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In this episode, you discover how the mythical unicorn became the official national animal of Scotland. You'll also discover other surprising Scottish fun facts to share with family and friends. --- Resources to learn more: "FAMOUS SCOTS". Scotland.org. Link: https://www.scotland.org/about-scotland/our-people/famous-scots Jessica Brain. "The Unicorn, National Animal of Scotland". Historic-uk.com. Link: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-Unicorn-Scotlands-National-Animal/ "WHAT IS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL OF SCOTLAND?". Scotland.org. Link: https://www.scotland.org/inspiration/what-is-the-national-animal-of-scotland --- Host: Stephen Watson Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften, Amadeus Pro, Hush, and Levelator. Final edits with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos. --- Keywords: Loch Ness Monster, Nessie, Loch Ness, Scottish history,

In this episode you discover: Why Noon was originally 3:00 P.M. and why it changed to !2 o'clock;Do dogs dream?;How to identify a doggy emotion; and,A huge historical myth about Christopher Columbus"; and, more.Resource references: "Noon used to be around 3 p.m." "HistoryFacts.com. Link: https://historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/noon-used-to-be-around-3-p-m/?lctg=cf90d452-784b-4e42-b8ae-fe409ec18b2a "What Your Dog Is Telling You When It Wags Its Tail". "InterestingFacts.com". Link: https://interestingfacts.com/dog-tail-wag-meaning/ "Do Dogs Dream? - 7 Very Good Questions About Dogs, Answered". "InterestingFacts.com". Link: https://interestingfacts.com/dog-questions/ "5 Facts About the Psychology of Colors". "InterestingFacts.com". Link: https://interestingfacts.com/the-psychology-of-colors/ "6 Debunked Myths About History - People Have Known the World Was Round for 2,500 Years" "Interesting Facts". Link: https://interestingfacts.com/history-myths-debunked/ --- Technical information: Recorded with Audio Hijack. Edits with Twisted Wave, Soften, and Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Rode Procaster.  ---

Weird and surprising facts shared in this episode include: "Robot Yawns Spark Contagious Yawning in Chimps". NeuroscienceNews.com. Link: https://neurosciencenews.com/robot-yawn-chimp-contagion-29232/ Three facts from Interesting Facts website:  "There’s a Town in Nebraska With a Population of 1".  "Wyoming Is the Least-Populated State in the U.S.".  "Nepal’s Population Has the Highest Percentage of Women".  Link for all three: https://interestingfacts.com/world-population-facts/?lctg=8e3c92aa-0474-450a-bc18-25734de3a19c "Population density in the U.S. by federal states including the District of Columbia  in 2023". Statista.com - Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183588/population-density-in-the-federal-states-of-the-us/ From Interesting Facts website: "Carnac Stones (France)". "Nazca Lines (Peru)". "Stone Spheres (Costa Rica)". Link for all three:  "11 Mysterious Monuments From Around the World". Link: https://interestingfacts.com/mysterious-monuments/?lctg=41c9d6c5-a7fe-46ad-b14d-04851140a18b "Dolphins Give Themselves Names That Could Hide Secret Information".  From ScienceAlert.com. Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-give-themselves-names-that-could-hide-secret-information From "World Animal Protection US".  "Octopuses Have Three Hearts and Blue Blood".  "Dolphins Have Unique Names for Each Other". Link for both articles: https://www.worldanimalprotection.us/latest/blogs/fun-facts-about-animals-that-will-amaze-you/ "Koalas have fingerprints almost identical to ours". NOVA - PBS.org. Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/koala-fingerprints/ "Can Pets Be Allergic to People?". Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcrssvIt10 "Love in the Ocean! - World's Biggest Heart". Link: https://rachelbrooksart.com/blogs/news/love-in-the-ocean "Avocado" : Wikipedia: Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Reconding and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Audicity (Noice reduction, De-click, De-esser), Amadeus Pro, Hush, and Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Audio-Technica AT2005. ---

