What a Weird Week, featuring the Weird News of the Week. Interesting stories to amaze your friends, impress your colleagues, and make you the boss of small talk! See https://www.shownotes.page or "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.
Hi friends, I'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 www.shownotes.page.
Thanks for rating and reviewing along with subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 20 first published May 15, 2026.
Thanks for rating and reviewing along with subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 20 first published May 15, 2026.
9 World Record Hair Lifter https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/mexico-Guinness-World-Records-weight-lifted-hair/3431778249627/
8 Skunk Rescued from Cup! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/Parker-Police-Department-skunk-cup-rescue/9301778256293/
7 Ol' Skateboard Chin is at it Again https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-skateboard-chin-balance/7241778258254/
6 Napping Challenge https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sweet-dreams-seoul-holds-power-101225195.html
5 11000 carat ruby discovered, looks like delicious giant raspberry https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/myanmar-says-massive-11-000-102729862.html
4 UFO/ UAP Files https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-releases-previously-secret-files-134259742.html
3 Dancing Robot Dances their way to our Heart, also delays flight https://www.foxnews.com/travel/airline-flight-delayed-bizarre-reason-humanoid-robot-triggers-safety-query
2 We're closer to being able to regrow limbs. Thank you, Science. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260508003121.htm
Bonus Story: Pick the right music and get more from your workout. It's science. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260508003123.htm
Bonus Story: Hamster Wheel Harnessed for Mobile Charging Capabilities https://www.popsci.com/technology/hamster-phone-charger/
1 (tie) Drunk Deer Warning in France https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/13/france-Saone-et-Loire-drunk-deer-warning/5941778684226/
and, Would you like to Visit and possibly live in the World's Largest Soccer Ball? https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/14/Guinness-World-Records-largest-soccer-ball/8991778769723/
Spotify Stream
YouTube stream
TRANSCRIPT:
What a Weird Week
Plant grows very tall, world reacts. What a weird week! Hi friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. It's a program where we go back over the news of the week and we find the weird news, the odd stories, the fun ones, the interesting ones, and we have ten stories for you of that variety. So if you like the weird news, if you're always looking for conversation starters, I think we got you covered. You can get everything we talk about in more detail if you go to shownotes.page. That's where we put the show notes at shownotes.page. Here we go. Friday, May 15, 2026.
Number 10 is this plant that never blooms that is blooming and making news. Outside of Shaggy Chic Pet Salon in Long Beach, this weird, rare occurrence is happening. It is noteworthy: the Century Plant or Death Bloom. It's blooming. Most people never get to see the plants, known for blooming up to 25 feet. Employee Rosa Vera says she thought it was just a normal plant and it used to be just like that big plant out front. While the bloom signals the end of the plant's life cycle, it is rare, but a short moment for this Long Beach business. They get to experience this once-in-a-lifetime bloom right in their front yard. So that is in Mississippi, United States of America, where a plant that hardly ever blooms—I said never, but it's a hardly ever—really all of a sudden becomes this tall plant that everybody flocks to see. And if you were just someone who had an appointment at the Shaggy Chic Pet Salon for your pooch, what a lucky day for you. Not only does Toonces get their paws clipped, but you get to see this rare occurrence from the plant world. If you want to see what it looks like, we'll put a link in the show notes. If you don't have a chance to click, it's a tall stalk. Really the tallness of the stalk is, you know, what the highlight is. That report courtesy of WLOX News.
Number 9: This one is a world record. A lady in Mexico lifted a lot of weight with her hair. (Audio clip of crowd reacting) That is the crowd reacting to a lady named Diana. She is a Mexican circus performer who now has a Guinness World Record. She lifted 166.11 pounds off the ground and held it there for 14 seconds, and the weight is attached to her braids. So if you don't have a chance to click the video, a lady with very strong braids. A very strong lady with very strong braids. That's what's going on in the video.
