Dear friends-in-Weird,
It's Friday the 13th. Are you superstitious?
As I write this I am covered in garlic butter from head-to-toe while wearing my lucky rabbit feet pajamas. Not because it's Friday the 13th, just coincidentally.
It's Friday the 13th. Are you superstitious?
As I write this I am covered in garlic butter from head-to-toe while wearing my lucky rabbit feet pajamas. Not because it's Friday the 13th, just coincidentally.
If you're new to the show, we do a weird-news-of-the-week top ten countdown every Friday. We put all the links, videos, and photos to these stories in a show notes blog at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)
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Now here are the show notes for Fri 13 January 2023, Season 4 Episode 15 ...
❿Headline: Another Weird World Record... Elon Musk's newest world record is for losing more money than anyone ever has.
Notes:
- this a legit record from the folks at Guiness World Records...
- Forbes magazine says that Elon Musk has lost around $182 billion since November 2021... it could be more...
- this shatters the old world record of most money lost by a person which was ~58 bilion and something.
- According to Forbes, Elon's net worth dropped from $320 billionish in November 2021 to around $137 billion last week.
- This happened for the most part after Elon announced that he was buying Twitter.
- the Guinness World Records people say Elon will bounce back.
- btw, Elon Musk is still the second-richest person on the planet. Right now the richest person in the world is Bernard Arnault of France. He's associated with companies/brands like Louis Vuitton.and has around $190 billion net worth.
Link/media: (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/1/elon-musk-suffers-worst-loss-of-fortune-in-history-amid-market-madness-731988)
Notes:
- this a legit record from the folks at Guiness World Records...
- Forbes magazine says that Elon Musk has lost around $182 billion since November 2021... it could be more...
- this shatters the old world record of most money lost by a person which was ~58 bilion and something.
- According to Forbes, Elon's net worth dropped from $320 billionish in November 2021 to around $137 billion last week.
- This happened for the most part after Elon announced that he was buying Twitter.
- the Guinness World Records people say Elon will bounce back.
- btw, Elon Musk is still the second-richest person on the planet. Right now the richest person in the world is Bernard Arnault of France. He's associated with companies/brands like Louis Vuitton.and has around $190 billion net worth.
Link/media: (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/1/elon-musk-suffers-worst-loss-of-fortune-in-history-amid-market-madness-731988)
❾Headline: Mysterious Sea Creature Caught on Video in North Carolina...
Notes:
- The folks at Chaisin’ Tails Outdoors, which is a bait shop in Atlantic Beach, put a video on their Facebook and it looks like a whale to me... or a sturgeon... or a sea serpent of old...
- I don't think we'll know the truth until the Discovery Channel dedicates an entire week into researching this mystery.
- Yes, I'm proposing Seprpent Week you guys.
- Suggested Slogan: "The Truth is Out There... and it's Wet... and Serpent Like."
- special shoutout to the folks at Southern Living for their coverage of this story and ending the piece with "Whatever this animal is, we hope it gets to wherever it’s going safely!" One love, you guys.
Link/media: story at (https://www.southernliving.com/mystery-sea-creature-atlantic-beach-nc-video-7092349) and video at (https://fb.watch/h-yywuvuvw/)
and here's the video embed,,,
Notes:
- The folks at Chaisin’ Tails Outdoors, which is a bait shop in Atlantic Beach, put a video on their Facebook and it looks like a whale to me... or a sturgeon... or a sea serpent of old...
- I don't think we'll know the truth until the Discovery Channel dedicates an entire week into researching this mystery.
- Yes, I'm proposing Seprpent Week you guys.
- Suggested Slogan: "The Truth is Out There... and it's Wet... and Serpent Like."
- special shoutout to the folks at Southern Living for their coverage of this story and ending the piece with "Whatever this animal is, we hope it gets to wherever it’s going safely!" One love, you guys.
Link/media: story at (https://www.southernliving.com/mystery-sea-creature-atlantic-beach-nc-video-7092349) and video at (https://fb.watch/h-yywuvuvw/)
and here's the video embed,,,
❽Headline: Pooch says 'Hold my beer and watch this, human!'*
(citation needed. dog may not have been drinking beer at the time)
Notes:
- a dog named Balu set the skipping/ jump rope record... 32 successful rope jumps in 30 seconds.
- These were standing-on-hind-legs style jumps.
- Balus' human partner is a fellow named Wolfgang, so I guess he also deserves a little bit of credit.
- Wolfgang (human) has his name on a bunch World Records with dogs... he's a dog trainer.
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/01/11/germany-Guinness-World-Records-most-skips-dog-hind-legs-30-seconds/1391673461020/) and video embed ...
(citation needed. dog may not have been drinking beer at the time)
Notes:
- a dog named Balu set the skipping/ jump rope record... 32 successful rope jumps in 30 seconds.
