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 14 first published Fri Apr 4th 2025.

Video Game Playing Linked to Increased IQ in Children

https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-finds

Three-Year-Old Girl Discovers 3,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet in Israel

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-year-old-picks-up-beautiful-stone-discovers-3-800-year-old-scarab-amulet-in-israel

A $12 Antique Store Drawing Could Be a Renoir Masterpiece Worth $1 Million

https://nypost.com/2025/03/27/lifestyle/12-drawing-bought-at-antique-store-could-be-a-renoir-and-worth-1m/

Cold Water Immersion Improves Cellular Resilience

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250328173516.htm

Pennsylvania Storm Aftermath Yields Possible Bigfoot Sighting

https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/bigfoot-sasquatch-sighting-pennsylvania-mountains-1060721

Tonguejenga©

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/31/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tongue-Jenga/2651743431104/

Minnesota Cat Receives Guinness World Record for Longest Tail

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/27/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tail-domestic-cat/2161743104475/

Dreamies Cat Treat Billboard Campaign

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/03/28/ad-the-day-cats-climb-billboards-dreamies

Octopus hitches a ride on a shark's back in New Zealand

https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/lifestyle/octopus-hitches-ride-on-sharks-back-in-remarkable-footage/

CIA's Psychic Search for the Ark of the Covenant

https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847774