Number 8 is the daring rescue going on in this video. (Audio clip: "I have to just reach down and grab it. You're free!") That is the body cam footage of a Colorado police officer rescuing a skunk from a cup. In this scenario, the skunk had a cup stuck on their head. You never know when you're a first responder what the call is going to be, and you rush towards danger often, and thank you for that. In this case, it was a skunk with a cup stuck on their head. And at first, the police officer is trying with a long pole, like one of those snare things, and it's just not working. And the police officer gets in close, grabs that cup, and then gets some distance between themself and the skunk very quickly. We link to the video. Oh, it's a catch pole. That's what they call it. So it's a long pole with a rope at the end to kind of snare something. And I don't think I knew that. Learn something new this week.
Number 7 is the return of David "Record Breaker" Rush. Our old skateboard chin is at it again. (Audio clip: "Choosing the wrong skateboard could destroy this record. The challenge was simple: balance a skateboard on my chin, no hands, as long as possible.") Oh, that's my wife coughing in the background. She has a bad cough this week. I think we'll leave that in the episode. I don't know why. Realism. So that is the fellow with the most concurrent world records, over 350 world records right now. And David "Record Breaker" Rush, it's good to have you back on the program. He balanced a skateboard on his chin. It seems like in this one, it all came together for David "Record Breaker" Rush. He had access to a gym in between pickleball at the Y in Boise. He had a friend with a large skateboard collection. He was able to pick the right skateboard, and he's had experience working through the pain of different world records. Some of them were fun and easy: shaving cream, ping pong balls and shaving cream. Some of them were very difficult. He's balanced lawnmowers and things. This time around, the skateboard on his chin: one hour, one minute, 36 seconds. That is a world record for balancing a skateboard on your chin.
Number 6: I have to admit this one was under my radar. I'm a bit late to the party. This happened earlier this month: the power nap contest in Seoul, South Korea. This article written by Minwoo Park for Reuters, and the article describes people showing up in costume, dressed as a sleeping beauty or a sleeping prince, that kind of thing. And they get some sort of baseline reading on you, then you put on your nap mask, your sleep mask, and you have a nap. Somehow they pick the best napper. The article doesn't get into exactly how they determine the best napper. Because couldn't you... I mean, I don't want to assume that people would cheat, but there's always somebody that ruins it, right? Couldn't you just pretend to be asleep? This is about raising awareness how important sleep is, people don't get enough sleep. The winner was a fellow in his 80s and the runner-up was a 37-year-old office worker who also had a pretty good nap.
Number 5: The 11,000-carat ruby that has been making headlines this week. It looks to me like a delicious giant raspberry. The giant ruby was announced by Myanmar state media, and it's described as two point something kilograms. So almost five pounds. A giant red rock that's about five pounds. And again, I think it looks like a raspberry. So if you don't have time to click the link and see the photo, imagine a giant raspberry rock. I like it that we live in a world where every once in a while you'll turn on the news and giant ruby! You know, take a look at your screen. (Audio clip: "Miners in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar recently discovered this 11,000-carat ruby. It weighs five pounds. Wow, imagine putting that on a ring. You'd have to have some strength in your hand to carry that around.") A bit of the coverage there from NBC 9 News. I don't want to be... I don't want to make fun or anything of the coverage. I'm not sure if those two individuals speak through the day or if that was the first time they were ever making small talk. Let's play it back. (Audio clip: "You'd have to have some strength in your hand to carry that around. I walk with a limp a little bit.") They did not rehearse that conversation. One fellow didn't say, "I'll say something about how heavy the ring would be on your hand, and you'd say something about how you would walk with a limp." I mean, don't improv that stuff. Run the story by your colleague: "Hey, a five-pound ring is heavy." "Yeah, and you'd probably need orthopedic shoes to wear that ring." Okay, hold up, full stop. I'm not... I shouldn't be judging. I'm terrible at banter, as I have already stated, but my one piece of advice: the banter can be so much better if you just go over it once before the cameras are rolling, before you're live at five. Experience has taught me: rehearse.
