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White noise vs brown noise: What’s the best sound for sleeping?
It’s mostly personal preference, but best to rule out metal music or TV.
Having to pee makes you scientifically better at video games
Plus what space smells like and other weird things we learned this week.
Rachel Feltman
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
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Phosphorescent paint inspired Victorian-era Australians to dress up as ghosts and pull pranks
Plus, Louis Pasteur’s secrets and other weird things we learned this week.
Europe’s first domesticated dogs arrived over 3,000 years earlier than we thought
Our oldest companions transitioned from hunter-gathering to farming right alongside us.
Japan makes breakthrough in dirty diaper recycling
The typical diaper takes 500 years to decompose in a landfill.
Can you survive inside a tornado? This scientist did by accident.
He’s lucky to be alive.
Mushy bourbon sludge recycled into battery electrodes
Whiskey’s biggest waste problem could become an energy solution.
Streamline your streaming setup with WiiM connected audio products on sale during Amazon Prime Big Spring Sale
If you want high-resolution streaming and powerful amplification at discounted prices, snag this setup.
Houston city bus listed on Facebook Marketplace
Embrace bus life for only $2,800 and a lot of elbow grease.
Psychologists confirm that a canceled meeting is good for you
Unexpectedly getting an hour back in our day changes our perception of time.
World’s Largest Dinosaur needs a new home
Tyra the 86-foot-tall T. rex is structurally sound, but faces extinction.
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