It's Friday, July 17th, 2026 and here are ten weird things from this week's news.

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10 T shirt marathon record. So many layers!

Story: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/07/10/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-T-shirts-marathon/5921783701344/

Video: https://youtu.be/rU2X0vphJag?si=5cD08XC5CIbR8g3U

9 sunshine sharing satellite gets go ahead

Link: https://www.iflscience.com/fcc-approves-extremely-controversial-space-mirror-satellite-that-could-flash-blind-drivers-and-ruin-astronomy-84071

Video: https://youtu.be/JiM6oF1S4IY?si=Msvfk3mtx6-_xbXk

8 floor covered in peanut butter. on purpose

Link: https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-rotterdam-art-peanut-butter-0c517f36f97c53c1789061566f9e0669

Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/xtII_qMJKRI?si=Mk3r3KCS_-u_vgac

7 Kissing fast… when you want to kiss but don't have a lot of time

Link: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/07/09/brazil-Guinness-World-Records-most-kisses-30-seconds/2531783618911/

Video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17wbZbi5y7/

6 Gamer vs. Lightning

Link: https://www.chron.com/weather/article/lightning-electrocuted-video-games-22339519.php

Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/ynl3dFeyb7g?si=1vhRSgpouIAsX_uL

5 the bison and the grandad.

Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bison-flips-yellowstone-tourist-8-feet-air-rcna572639

Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z6Z0oTfLYWo?feature=share

4 platform bathroom shoes.

https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sht-shoe

video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dai6L-2yRVa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

3 bear steals golf clubs

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/07/13/bear-golf-clubs-Golden-Eagle-Golf-Club-Pitt-Meadows/7131783961633/

Video: https://youtu.be/S1EF5nRDMe4?si=N8RNemsvbOirPsy7

Bonus: Pit Bull fans attain world record for Mr. Worldwide.

Link: https://people.com/pitbull-breaks-world-record-for-largest-gathering-of-people-in-bald-caps-12017127

Video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DM1XsqwZv/

2 surprising way to slow aging.

Link: https://studyfinds.com/going-to-museums-and-movies-may-slow-aging-study-finds/

1 (tie) robot wedding and robot teacher.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/humanoid-robots-married-russian-wedding-103442455.html

Video: https://youtu.be/0UjpO9D8MKs?si=B5Ri0fYjmO9dZkBZ

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/schools/2026/07/upstate-ny-school-district-will-deploy-a-humanoid-robot-teacher-this-fall.html

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