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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 46 first published Fri Nov 7, 2025.

When will we be Living Out Scenes from Back to the Future in real life? Maybe sooner than you think. #garbagefuel
https://www.popsci.com/technology/food-scraps-airplane-fuel/

Butternaise!
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/butternaise

Dog Found After the Old Smelly Socks Trick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYshKlr1NRo

500 very-much-alive people get a note to inform them that they have passed away.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/11/04/mainehealth-death-notices/5471762298648/

Louvre Museum Update: change your password maybe.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/louvre-heist-robbery-paris-museum-auditor-report

Real Life is Real: Mathematicians.
https://www.popsci.com/science/not-living-in-computer-simulation/

Wrapping Paper that Smells Like Cinnamon Buns!
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cinnabon-6

Comet 3I/ATLAS is still probably a comet.
https://studyfinds.org/alien-rumors-comet-3i-atlas-astronomers/

Join the Mouse Gym! #Bloodsugar
https://studyfinds.org/weightlifting-beats-cardio-blood-sugar/

Weird Spiral in the Sky was from a rocket.

Wait, I get to remember stuff better AND Eat Chocolate?!
https://studyfinds.org/dark-chocolate-sharpen-memory/

Attention grownups: Eat Breakfast or Don't. #BreakfastScience
https://studyfinds.org/skipping-breakfast-wont-make-you-less-sharp/