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Episode 13: Lab-grown Meat, Big Brother in Your Bathroom, and Shenzhen Bans Eating Your Pets Apr 08, 2020

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The steaks of the future may be grown in a lab. Some Stanford scientists want to collect your personal bathroom data, including your buttprint, and send it to the cloud. Shenzhen has officially banned the consumption of some wild animals, as well as pets. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 12: Testing Centers Under Attack, Dogs Behind The Wheel, and the Sex Toy Sales are Through the Roof Apr 07, 2020

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Residents of a neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, rioted and attempted to dismantle a coronavirus testing center, fearing it would only spread the disease. A dog led a high-speed car chase in Washington. And forget toilet paper -- people are hoarding Nintendo Switches (and sex toys). Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 11: BooberEats, Radioactive Forest Fires and Tigers Get COVID, Too Apr 06, 2020

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An entrepeneurial strip club owner is trying an unorthodox strategy to save his employees and his business, radiation at the site of the world's biggest nuclear accident spikes as a forest fire rages in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and tigers at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 10: Florida Man Burns 10 Acres in Explosive Gender Reveal Party, The First Lunar Base be Made of Pee, and Americans are Howling Apr 03, 2020

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A Florida gender reveal party went explosively wrong, studies show urine could be a fundamental material for the future construction of a lunar base, and US residents across the country started recreationally howling to stave off cabin fever. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 9: Other World Celebrations, Life on Mars, and an Intentional Trainwreck Apr 02, 2020

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Since April Fools' Day was canceled, why not celebrate some of today's lesser known holidays and observances? Also, learn how discovery of strange life on the ocean floor may help humanity's search for life on Mars, and learn the troubling story of the conspiracy theorist train engineer who intentionally wrecked a train in an apparent attack on a hospital ship. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 8: April Fools' Day is Canceled, The New Giant Sloth, and NASA Hits Stuff With Shovels Apr 01, 2020

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The usually divisive internet has agreed to cancel April Fools' Day, paleomntologists are learning more about a weird, giant sloth that may have met early humans, and NASA, at its wit's end over, is remotely using a shovel to knock an instrument into position on Mars. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 7: Animals Take Over, The Tiger King Cold Case, and Criminal Curfews in Brazil Mar 31, 2020

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Are animals really taking over in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak? Has The Tiger King inspired law enforcement to search for new leads in the disappearance of Don Lewis? And why have Brazil's drug gangs taken it upon themselves to impose curfews and santiation rules for the residents of the favelas? Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 6: A Cure For HIV, The Death of the Grim Sleeper, and Poop Tool Mar 30, 2020

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The world's second person has been cured of HIV, the notorious serial killer known as The Grim Sleeper is dead, and a new online tool can help you calculate how long your current toilet paper stash will last. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 5: Kim Jong-Un's Sister Takes Over North Korea, Fake Dead Sea Scrolls, and Escobar's Hippos Mar 28, 2020

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Why is North Korean leader Kim Jong-un passing the reins of power to his sister? The Museum of the Bible just learned its Dead Sea Scroll collection is phony, and Pablo Escobar's wild colony of Colombian hippos may actually be helping the native ecosystem. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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Episode 4: A Comet Comes To Town, South Korea's Nth Room Scandal, and the Race to Reverse Aging Mar 26, 2020

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A recently discovered comet may soon light up the skies, authorities bust a massive online abuse empire in South Korea, and Stanford scientists may be turning back the clock on aging. Join Ben Bowlin for more Strange News Daily, and share your stories on Twitter: #strangedaily

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