78831/
1 Utilizing mighty mighty bass tones as a fire extinguisher? More info please.
https://www.oddee.com/unusual-new-tech-blows-fires-out-with-bass-sounds-78856/
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