Weird and surprising facts shared in this episode include: "Jury convicts thief who stole golden toilet from English palace". APNews.com. Link: https://apnews.com/article/golden-toilet-stolen-blenheim-palace-thief-trial-c77c211a0fbc65290f920da2d5abe852 "Why Are There 5,280 Feet in a Mile?". RD.com. Link: https://www.rd.com/article/why-5280-feet-in-mile/ "The Origins of 7 Common Units of Measurement". MentalFloss.com. Link: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25108/why-are-there-5280-feet-mile-making-sense-measurements "50 Craziest State Laws From Around the United States". GoodHousekeeping.com. Link: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/g4039/crazy-state-laws/ "Stressed? Sick? Swiss town lets doctors prescribe free museum visits as art therapy for patients". APNews.com. Link: Stressed? Sick? Swiss town lets doctors prescribe free museum visits as art therapy for patients "Stress and trauma can change your DNA — and the DNA of your kids and grandkids". NewYorkPost.com. Link: https://nypost.com/2025/03/19/health/stress-and-trauma-can-change-dna-and-the-dna-of-descendants/ "Why Are People Putting Toilet Paper in the Fridge?". RD.com. Link: https://www.rd.com/article/toilet-paper-in-fridge/ "This Is What the “O” in “O’lock” Stands For". RD.com. Link: https://www.rd.com/article/what-does-the-o-in-oclock-stand-for/ "A Catholic nun was the first U.S. woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science". HistoryFacts.com. Link: https://historyfacts.com/science-industry/fact/catholic-nun-first-woman-computer-science-phd/ --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Amadeus Pro, Hush, and Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Eathworks Ethos. ---

In this episode you'll discover an array of fascinating, weird, and unusual facts to include: "Prosecutor says golden toilet was stolen from English palace in ‘audacious raid’". AP News. Link: https://apnews.com/article/golden-toilet-stolen-blenheim-palace-trial-bb3cd346713923d59304880ca209dcd4 "What Exactly Does the “Q” in “Q-tips” Stand For?  "Readers Digest Online". Link: https://www.rd.com/article/meaning-of-q-in-qtips "Crow is not the only thing they eat at a wild game dinner in rural Pennsylvania". AP News. Link: https://apnews.com/article/wild-game-dinner-pennsylvania-bc3b46cd43ec63dde764d30f67bd7e6a "32 Things You Probably Never Thought About—Until Just Now". Link: https://www.rd.com/list/explanations-of-things-youve-always-wondered-about/ "Man breaks juggling world record with a bowling ball, balance board". UPI News. Link: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/25/Guinness-World-Records-bowling-ball-juggling-balance-board/8471740515312/ "27-year-old llama certified as oldest in the world". UPI News. Link:  https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/26/Guinness-World-Records-oldest-llama/4951740591214/".  "QR-code stickers mysteriously appear on 1,000 Munich graves. Police are now investigating". AP News.  https://apnews.com/article/germany-munich-cemeteries-qr-codes-graves-6816a8e2405e48c0969b9d843a8b11e1 "A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera". AP News. Link:  https://apnews.com/article/chile-kayaking-tourism-whale-b0cafde4b640326f20a9da28003d6c26 "A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera". AP News. Link:   https://apnews.com/article/chile-kayaking-tourism-whale-b0cafde4b640326f20a9da28003d6c26 "The heist of 100,000 eggs in Pennsylvania becomes a whodunit that police have yet to crack". AP News. Link: https://apnews.com/article/eggs-stolen-pennsylvania-100000-c1c260ca05b9f84612c61071cb504939 --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Hush, Amadeus Pro, and Audyllic. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos. --- Key words: trivia, weird news, strange news,

In this episode you discover: The surprising number of people who get Super Bowl rings   The REAL name for hashtags Pelicans can hold how much water in their mouths? Who has more water in their bodies - males or females? What percentage of the earth is covered by water? How deep is the deepest part of the ocean? The first candy eaten in space was... How many bones do you have in your body? Who has more bones - a baby or an adult? What is a group of owls called? Gorillias can lift how much? Fastest measured hurricane wind speed on earth? Fastest wind speed on Neptune. When was the Ceaser Salad invented? How many times a minute do you blink? What country has the largest number of lakes? --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Amadeus Pro, Hush, Levelator, and Audacity (de-click and de-esser). Final edits with Hindenburg Pro with VEA. Microphone: BY. ---

Articles and facts featured in this episode include: "It’s Christmas for the elephants as unsold trees are fed to the animals at Berlin Zoo". APNews.com. Link: https://apnews.com/article/germany-berlin-zoo-christmas-trees-elephants-feeding-c360d6f10f837185fbb4dd0b36830732 "Mittens the cat is mistakenly left on a plane and becomes a frequent flyer". APNews.com. Link: https://apnews.com/article/cat-plane-zealand-australia-mittens-airline-stowaway-8fd8abe8d76bbd2d8e37aed10029f276 "In freezing temperatures, swimmers in China plunge into a river for health and joy". APNews.com. Link: https://apnews.com/article/china-harbin-winter-swimming-fc26b27d86b03c29c88f20d0b28496c7 "I believe I can fly". ReadersDigest.CA. Link: https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/outrageous-news-stories/ Other facts, stories, and commentary. --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted wave. Additional edits with Amadeus Pro, Hush, and Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos. --- Key words: odd_news, weird_news, strange_facts,

