Hwat?! Weekly

Vera! Maya! Chickpeas! Danish doorbell! Trolls! Sad mice! Mad bear! Deep ocean! Uncle Bob! Big syringes!

Universe 25:
https://www.the-scientist.com/universe-25-experiment-69941

Librarians:
https://lithub.com/8-badass-librarians-we-need-to-celebrate-this-international-womens-day/

The 85% Rule:
https://medium.com/swlh/85-percent-rule-a4a9c80b96bf

Canadian KitKats:
https://www.narcity.com/why-kitkat-taste-different-in-canada-us-shocked-try-it

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Achoo! Cueiform O'Clock! Tortoise: Back. New weird guy. Executioner clown frog?! Four eyed opossums! Polar bears: leaving. Dog: not wolf. Where is the art?
New Weird Guy:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/nyregion/mickey-barreto-new-yorker-hotel-fraud.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Come Back Tortoise:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/galapagos-tortoise-once-believed-extinct-is-now-roaming-free/
Super old language:
https://www.reuters.com/science/40000-year-old-german-artifacts-may-display-written-language-precursor-2026-02-24/
Please look at this art:
https://www.modernillustration.org
Yeti crab:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Galath%C3%A9e_y%C3%A9ti%2C_un_habitant_des_profondeurs_abyssales_%28Ifremer_00569-68091_-_25272%29.jpg
Hasselhoff Crab:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Close_up_of_Hoff_crab_carapace.jpg
https://deepseanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/press13-11crab.jpg
Crab pile:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dense_mass_of_anomuran_crab_Kiwa_around_deep-sea_hydrothermal_vent.jpg/960px-Dense_mass_of_anomuran_crab_Kiwa_around_deep-sea_hydrothermal_vent.jpg
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Unsung Typing Heroes! Toothy Rock! Troll Report! GigaMoon! Bennu Update! Gay Sheep! Nerd Win! Octopus followup! Lord Robare wants to help! Grandpa Pie!

Writer's wives:
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/

Tooth Rock:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v0ev05mdjo

Giga Moon:
https://cosmicbackground.io

Bennu update:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/stbcn0QB6C0

Gay Sheep:
https://rainbow-wool.com

Nasgul:
https://youtu.be/Qxq1bMy4XVg?si=TTFSPc6jcpvP47hX

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Dark Matter Center?! Moonrace! Problematic Norwegian! More Problematic Norwegians! Problematic Norwegian Words! Tiny non-norwegian robots! Blanket Octopuses?! The Rise of the Sea Walnut!

Dark Matter Center of the Galaxy:
https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/dark-matter-not-black-hole-could-power-milky-ways-heart

Mars Pivot:
https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/a-city-on-the-moon-why-spacex-shifted-its-focus-away-from-mars

Norway's Main Character:
https://defector.com/adulterous-norwegian-biathletes-appeal-denied

Small Cows:
https://pandarosaminiatureranch.com

Blanket Octopus Pics:
https://divernet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/9-Opened-Blanket-Octopus-female-ANZ-1-of-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg
https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize,to_auto,s_webp:avif/octonation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Blanket-Octopus-Tremoctopus-.gif
https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/80008/aImg/85121/blanket-octopus-male-vs-female-meta.png

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Norwegian tragedy! Unfortunate Positive AI News! Tubes! Snakes in Wrong Places! Deep Mines! Dwarves and Zombies! Frogs! The David of Buffalo! Big Dog! Tree Big! Squirrel Frozen! 20204 YR4 Update!
Big Dog Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/NJOiINRtmbc?si=bIxbqIlx5F9pllAD
Pando Tree Pic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29#/media/File:FallPando02.jpg
Pando Tree Surface Area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29#/media/File:Pando_Land_Mass_Outline.jpg
Medieval Frogs: https://www.medievalists.net/2025/10/medieval-frogs/
Floating Aluminum: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unsinkable-metal-discovery-could-build-safer-ships-and-harvest-wave-energy/
Train Snakes: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/snakes-on-a-train-king-cobras-may-be-riding-the-rails-in-india/
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