Astronaut Farts, Deadly Dancing Plagues, A Shocking Art Scam

The weirdest things we learned this week range from NASA's fears of fart-induced explosions to groups of people who died from dancing. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?

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