What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week.  https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get podcasts.

❿ Happiness is Birdseed and Acorns?! A Canadian Study made news this week that seems to suggest that people in cities are happier when there is a variety of birds and trees around. More birds and trees = better mental health outcomes *paraphrase. In other words, (go with me here) we should be going to the park dressed in my new invention, the Bird Seed Vest! Enjoy the trees around you while the birds flock towardsyou bringing joy and better mental health outcomes! Just what the doctor ordered! (*no doctors have ordered this.) Remember the name, the What a Weird Week brand Birdseed Vest of Mental Well-being! Free to patreon members in our platinum tier. Sign up today for one million dollars!! Study link https://carleton.ca/biology/2024/birds-tree-diversity-has-significant-impact-on-peoples-mental-health-says-rachel-buxtons-research/

❾ Canadian Chicken Pecks way to World Record!
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/this-pet-chicken-from-b-c-is-now-a-guinness-world-record-holder-1.6950737

❽ Beach Balls and Determination: the David "Record Breaker" Rush Saga Continues!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/07/01/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-beach-ball-passes/3601719855156/ and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbyumFT-ec

❼ Politics on a Weird News Show? OK Let's get into it!!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-candidate-zero-votes-election-loss-1.7247339

❻ Another monolith, making headlines.
https://www.cpr.org/2024/07/03/mysterious-monolith-in-northern-colorado-removed/

❺ This one's about a poop truck, so you've been warned.
https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/us-news/truck-tips-over-and-splatters-connecticut-homes-with-something-too-gross-to-believe/

❹ We've got another truck loses its load story this week... not as gross as our last one... https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/26/California-Highway-Patrol-avocados-San-Mateo/7791719433472/A truck with 8 tons of avocados overturned on the California highway. No major injuries reported but whattamess©!

❸ Headline from Study Finds is "Scientists flip switch on fat cells, discover way to naturally burn more calories"https://studyfinds.org/flip-switch-on-fat-cells/

❷ Cool pineapple publicity stunt in the news...
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snack-hackathon *USA Contest Only

🍅We just had Canada Day on July 1st... if you're unfamiliar it is a daywhere we all go to a park and get our faces painted red and white, thenwatch a Canadian band play, then there's fireworks...  we had a Canadian restaurant chain make headlines with their Canada Day S'mores burger...
The WORKS Craft Burgers & Beer is the place...  here'swhat they did in case you want to try a home version...  it's a beef patty stuffed with melting milk chocolate, topped with toasted marshmallow and graham crumbs.
MMMmmm or MMMnnnope
If it's something you'd try let us know in the poll this week... that is available on the spotify feed.
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smores-burger

❶ The most famous bikini in all of space is getting auctioned off.
https://gizmodo.com/allaccess-leia-star-wars-bikini-auction-carrie-fisher-1851573508