What a Weird Week, a Weird News report on Fri May 15 2026: Very Tall Plant blooms, World Reacts.

About this episode

Scott discusses various weird news stories from the week, including a very tall plant that blooms and the world's reaction.

Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird news and interesting stuff that happened 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 along with subscribing ! These are the shownotes for Season 7, Ep 20 first published May 15, 2026. 10 Very Tall Plant Blooms, World Reacts. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/07/century-plant-Long-Beach-Mississippi/8331778171659/ video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oux6DRQV8F8&t=6s 9 World Record Hair Lifter https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/mexico-Guinness-World-Records-weight-lifted-hair/3431778249627/ video https://www.facebook.com/reel/1474236804405604 8 Skunk Rescued from Cup! https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/Parker-Police-Department-skunk-cup-rescue/9301778256293/ video https://www.facebook.com/reel/1525501109141330 7 Ol' Skateboard Chin is at it Again https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/05/08/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-skateboard-chin-balance/7241778258254/ video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WlGXucuOx40 6 Napping Challenge…

People in this episode

Host: Scott

Topics covered

• weird news
• plant bloom
• world records
• animal rescue
• gem discovery
• UFO sightings

Keywords

• weird news
• tall plant
• world records
• animal rescue
• ruby discovery
• UFO
• UAP

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Long Beach, Mississippi

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