Number 4: The Pentagon releasing previously secret UFO files made headlines this week. A lot of headlines. UFOs or UAPs, if you do not follow, this would be a good time to jump in. There is a lot of data, a lot of information, a lot of images, a lot of videos that have been released. It's kind of unheard of that the President of the United States would say, "Those secret files, let's release them." Some of the videos you may have seen before, especially if you follow UFOs and UAPs, some of these incidents you would have heard about before, but there is some new stuff in there as well. But really the takeaway is still: what are they that we're seeing? Most people will agree there is something weird in the sky and in our waters. Some of those images, some of those videos, that is weird. What is it? And if you don't follow the topic generally, it boils down to: it's either our technology, it is alien technology, it is interdimensional technology/beings or something phenomenon, it is angels or demons, or maybe it's a combo platter. Or also there's the theory that maybe it's something we just can't comprehend and maybe we never will. That one not as satisfying a theory, but it is one of the theories. I think those are the main theories on the topic of UFOs or UAPs. I'll put a link in the show notes if you want to check it out. shownotes.page. Oh, and I'll put a link to some of the coverage from NBC News. (Audio clip: "Tom, we know about 162 files were released on this website from the Pentagon, State Department, FBI and NASA. There is a lot to review, but what are we learning from them so far? Uh... not much. I hate to tell you, not much. I mean listen, it seems to be more of the same. More of these very grainy photographs of what looks like an infrared black dot in the sky, or videos as you're seeing here with really not a very good explanation whatsoever. Some of these are literally dating back to the... we've seen reports in the files dating back to the 1940s.") Almost every time this happens, where something gets released or whatever, it just leads to more questions and we want answers. Fewer questions, more answers.
Number 3: If you're like me, you spend a good chunk of your day wondering how exactly the robot uprising will begin. I used to think it was robot vacuums, that's how it would all start. But now there's a new contender: Bebop the dancing robot. Bebop the dancing robot dances so well, it is hypnotic. We're letting our guard down as we watch Bebop dance. Here's some of the soundtrack. Just amazing dance moves. So Bebop is a humanoid robot that dances like no one is watching, or we all are watching. The dancing robot was at the airport and it made headlines because it caused a flight delay. The reason the flight was delayed is Bebop the dancing robot was considered carry-on and was overweight, and then the person traveling with Bebop was able to purchase a seat and Bebop was able to take the flight from Oakland to San Diego. Bebop is a traveling robot which travels for promotion and puts smiles on people's faces, and maybe it's also paving the way for the robot uprising. We're letting our guard down.
Number 2: From our friends at Science Daily, the headline is "Scientists find the holy grail gene that could one day help humans regrow limbs." This is described as a breakthrough discovery in salamanders and some other animals. I assume because salamanders can regrow, sometimes there is regrowth going on. We're going to be the salamanders someday, that's my takeaway. We're going to be salamander people who can regrow limbs. Maybe we're closer than ever to being able to regrow limbs. I'm just gonna stop there because there's a lot of actual science going on in this story. If you want to read the whole thing you can click the link in the show notes, but the key takeaway: science made a breakthrough and they are working on having human beings regrow limbs, and perhaps making us salamander people. Double check me on that one.
Honorable Mention: There's new research out, a study that says the music you pick for your workout, it looks like it could increase your endurance by about 20% if you pick the right music for your workout. And it's really just pick your favorite music. If you work out to your own favorite workout music, it can dramatically boost your endurance. If you're forced to listen to somebody else's stupid playlist, you're not getting the workout you deserve. So if you are having a situation—this is all new territory to me because I don't exercise—but if you're in a situation where you're hitting the wall, try this trick: get all your favorite music going and see if that helps. I'll stop there, but if you want to read more about this or share this with a workout buddy who insists on picking the music all the time, I will put a link in the show notes.
