The Truth About Quicksand, Release the Tea Kraken, Learning Without Brains

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Charlie McDonnell (aka coollike on Twitch) joins the show to talk about a very British energy scandal! Plus, producer Jess Boddy does a segment on if quicksand can really suck you down into the ground like it does in the movies, and Rachel explains how creatures can learn without brains. 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 Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeek Check out Weirdest Thing on YouTube: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeekYouTube If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: bit.ly/WeirdestThingILearnedThisWeek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.1	At popular science, we report and write dozens of science and text stories every week.
0:24.0	And while most of the stuff we stumble across makes it into our articles,
0:28.0	we also find plenty of weird facts that we just keep around the office.
0:31.0	So we figured, why not share those with you?
0:34.3	Welcome to the weirdest thing I learned this week
0:36.4	from the editors of Popular Science.
0:38.6	I'm Rachel Feltman.
0:39.7	I'm Jess Bodi, and I'm Charlie McDowell. Charlie, welcome to the show.
0:44.0	Yay!
0:46.0	Welcome, welcome.
0:47.0	My intro really makes me feel like I'm on the squad.
0:49.0	That was so fun.
0:51.0	You are on the squad.
0:52.8	Come on.
0:53.3	Absolutely.
0:54.8	Charlie, thanks so much for coming on this show.
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