Articles shared in this episode from: "125 Interesting Facts About Practically Everything". Readers Digest Online. Link: https://www.rd.com/list/interesting-facts/ "Odd News". UPI.com. Link: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/ Articles from the Readers Digest site: "Fact: The world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years".  "Fact: Dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust". "Fact: Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world". "Fact: The bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest mammal". "Fact: The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long". Article from UPI.com: "Virginia home gets unexpected owl tree-topper". UPI.com. Link: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/12/20/owl-tree-topper-virginia/2251734722597/ --- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro; 01:10 - Show and host info; 01:56 - Oldest wooden wheel; 02:45 - We shed skin cells - where do they go? 03:54 - What country has the most pyramids? 04:54 - What is the smallest mammal? 05:51 - How long is your circulatory system? 06:36 - Odd item stomach acid can digest; 08:05 - Source for most of the oxygen; 08:56 - Hidden life in soil; 10:29 - vChristmas tree topping owl; 12:11 - Sources for stories; 12:19 - How to follow show; ---            Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recorded with Hindenburg Pro. Edits with Twisted Wave, Amadeus Pro, Hush, Levelator, with final edits and rendering done using Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos. --- Key words: fun facts, weird facts, strange news,  ---

Weird and surprising facts and articles that you'll discover in this episode include: "Over 100 Trillion Cicadas to Emerge After Solar Eclipse" Source: "Newsweek.com". Link: https://www.newsweek.com/over-100-trillion-cicadas-emerge-after-solar-eclipse-1886947 "BBC Science Focus". Link: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/fun-facts Book: Patrick Quan, "Amusing Facts for Adventurous Minds". --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recorded with Twisted Wave. Edits with Twisted Wave, Audacity, Hush, Levelator. Final edits with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Neat King Bee. --- Key words: Cicadas, bats, Giraffes, --- Note: Commentary about these facts are copyrighted by Stephen Carter. Sources providing the facts may have copyrighted their content.

Stories that are included in this episode include: "California man collects 1,136 hotel keycards, earns world record". UPI.com. Link: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/01/25/Guinness-World-Records-hotel-key-cards/1071706206444/ "Coyote with head stuck in bucket rescued in San Diego". UPI.com. Link: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/01/25/coyote-bucket-San-Diego/9301706200810/ "Raccoon stuck upside-down in sewer grate rescued". UPI.com. Link: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/01/24/canada-Guelph-Humane-Soceity-raccoon-sewer-grate/2501706132273/ Other weird and surprising facts about your body. --- Host: Stephen Carter - https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recorded with GarageBand - Natural voice no processing. Processing with Hush (50%), final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: SM58 with windscreen. ---

In this episode of "Weird and Surprising Facts", you discover: A camera stealing fox;A dinner menu sells for $275,000;A $4 Goodwill vase sells for $100,000;On average, a person spends 153 days looking for lost items;Want your brain to be more effective? Talk to yourself!Wild elephants sleep how many hours a night?!?;What makes up 95% of a Jellyfish body?The Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower have how many steps?!?;What in the world is a Zonkey?Stressed? Smell an orange!The tell-tale sign someone loves you. No, it's not what they say or do.;The surprising way a lost diamond ring was returned by a stranger.--- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recorded with WavePad. Edits with Twisted Wave, Levelator, Hush, Hindenburg Pro. Final processing and rendering with Resound.ai. Microphone: ? ATR2100X ---

Articlef summaries highlighting weird and strange facts include: "Wally the emotional support alligator went to see the Phillies. Then he went viral". NPR.com. Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202615294/wally-emotional-support-alligator-phillies-game "Holy Mole-y: A sniffer dog helps rediscover a rare mole". NPR.com. Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/30/1215993119/holy-mole-y-a-sniffer-dog-helps-rediscover-a-rare-mole "Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet". NPR.com. Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/10/1212144515/plane-missing-window-london-us "How wildlife officials saved a humpback whale found 'hogtied' to a 300-pound crab pot". NPR.com. Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1210537760/humpback-whale-rescue-alaska-video "Why scientists are reanimating spider corpses for research". NPR.com. Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1198908301/necrobotics-reanimating-spiders-ig-nobel-prize "Florida authorities killed an alligator that was seen with human remains in its mouth". NPR.com. Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/23/1201366707/florida-alligator-dead-body-human --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected]. --- Technical information: Recorded with Hindenburg Pro. Edits with Twisted Wave, Hush, Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: EV RE320. --- Key words: Wally the Gator, Wally the Alligator, moles, weird news,

