What a Weird Week Fri Sept 13th: Sending Good Luck Vibes your way... and giant plums

What a Weird Week

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 37 first published on Friday Sept 13, 2024. Here are this week's stories...

❿ a couple of plum farmers in South Africa are making headlines with their world record plum... it weighs 16.3 ounces... that's 464.15g! More than a pound!!! It's described as mango-sized.
Accident!? The big plum came off an ordinary commercial plum tree... this was basically a happy accident - no special farming secrets to mention.
Congratulations Dean and Deon.
https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/Agriculture/the-barnards-colossal-plum-smashes-world-record-202408300920
❾ Blindfolded man makes long basketball shot, world reacts!
Jeremy Ware of Arizona made a blindfolded, underhand, 60 foot basket which is a Guinness World Record.
60 feet is about as long as a Bowling Lane... or about two-fifths as long as Ha'Penny Bridge` in Ireland... or around a third as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
https://youtu.be/cF0kEAeryNg?feature=shared

❼ Texas market breaks record with 1,032-pound charcuterie board...
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Guinness-World-Records-charcuterie-board/5111726172755/

❻ "Grapes spill on California highway, causing traffic JAM"
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/12/Merced-County-California-Highway-165grapes/9241726159835/

❺ YouTubers Construct World's Largest Functional iPhone... 6.74 feet tall...
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/06/Guinness-World-Records-largest-smartphone-replica/5031725653486/

❹ Coffee Grounds Can Be Used to Make Stronger Concrete?! ...
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-our-leftover-coffee-grounds

❸ The Cheeszies and the Cave...
https://canoe.com/news/weird/is-it-worth-crying-over-spilled-cheetos-absolutely-say-rangers-at-carlsbad-caverns-national-park/wcm/dc0079a9-a9aa-453f-9628-ee7b4fb0b544

❷ Watercress: The Healthiest Vegetable...
https://www.foodandwine.com/watercress-health-benefits-8710408?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
🍅 Mega-tsunami in Greenland was as mega as the name denotes... https://studyfinds.org1c/landslide-earth-vibrate-9-days/
❶ Horseback Wrestling is a thing... https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/09/12/horseback-wrestling-to-sheep-bone-tossing-highlights-from-the-world-nomad-games