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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Smoke Enemas, Secret Acoustic Engineering, Volcano Traps Lighthouse

May 16, 2018
41:19

The weirdest things we learned this week range from trying to revive dead (or unconscious) people by literally blowing smoke up their butts to the secret testing your favorite products go through to sound expensive. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?


The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weirdest_thing #weirdestthingpod


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Golf noises courtesy Taylor-Made

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