It's Friday, July 3rd, 2026 and here are ten weird things from this week's news. 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.
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These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 27. 

10 the nocebo effect seems to work and it's weird. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260625060159.htm

9 do not tell the evil geniuses of thw world about this butterfly! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260622014302.htm

8 weird mountain mystery https://nypost.com/2026/06/26/lifestyle/mount-shasta-horseback-riders-find-eerie-source-of-apocalyptic-soundtrack/

7 Empire State building climbers: love and world peace on top of the world. And arrests.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/two-people-unfurl-peace-banner-163849487.html

6 we are terrible at identifying a certain kind of ai photo.

https://talkerresearch.com/how-well-can-americans-spot-ai-travel-photos-when-booking-a-trip/

5 telepathy headsets are a thing.

https://studyfinds.com/telepathic-device-communication-barrier-people-with-impaired-speech/

4 incredible thrift store treasure tale!

https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/07/02/3-goodwill-jacket-now-expected-sell-up-250000/

3 always just let your sunglasses go.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/us-news/sunglasses-rescue-goes-horribly-wrong-as-camper-plunges-into-california-vault-toilet-tank/

2 tent-pitching world record.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/07/02/Guinness-World-Records-fastest-time-two-man-tent/2021783007088/

Bonus: meet the lunge king.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/07/01/Guinness-World-Records-lunges-20-pound-pack/7261782918913/

1 fastest pizza in the world.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/06/26/Dominos-fastest-pizza-maker-Manasses-Virginia/3041782489056/