What a Weird Week

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news this week. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode.  To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see www.shownotes.page.
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 46 first published Fri Nov 7, 2025. 

When will we be Living Out Scenes from Back to the Future in real life? Maybe sooner than you think. #garbagefuel
https://www.popsci.com/technology/food-scraps-airplane-fuel/
 
Butternaise!
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/butternaise 
 
Dog Found After the Old Smelly Socks Trick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYshKlr1NRo 
 
500 very-much-alive people get a note to inform them that they have passed away. 
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/11/04/mainehealth-death-notices/5471762298648/ 
 
Louvre Museum Update: change your password maybe.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/louvre-heist-robbery-paris-museum-auditor-report 
 
Real Life is Real: Mathematicians.
https://www.popsci.com/science/not-living-in-computer-simulation/ 
 
Wrapping Paper that Smells Like Cinnamon Buns! 
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cinnabon-6 
 
Comet 3I/ATLAS is still probably a comet. 
https://studyfinds.org/alien-rumors-comet-3i-atlas-astronomers/
 
Join the Mouse Gym! #Bloodsugar 
https://studyfinds.org/weightlifting-beats-cardio-blood-sugar/ 
 
Weird Spiral in the Sky was from a rocket.
 
Wait, I get to remember stuff better AND Eat Chocolate?! 
https://studyfinds.org/dark-chocolate-sharpen-memory/ 
 
Attention grownups: Eat Breakfast or Don't. #BreakfastScience 
https://studyfinds.org/skipping-breakfast-wont-make-you-less-sharp/