Honorable Mention: This is about the YouTuber known as Flamethrower. So Flamethrower got a write-up in Popular Science for this: putting the hamster wheels to good use, charging a cell phone. The hamster seems happy. I don't even know if the hamster realizes that they are being used to generate electricity. I think the hamster is just there to wheel it out, get some of the yayas out on the wheel, you know? I think I'll link to the video in the show notes. (Audio clip: "So my brother decided to get a hamster for his birthday, and after my parents prohibited me from genetically or cybernetically modifying it, exploited for energy production of course.") When your website matters... just when it's getting good, a mid-roll commercial in that YouTube video. But I'll link to the whole thing.
Number 1: The number one story this week is two stories because I couldn't choose between the drunk deer and the world's largest soccer ball. So we're going to do a two-for, a tie for first place. Police in France are warning drivers to watch out for drunk deer getting into fermented fruit, eating fermented fruits, getting intoxicated, and then behaving even more erratically. You've got to be careful around here, you've got to keep an eye out, but now imagine the deer... those deer are intoxicated. Somebody got some video. Hammered. That deer is hammered. All right, the other number one story is the world's largest soccer ball, which is coming to Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. I don't really follow the soccer or the football so much, but there's a lot of excitement about FIFA this, FIFA that, and for the FIFA World Cup they're going to construct the world's largest soccer ball. A diameter of 45 feet will be enough to get in the Guinness Book of World Records. That's supposed to be ready to go in June, next month. You could potentially visit the world's largest soccer ball. And I say move into it. They should have a thing where you fill out a ballot and somebody gets to move into the giant soccer ball and live there. Maybe you are like the custodian of the place or whatever, the caretaker, and in return you get to live there rent-free inside the giant soccer ball. That's a win-win to me.
Okay, we're done for this week. If you like weird news and odd, interesting things from the news, I believe this program should be in your top 100 because that's what we do. Please tell a friend, tell an enemy about the What a Weird Week show, and we'll catch you next Friday with more weird news on What a Weird Week
Plant grows very tall, world reacts. What a weird week! Hi friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. It's a program where we go back over the news of the week and we find the weird news, the odd stories, the fun ones, the interesting ones, and we have ten stories for you of that variety. So if you like the weird news, if you're always looking for conversation starters, I think we got you covered. You can get everything we talk about in more detail if you go to shownotes.page. That's where we put the show notes at shownotes.page. Here we go. Friday, May 15, 2026.
Number 10 is this plant that never blooms that is blooming and making news. Outside of Shaggy Chic Pet Salon in Long Beach, this weird, rare occurrence is happening. It is noteworthy: the Century Plant or Death Bloom. It's blooming. Most people never get to see the plants, known for blooming up to 25 feet. Employee Rosa Vera says she thought it was just a normal plant and it used to be just like that big plant out front. While the bloom signals the end of the plant's life cycle, it is rare, but a short moment for this Long Beach business. They get to experience this once-in-a-lifetime bloom right in their front yard. So that is in Mississippi, United States of America, where a plant that hardly ever blooms—I said never, but it's a hardly ever—really all of a sudden becomes this tall plant that everybody flocks to see. And if you were just someone who had an appointment at the Shaggy Chic Pet Salon for your pooch, what a lucky day for you. Not only does Toonces get their paws clipped, but you get to see this rare occurrence from the plant world. If you want to see what it looks like, we'll put a link in the show notes. If you don't have a chance to click, it's a tall stalk. Really the tallness of the stalk is, you know, what the highlight is. That report courtesy of WLOX News.
Number 9: This one is a world record. A lady in Mexico lifted a lot of weight with her hair. (Audio clip of crowd reacting) That is the crowd reacting to a lady named Diana. She is a Mexican circus performer who now has a Guinness World Record. She lifted 166.11 pounds off the ground and held it there for 14 seconds, and the weight is attached to her braids. So if you don't have a chance to click the video, a lady with very strong braids. A very strong lady with very strong braids. That's what's going on in the video.