- These were standing-on-hind-legs style jumps.
- Balus' human partner is a fellow named Wolfgang, so I guess he also deserves a little bit of credit.
- Wolfgang (human) has his name on a bunch World Records with dogs... he's a dog trainer.
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/01/11/germany-Guinness-World-Records-most-skips-dog-hind-legs-30-seconds/1391673461020/) and video embed ...
❼Headline: Car Insurance Company is not responsible for STI... at least not yet...
Notes:
- hoooo boy this story is a cautionary tale...
- a lady who contracted an sti after a night of in-car passion got a settlement with a guy's auto insurance company in a lower court... so initially she won...
- The Missouri Supreme Court overturned an earlier ruling that had awarded the woman.
$5.2 million.
- The insurance company said that this case did not involve normal use of the vehicle...
- Missouri Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court, so to be continued.
- Will this end up causing our insurance rates to increase!? Or will it be extra coverage that you'll have to buy? Love Coverage©? Loverage©!?
Link/media: (https://www.yahoo.com/news/judges-vacate-5m-geico-payout-220149642.html)
❻Headline: Bacon Solves 20,000 year old mystery...
Notes:
- Inspirational!
- a guy named Bacon has solved a mystery that was tens of thousands of years old...
- His name is Ben Bacon and his day job isn't solving mysteries, it's restoring furniture... but he took a crack at the cave painting mystery anyway and he cracked it!
- the mystery was Why did Ice Age people draw cave paintings?
- Ben noticed these dots in the cave paintings and thought maybe they were used to keep track of the stars/ use the paintings like a calendar...
- eventually a team of experts got in on this theory and now... mystery solved! Those cave paintings were used to keep track of the lunar calendar to help cave people know when the best times to hunt were...
- Cave paintings of different animals have been found in caves all over the place but until Ben the furniture guy's idea, the experts didn't know what these dots and marks were for... now the experts think they refer to the lunar calendar and essentially when it should be hunting season!
Link/media: (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799)
❺Headline: Cute Bunny is Worst Car Thief in the World!
Notes:
- Mechanics at a car place in Florida were doing an oil change, heard a noise, used their phone's camera to see what was going on down there in the motor mount area...
- It was a bunny rabbit.
- bunny was rescued and proceeded to run around the shop.
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/01/04/bunny-undercarriage-BMW-Naples-Florida/2211672863402/) and video embed...
Notes:
- Inspirational!
- a guy named Bacon has solved a mystery that was tens of thousands of years old...
- His name is Ben Bacon and his day job isn't solving mysteries, it's restoring furniture... but he took a crack at the cave painting mystery anyway and he cracked it!
- the mystery was Why did Ice Age people draw cave paintings?
- Ben noticed these dots in the cave paintings and thought maybe they were used to keep track of the stars/ use the paintings like a calendar...
- eventually a team of experts got in on this theory and now... mystery solved! Those cave paintings were used to keep track of the lunar calendar to help cave people know when the best times to hunt were...
- Cave paintings of different animals have been found in caves all over the place but until Ben the furniture guy's idea, the experts didn't know what these dots and marks were for... now the experts think they refer to the lunar calendar and essentially when it should be hunting season!
Link/media: (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799)
❺Headline: Cute Bunny is Worst Car Thief in the World!
Notes:
- Mechanics at a car place in Florida were doing an oil change, heard a noise, used their phone's camera to see what was going on down there in the motor mount area...
- It was a bunny rabbit.
- bunny was rescued and proceeded to run around the shop.
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/01/04/bunny-undercarriage-BMW-Naples-Florida/2211672863402/) and video embed...
❹Headline: Delicious Bread for Miles!
Notes:
- Shoutout to the students and staff of Universidad Vizcaya in the Mexican state of Baja California on this delicious World Record!
- Their world record is for a very, VERY long loaf of Three Kings (Rosca de Reyes) bread that was 2.8 miles long.
- it took over 5 tons of flour to make the world's Longest Bread Line.
- they put 30,000 plastic dolls in that enormous loaf of bread, which is the tradition.
- see more about Three Kings Day/ Epiphany Bread/ Rosca de Reyes here (https://www.mexgrocer.com/10096-large.html)
Link/media: (https://www.sandiegored.com/en/news/233719/Baja-California-breaks-Guinness-Record-for-biggest-rosca-in-the-world) and video link (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnINwSEhWiU/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=d4bf59c0-fcdd-48a8-91a2-a81681565bda) and video embed...
❸Headline: Return of the King! Now he's a licensed sausalogist. (I'm trying that one out... sausalogist... it sounds too much like he's a sauce doctor maybe...)
Notes:
- David Rush has been mentioned on this show a bunch because he sets weird world records... over 250 Guinness World Records so far...