Weird and surprising facts shared in this episode include: "History of Dentistry"; Link: https://www.adea.org/GoDental/Health_Professions_Advisors/History_of_Dentistry.aspx "J. Fred Muggs" - Chimp co-host for NBC Television. show, "The Today show"; Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Muggs#:~:text=Muggs%20first%20appeared%20on%20the,in%20diapers%20like%20a%20baby.&text=The%20Today%20Show%20had%20begun,was%20replaced%20by%20Frank%20Blair "Which Country Consumes The Most Kraft Mac and Cheese?"; "Fantastic Facts" website. Link: https://fantasticfacts.net/6373/ "11 Fascinating Facts About John Quincy Adams"; Mental Floss online. Link: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502637/9-fascinating-facts-about-john-quincy-adams#:~:text=Adams%20had%20a%20pet%20alligator,from%20the%20room%20in%20terror "China bets on snakes to predict earthquakes"; CBC Online. Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/china-bets-on-snakes-to-predict-earthquakes-1.580626 "The Impact of Video Games on Training Surgeons in the 21st Century"; JAMA. Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/399740#:~:text=Surgeons%20who%20had%20played%20video,overall%20than%20their%20nonplayer%20colleagues "The Untold Truth Of Pringles"; "Mashed" online. Link: https://www.mashed.com/205515/the-untold-truth-of-pringles/--- Host: Stephen Carter. Website for "Weird and Surprising Facts" podcast: https://WeirdAndSurprisingFacts.com. Main network website with this and other podcasts: https://StressReliefRadio.com. Email for host Stephen Carter: [email protected]. --- Technical information: Recorded with Hindenburg Pro. Edits with Twisted Wave. Noise and reverb reduction with Hush. Leveled with Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: SE DynaCaster DCM8. --- Key words: pet alligators, J Fred Muggs, snakes, earthquakes, mac and cheese, ---

Weird and surprising facts highlighted (with time stamps) in this episode include: 01:39 - Origin of the Loch Ness Monster Legend;02:49 - Why the first roller coaster was built;03:43 - How the popsicle came to be;05:07 - Why food doesn't taste as good when you fly;05:33 - Trouble sleeping? Come back in your next life as a snail05:49 - Color of octopus and human blood - why they are different;06:18 - How much energy is used when you yell?;06:38 - Amazing jumping ability of fleas;07:10 - Why "fresh" apples may not be so fresh;07:49 - When you physically can't hum;08:28 - Which has more vertabra - sloths or giraffes?;08:52 - What to do if you're stuck in quicksand.--- References: "Loch Ness “Monster” sighted for the first time, igniting the modern legend". History.com. Link: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/loch-ness-monster-sighted?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2023-0502-05022023&om_rid= "Roller coasters were invented to distract Americans from sin". "Reader's Digest Online". Link: https://www.rd.com/list/weird-facts/ "Ice pops were invented by an 11-year-old by accident". Reader's Digest Online". Link: https://www.rd.com/list/weird-facts/ Other stories - various sources. Use Google or other search services for more information. -- Host: Stephen Carter. Website: https://StressReliefRadio. Email: [email protected]. To listen to previous episodes of "Weird and Surprising Facts" visit https://www.weirdandsurprisingfacts.com. --- Technical information: Recorded with Hindenburg Pro 2. Edits with Twisted Wave. Noise and reverb removal with Hush. Leveled with Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro 2. Microphone: DyanaCaster DCM8. --- Key words: Loch Ness Monster, Coney Island, fleas, roller coasters,

Discover weird and surprising facts to entertain and amuse friends, family, and yourself. Facts include: - Largest padlock in the world: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-securitylockpadlock#:~:text=The%20largest%20padlock%20was%20created,916%20lb)%20including%20the%20key. - Human and dolphin breathing: https://www.factretriever.com/interesting-facts - Sneeze travels at 100 MPH: https://facts.net/weird-facts/ - Servants are bathed in honey to attract flies away from the Pharoh: https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/ - Sloths can hold their breaths for 40 minutes: https://www.rd.com/list/weird-facts/ - Flying bicycle: https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/ - Name for a group of Flamingos: https://www.rd.com/list/weird-facts/ - Japanese rock museum: https://parade.com/1019842/marynliles/weird-facts/ - Shortest war in history: https://parade.com/1019842/marynliles/weird-facts/ - First feature film: https://parade.com/1019842/marynliles/weird-facts/ --- Host: Stephen Carter. Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com. Email: [email protected]. --- Technical information: Recorded and first edits with Twisted Wave. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro 2 (Beta). Microphone Maono PD100. --- Key words: dolphins, sloths, flying bicycle, flamingos, padlocks,