Number 8 is the daring rescue going on in this video. (Audio clip: "I have to just reach down and grab it. You're free!") That is the body cam footage of a Colorado police officer rescuing a skunk from a cup. In this scenario, the skunk had a cup stuck on their head. You never know when you're a first responder what the call is going to be, and you rush towards danger often, and thank you for that. In this case, it was a skunk with a cup stuck on their head. And at first, the police officer is trying with a long pole, like one of those snare things, and it's just not working. And the police officer gets in close, grabs that cup, and then gets some distance between themself and the skunk very quickly. We link to the video. Oh, it's a catch pole. That's what they call it. So it's a long pole with a rope at the end to kind of snare something. And I don't think I knew that. Learn something new this week.
Number 7 is the return of David "Record Breaker" Rush. Our old skateboard chin is at it again. (Audio clip: "Choosing the wrong skateboard could destroy this record. The challenge was simple: balance a skateboard on my chin, no hands, as long as possible.") Oh, that's my wife coughing in the background. She has a bad cough this week. I think we'll leave that in the episode. I don't know why. Realism. So that is the fellow with the most concurrent world records, over 350 world records right now. And David "Record Breaker" Rush, it's good to have you back on the program. He balanced a skateboard on his chin. It seems like in this one, it all came together for David "Record Breaker" Rush. He had access to a gym in between pickleball at the Y in Boise. He had a friend with a large skateboard collection. He was able to pick the right skateboard, and he's had experience working through the pain of different world records. Some of them were fun and easy: shaving cream, ping pong balls and shaving cream. Some of them were very difficult. He's balanced lawnmowers and things. This time around, the skateboard on his chin: one hour, one minute, 36 seconds. That is a world record for balancing a skateboard on your chin.
Number 6: I have to admit this one was under my radar. I'm a bit late to the party. This happened earlier this month: the power nap contest in Seoul, South Korea. This article written by Minwoo Park for Reuters, and the article describes people showing up in costume, dressed as a sleeping beauty or a sleeping prince, that kind of thing. And they get some sort of baseline reading on you, then you put on your nap mask, your sleep mask, and you have a nap. Somehow they pick the best napper. The article doesn't get into exactly how they determine the best napper. Because couldn't you... I mean, I don't want to assume that people would cheat, but there's always somebody that ruins it, right? Couldn't you just pretend to be asleep? This is about raising awareness how important sleep is, people don't get enough sleep. The winner was a fellow in his 80s and the runner-up was a 37-year-old office worker who also had a pretty good nap.
Number 5: The 11,000-carat ruby that has been making headlines this week. It looks to me like a delicious giant raspberry. The giant ruby was announced by Myanmar state media, and it's described as two point something kilograms. So almost five pounds. A giant red rock that's about five pounds. And again, I think it looks like a raspberry. So if you don't have time to click the link and see the photo, imagine a giant raspberry rock. I like it that we live in a world where every once in a while you'll turn on the news and giant ruby! You know, take a look at your screen. (Audio clip: "Miners in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar recently discovered this 11,000-carat ruby. It weighs five pounds. Wow, imagine putting that on a ring. You'd have to have some strength in your hand to carry that around.") A bit of the coverage there from NBC 9 News. I don't want to be... I don't want to make fun or anything of the coverage. I'm not sure if those two individuals speak through the day or if that was the first time they were ever making small talk. Let's play it back. (Audio clip: "You'd have to have some strength in your hand to carry that around. I walk with a limp a little bit.") They did not rehearse that conversation. One fellow didn't say, "I'll say something about how heavy the ring would be on your hand, and you'd say something about how you would walk with a limp." I mean, don't improv that stuff. Run the story by your colleague: "Hey, a five-pound ring is heavy." "Yeah, and you'd probably need orthopedic shoes to wear that ring." Okay, hold up, full stop. I'm not... I shouldn't be judging. I'm terrible at banter, as I have already stated, but my one piece of advice: the banter can be so much better if you just go over it once before the cameras are rolling, before you're live at five. Experience has taught me: rehearse.
