What a Weird Week Fri July 4, 2025: Mosquito Lasers! Whales Getting Fresh!! #weirdnews

What a Weird Week

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a look at the odd, interesting, strange, fun and weird stories that made news 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 and also subscribing!
These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 27 first published Fri July 4, 2025.

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Cheesy Nightmares

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/can-cheese-turn-dreams-nightmares-rcna215580

Whales feed people? https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/orcas-sharing-prey-1.7574759 and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQu7eA_EnU

Facebook/ Fishbook https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/07/01/ad-the-day-mcdonald-s-resurrects-filet-o-fish-facebook-group-2012

What's up with Cats Sleeping on the Left-Side?

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-most-cats-sleep-on-their-left-side-this-could-be-why

Whales Need to Get a Room

https://www.sciencealert.com/orcas-caught-kissing-for-two-minutes-with-tongue

Laser those mosquitoes

https://newatlas.com/around-the-home/photon-matrix-laser-mosquitoes/

Atlantis Discovered. No Big Deal

https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/lost-city-atlantis-found-expert-1239713

The Emoji that can Save Your Relationship!

https://studyfinds.org/why-your-heart-emoji-might-be-saving-your-relationships/

The T-Rex Race that made Headlines this week

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/03/Emerald-Downs-T-Rex-race/9981751563598/

Big screw-up at Norwegian Lottery

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/01/norway-lotto-Norsk-Tipping-lottery-conversion-error/1871751400305/

Woman Rows Across the Entire Ocean!

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/01/Guinness-World-Records-youngest-rowing-Atlantic-Ocean/6931751388748/