LIVE SHOW: Trees are Fake, Fortune-Telling Cheese, Sunscreen Secrets, Magical Misogyny

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In our live show from August of 2023, Rachel talks about magicians' tricks and their hidden misogyny, Sara explains how trees aren't real (and why we are all crabs), Claire details the history of sunscreen, and Jess dives into telling fortunes using cheese. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us! Click here to learn more about all of our stories! Links to Rachel's TikTok, Newsletter, Merch Store and More: https://linktr.ee/RachelFeltman Rachel now has a Patreon, too! Follow her for exclusive bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/RachelFeltman Link to Jess' Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jesscapricorn -- Follow our team on Twitter Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman Produced by Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hey weirdos, Rachel here.
0:59.0	Just wanted to let you know that the episode you were about to listen to or
1:02.0	watch if you're on YouTube is the live show we hosted at
1:05.1	Kavia in New York City in August 2023. It was so much fun and we're really excited to get to share
1:10.0	at least a little bit of that magic with those of you who didn't get to catch the
1:13.5	live stream or hang out with us in person. Jess and I are hard at work making sure
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