Number 4: The Pentagon releasing previously secret UFO files made headlines this week. A lot of headlines. UFOs or UAPs, if you do not follow, this would be a good time to jump in. There is a lot of data, a lot of information, a lot of images, a lot of videos that have been released. It's kind of unheard of that the President of the United States would say, "Those secret files, let's release them." Some of the videos you may have seen before, especially if you follow UFOs and UAPs, some of these incidents you would have heard about before, but there is some new stuff in there as well. But really the takeaway is still: what are they that we're seeing? Most people will agree there is something weird in the sky and in our waters. Some of those images, some of those videos, that is weird. What is it? And if you don't follow the topic generally, it boils down to: it's either our technology, it is alien technology, it is interdimensional technology/beings or something phenomenon, it is angels or demons, or maybe it's a combo platter. Or also there's the theory that maybe it's something we just can't comprehend and maybe we never will. That one not as satisfying a theory, but it is one of the theories. I think those are the main theories on the topic of UFOs or UAPs. I'll put a link in the show notes if you want to check it out. shownotes.page. Oh, and I'll put a link to some of the coverage from NBC News. (Audio clip: "Tom, we know about 162 files were released on this website from the Pentagon, State Department, FBI and NASA. There is a lot to review, but what are we learning from them so far? Uh... not much. I hate to tell you, not much. I mean listen, it seems to be more of the same. More of these very grainy photographs of what looks like an infrared black dot in the sky, or videos as you're seeing here with really not a very good explanation whatsoever. Some of these are literally dating back to the... we've seen reports in the files dating back to the 1940s.") Almost every time this happens, where something gets released or whatever, it just leads to more questions and we want answers. Fewer questions, more answers.
Number 3: If you're like me, you spend a good chunk of your day wondering how exactly the robot uprising will begin. I used to think it was robot vacuums, that's how it would all start. But now there's a new contender: Bebop the dancing robot. Bebop the dancing robot dances so well, it is hypnotic. We're letting our guard down as we watch Bebop dance. Here's some of the soundtrack. Just amazing dance moves. So Bebop is a humanoid robot that dances like no one is watching, or we all are watching. The dancing robot was at the airport and it made headlines because it caused a flight delay. The reason the flight was delayed is Bebop the dancing robot was considered carry-on and was overweight, and then the person traveling with Bebop was able to purchase a seat and Bebop was able to take the flight from Oakland to San Diego. Bebop is a traveling robot which travels for promotion and puts smiles on people's faces, and maybe it's also paving the way for the robot uprising. We're letting our guard down.
Number 2: From our friends at Science Daily, the headline is "Scientists find the holy grail gene that could one day help humans regrow limbs." This is described as a breakthrough discovery in salamanders and some other animals. I assume because salamanders can regrow, sometimes there is regrowth going on. We're going to be the salamanders someday, that's my takeaway. We're going to be salamander people who can regrow limbs. Maybe we're closer than ever to being able to regrow limbs. I'm just gonna stop there because there's a lot of actual science going on in this story. If you want to read the whole thing you can click the link in the show notes, but the key takeaway: science made a breakthrough and they are working on having human beings regrow limbs, and perhaps making us salamander people. Double check me on that one.
Honorable Mention: There's new research out, a study that says the music you pick for your workout, it looks like it could increase your endurance by about 20% if you pick the right music for your workout. And it's really just pick your favorite music. If you work out to your own favorite workout music, it can dramatically boost your endurance. If you're forced to listen to somebody else's stupid playlist, you're not getting the workout you deserve. So if you are having a situation—this is all new territory to me because I don't exercise—but if you're in a situation where you're hitting the wall, try this trick: get all your favorite music going and see if that helps. I'll stop there, but if you want to read more about this or share this with a workout buddy who insists on picking the music all the time, I will put a link in the show notes.
Honorable Mention: This is about the YouTuber known as Flamethrower. So Flamethrower got a write-up in Popular Science for this: putting the hamster wheels to good use, charging a cell phone. The hamster seems happy. I don't even know if the hamster realizes that they are being used to generate electricity. I think the hamster is just there to wheel it out, get some of the yayas out on the wheel, you know? I think I'll link to the video in the show notes. (Audio clip: "So my brother decided to get a hamster for his birthday, and after my parents prohibited me from genetically or cybernetically modifying it, exploited for energy production of course.") When your website matters... just when it's getting good, a mid-roll commercial in that YouTube video. But I'll link to the whole thing.