- He does this to promote STEM education, but I think he must be getting a charge out of being the greatest of all time at these things also. At some point you must crave the adrenaline rush you get from setting world records. This time around he's the mouth-catching sausage king of the world.
- This time around he was joined by "Hollywood" Hannon.
- to take on the record for farthest throw and catch of a sausage roll into the mouth.
- Hannon threw the sausage rolls for Davis Rush to catch in his mouth. Like a pooch. He caught one at a distance of almost 84 feet and that shatters the old world record!
- 84 feet is a good throw. Let's be clear, this record would not have been set without the sausage-tossing capabilities of Hollywood Hannon... full credit.
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/01/10/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-throw-and-catch-sausage-roll-mouth/8371673367699/) and video embed...
🏆Headline: We're supposed to eat our Christmas Tree.
Notes:
- according to "Top chefs" we should be eating the tree instead of just throwing it away like a chump...
- so this is one of those after-the-holidays news stories that got a lil attention where they quote some Michelin Star winning chefs saying you should eat your Christmas tree. If you have an organic tree you might want to look into this if you are very hungry.
- I am not a nutritionist but I am unwilling to try a big brimming bowl of pine needles until they are looked into more vigorously.
- will your breath smell like toilet bowl cleaner after??
Link/media: (https://napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/chefs-encourage-people-to-snack-on-christmas-trees-for-vitamin-c-benefits/video_83b59b11-2306-512e-b579-b53b441396af.html)
❷Headline: (direct from the Today Show because they wrote the perfect headline you guys) "River of melted butter spills into Wisconsin canal after fire at dairy plant!"
Notes:
- story says that "Firefighters on the scene were up to their knees in melted butter trying to get up the steps of the dairy..."
- they describe a molten river of butter flowing into the Portage Canal...
- no cheese was involved in the dairy meltdown incident...
- it seems as though the fire began in a butter storage area and... good night Irene!
- firefighters had to deal with all that slip-slidey melted butter!
- people in the neighborhood reported smelling delicious melted butter...
- no injuries reported
- the next day there were big hunks of butter floating in that canal.
Notes:
- story says that "Firefighters on the scene were up to their knees in melted butter trying to get up the steps of the dairy..."
- they describe a molten river of butter flowing into the Portage Canal...
- no cheese was involved in the dairy meltdown incident...
- it seems as though the fire began in a butter storage area and... good night Irene!
- firefighters had to deal with all that slip-slidey melted butter!
- people in the neighborhood reported smelling delicious melted butter...
- no injuries reported
- the next day there were big hunks of butter floating in that canal.
Link/media: (https://www.today.com/food/news/butter-fire-wisconsin-dairy-plant-canal-rcna64519) and tweet embed...
Portage Hazmat Team also attempted to contain the runoff into the storm sewers and into the canal. They placed boom and other absorbents to control the runoff. The DNR will be out to assess the runoff later today. pic.twitter.com/9gKuVx1aCa
— phoebemurraytv (@phoebemurrayTV) January 3, 2023
❶Headline: Miracle Plankton will save us all from disease and future generations, you're gonna live FOREVAH! *citation needed
Notes:
- researchers have discovered something new in the water and it's something that might not even kill us you guys!
- it's a kind of freshwater plankton that has an appetite for viruses. It eats the bad stuff you guys! That was an unexpected twist for me when I started reading about the new plankton discovery. I just assumed it was gonna be bad news. I was guessing it ate feet. It was a foot-eating plankton, but NO!
- *Citation* I thought we'd go to plankton hospitals all full of viruses and they'd put us in the plankton ward for a few days and then we would leave Virus-free!! Not even close you guys. Not Even Close!! But, still it seems like good news, right? That the plankton doesn't eat feet... that's good news, right? I'm taking the win and ending the show right here.
Link/media: (https://www.sciencealert.com/an-organism-that-can-dine-exclusively-on-viruses-has-been-found-in-a-world-first)
Notes:
- researchers have discovered something new in the water and it's something that might not even kill us you guys!
- it's a kind of freshwater plankton that has an appetite for viruses. It eats the bad stuff you guys! That was an unexpected twist for me when I started reading about the new plankton discovery. I just assumed it was gonna be bad news. I was guessing it ate feet. It was a foot-eating plankton, but NO!
- *Citation* I thought we'd go to plankton hospitals all full of viruses and they'd put us in the plankton ward for a few days and then we would leave Virus-free!! Not even close you guys. Not Even Close!! But, still it seems like good news, right? That the plankton doesn't eat feet... that's good news, right? I'm taking the win and ending the show right here.
Link/media: (https://www.sciencealert.com/an-organism-that-can-dine-exclusively-on-viruses-has-been-found-in-a-world-first)
Stay lucky out there. Here's the Stream...