<p>Hi friends, I&#39;m Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about weird news and interesting stuff that happened this week. We&#39;ve got ten stories in 15 minutes. See bottom of shownotes page for a transcript of the podcast episode. To Subscribe/ get in touch/ other/ see <a href="https://www.shownotes.page">www.shownotes.page</a>. <br>Thanks for <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-a-weird-week/id1253207313">rating</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Js0HpxWHMSc2yes7pmvnu">reviewing</a> along with <a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/i9vxl">subscribing</a>!<br>These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 13 first published March 27th, 2026.</p><p><br></p><p>10) Cocaine Sharks Research Continues: </p><p>(https://www.vice.com/en/article/sharks-in-the-bahamas-are-full-of-cocaine-caffeine-and-painkillers/)</p><p> </p><p>9) ***PG13*** The government of Bern, Switzerland, has rejected a proposal to alter its coat of arms, ruling that the iconic bear will continue to be depicted with a prominent ding dong. </p><p>(https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/the-bernese-bear-will-continue-to-display-its-red-limb-on-the-coat-of-arms/91049271)</p><p> </p><p>8) Firefighters in Vermont came to the rescue of a raccoon that got its head stuck in a peanut butter jar and then climbed 25 feet up a tree. </p><p>(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/03/20/Shelburne-Fire-Department-raccoon-peanut-butter-jar/7831774027521/).</p><p> </p><p>7) The ongoing plight of Texas town of Bug Tussle. </p><p>(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/03/23/Bug-Tussle-Texas-sign-thefts/6351774286086/) </p><p> </p><p>6) A new study seems to indicate that sleep-tracking apps and those things we wear to measure our sleep quality, can actually make sleep worse for some people </p><p>(https://studyfinds.com/sleep-tracker-may-make-sleep-worse/). </p><p> </p><p>5) A dancing humanoid robot at a California restaurant had to be removed after it malfunctioned and began smashing plates and knocking over tableware. There&#39;s video. I take back what I said before, THIS is how the robot uprising begins. The dancing robots are how it all starts. </p><p>(https://nypost.com/2026/03/18/tech/dancing-robot-bounced-from-restaurant-after-scaring-patrons/). </p><p> </p><p>4) Article this week from the Mirror gets into how China&#39;s first astronaut, Yang Liwei, reported hearing a mysterious knocking sound outside his spacecraft during his 2003 mission. #mystery</p><p>(https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/chinese-astronaut-heard-mysterious-knocking-1757326). </p><p> </p><p>3) I thought this had to be fake, but there&#39;s been a follow-up and I guess a guy really did have a modified bicycle that ran on dog power. </p><p>(https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/online-backlash-grows-over-chinese-dog-powered-electric-bike-11265575). </p><p> </p><p>2) A snake in the bedroom! </p><p>(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/03/25/Del-Rio-Texas-bedroom-rattlesnake/4281774448255/). </p><p> </p><p>Bonus) A multi-year study on sitting seems to point towards a better way to sit. </p><p>(https://studyfinds.com/not-all-sitting-is-equal-for-the-brain/)</p><p> </p><p>Bonus) Sailors have reported this weird behavior for years, but it&#39;s never been captured on film until now... Sperm whales headbutting each other. </p><p><br></p><p>1) A vaping squirrel made headlines this week.</p><p>(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/03/25/vaping-squirrel-London-RSPCA/9501774459163/). </p>