Number 1: The number one story this week is two stories because I couldn't choose between the drunk deer and the world's largest soccer ball. So we're going to do a two-for, a tie for first place. Police in France are warning drivers to watch out for drunk deer getting into fermented fruit, eating fermented fruits, getting intoxicated, and then behaving even more erratically. You've got to be careful around here, you've got to keep an eye out, but now imagine the deer... those deer are intoxicated. Somebody got some video. Hammered. That deer is hammered. All right, the other number one story is the world's largest soccer ball, which is coming to Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. I don't really follow the soccer or the football so much, but there's a lot of excitement about FIFA this, FIFA that, and for the FIFA World Cup they're going to construct the world's largest soccer ball. A diameter of 45 feet will be enough to get in the Guinness Book of World Records. That's supposed to be ready to go in June, next month. You could potentially visit the world's largest soccer ball. And I say move into it. They should have a thing where you fill out a ballot and somebody gets to move into the giant soccer ball and live there. Maybe you are like the custodian of the place or whatever, the caretaker, and in return you get to live there rent-free inside the giant soccer ball. That's a win-win to me.
Okay, we're done for this week. If you like weird news and odd, interesting things from the news, I believe this program should be in your top 100 because that's what we do. Please tell a friend, tell an enemy about the What a Weird Week show, and we'll catch you next Friday with more weird news on What a Weird Week
10 Very Tall Plant Blooms, World Reacts. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/07/century-plant-Long-Beach-Mississippi/8331778171659/
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oux6DRQV8F8&t=6s
9 World Record Hair Lifter https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/mexico-Guinness-World-Records-weight-lifted-hair/3431778249627/
video https://www.facebook.com/reel/1474236804405604
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oux6DRQV8F8&t=6s
9 World Record Hair Lifter https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/mexico-Guinness-World-Records-weight-lifted-hair/3431778249627/
video https://www.facebook.com/reel/1474236804405604
8 Skunk Rescued from Cup! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/Parker-Police-Department-skunk-cup-rescue/9301778256293/
video https://www.facebook.com/reel/1525501109141330
7 Ol' Skateboard Chin is at it Again https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-skateboard-chin-balance/7241778258254/
video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WlGXucuOx40
6 Napping Challenge https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sweet-dreams-seoul-holds-power-101225195.html
pin: https://pin.it/18OOfzjo2
5 11000 carat ruby discovered, looks like delicious giant raspberry https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/myanmar-says-massive-11-000-102729862.html
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNiceGuZDyA
4 UFO/ UAP Files https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-releases-previously-secret-files-134259742.html
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZ2YhofOTE&t=6s
3 Dancing Robot Dances their way to our Heart, also delays flight https://www.foxnews.com/travel/airline-flight-delayed-bizarre-reason-humanoid-robot-triggers-safety-query
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTJWcVp7IOk
2 We're closer to being able to regrow limbs. Thank you, Science. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260508003121.htm
Bonus Story: Pick the right music and get more from your workout. It's science. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260508003123.htm
Bonus Story: Hamster Wheel Harnessed for Mobile Charging Capabilities https://www.popsci.com/technology/hamster-phone-charger/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKXwT878a04&t=62s
1 (tie) Drunk Deer Warning in France https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/13/france-Saone-et-Loire-drunk-deer-warning/5941778684226/
video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2222526441886892
and, Would you like to Visit and possibly live in the World's Largest Soccer Ball? https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/14/Guinness-World-Records-largest-soccer-ball/8991778769723/
and see: https://www.facebook.com/massachusettsportauthority/posts/1429571279206013?ref=embed_post
and see: https://www.facebook.com/massachusettsportauthority/posts/1429571279206013?ref=embed_post