<p>Hi friends, I&#39;m Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird news and interesting stuff that happened this week. 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 21 first published May 22, 2026.</p><p><br></p><p>10 new discoveries from the world of bugshttps://www.popsci.com/environment/new-beetles-china/<br> <br>9 also meet the newly-discovered smiley face spider https://www.popsci.com/environment/himalayan-happy-face-spider/<br> <br>8 solving the problem of eating utensils that don&#39;t light up, it&#39;s  glow in the dark chopsticks https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunaris<br> <br>7 McDonald&#39;s pickle juice https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mcdonalds-nz<br> <br>6 eating grapes might do what now? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260517211427.htm<br> <br>5 simple ancient exercise seems to be like medicine https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260510234724.htm<br> <br>4 bag frog https://apnews.com/article/australia-frog-lettuce-salad-esperance-4134acf75e814dedd7789c1423c26ab1<br> <br>3 kid finds ancient sword while on class trip, world reacts https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/clyp37py7mqo<br> <br>2 teen allegedly steals bus for third time, possibly is very good driverhttps://www.oddee.com/14-year-old-goes-on-a-joyride-in-a-stolen-bus-for-the-third-time-in-six-months-78704/<br>Bonus yoyo dieting research seems to show it aint all bad https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260515233331.htm<br>Bonus: the pain of putting ice on an injury https://studyfinds.com/icing-injury-pain/<br> <br>1 famous tv car gets impossible speeding tickethttps://apnews.com/article/knight-rider-car-speeding-ticket-new-york-24d37fa3e975363d8bcef5bbbb7bf089 </p>