What a Weird Week

What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the odd/ interesting/ strange/ fun and weird news that happened this week. Ten stories in 15 minutes!
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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 13 first published Fri March 28 2025. 

Mysterious Golden Orb Discovered in the Deep Ocean
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-golden-orb-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean
 
Marathon Proposals: A Controversial Trend
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/marathon-proposals-1.7491884
 
Bill Gates-backed company launches butter alternative made from carbon dioxide and hydrogen
https://www.fooddive.com/news/savor-startup-bill-gates-butter-palm-oil/743071/
 
Were the 380-Million-Year-Old Fossils sent to the landfill because of mailroom mixup?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/380-million-year-old-fossils-dumped-landfill-new-jersey-college-didnt-rcna196769
Recordbreaker Rush Sets New Passing Record, Causes Damage
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/24/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-behind-the-back-basketball/9061742846234/
 
Pilot Forgets Passport, Commercial Flight Diverted
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/united-airlines-flight-china-diverted-san-francisco-pilot-forgets-pass-rcna197942
 
Mysterious Skeleton-like Figure Found on UK Beach
https://nypost.com/2025/03/21/lifestyle/beachgoers-baffled-after-finding-skeleton-like-figure-with-fins/
 
Big Ol' Ice Chuk Did Not Come From a Plane!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/20/Palm-Coast-Florida-ice-chunk-not-from-plane-FAA/4071742492591/
 
Free Energy Breakthrough Disproves that it was Impossible to Start With
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-disprove-their-own-work-by-producing-power-from-earths-rotation
 
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Check-in: Don't Panic Yet
https://www.sciencealert.com/asteroid-may-not-hit-earth-in-2032-but-it-will-come-back
 
What is Boomerasking: a Deep Dive
https://studyfinds.org/small-talk-selfish-boomerasking/
 
121-Hour Basketball Game for Charity sets World Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/21/Guinness-World-Records-longest-basketball-game/2041742584957/
 
What the Hey is Going on Beneath the Giza Pyramids!?
https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847207