What a Weird Week

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 49 first published on Friday Dec 6 2024. Here are this week's stories...

Australian restaurant sets Guinness World Record with 1,212-pound kebab

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/11/worlds-largest-kebab-and-fries-fills-dumpster-sized-container-and-weighs-660-lbs

Man receives $2.53 compensation for smooth Mars bar missing its signature ripple

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx247dwx1p7o

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur eats $6.2 million banana art after purchasing it at auction

https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymail/video/7442716275274419499

Miller High Life Introduces Dive Bar-Scented Perfume

https://www.today.com/food/trends/miller-high-life-dive-bar-perfume-rcna183045

Guilt tipping is real and bad for business.

https://studyfinds.org/guilt-tipping-changing-consumers/

Blank white canvas valued at over $1.5 million to be auctioned in Germany

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/this-blank-pure-white-canvas-expected-to-sell-for-over-1-5-million-7176018

9-Year-Old Boy and the 60,000-Year-Old discovery

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-831604

Loch Ness Monster Mystery: Expert Suggests 'Standing Waves' Could Be Behind Sightings

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14136099/Mystery-Loch-Ness-Monster-finally-SOLVED.html

Cow Fart Reduction: Feeding grazing cattle seaweed can reduce methane emissions by almost 40%

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/cows-seaweed-methane

Underwater Man: "I think I'm still married"

https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/lifestyle/im-living-underwater-for-120-days-to-break-a-world-record/

Resetting your "V card" via $19000 medical procedure

https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/lifestyle/influencer-drops-19k-on-surgery-to-become-a-virgin-again-but-a-doctor-warns-of-the-risks-involved/

Oldest Bird known to science has laid an egg (74 years young!)

https://apnews.com/article/oldest-bird-lays-egg-wisdom-hawaii-5e7867ba9c8a51373d4d570f73fa7c2d