The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Popular Science
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learn…
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Ranking history
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- Best position
- 21
- 7-day change
- +7
- Days charted
- 7
- First seen
- 24 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026
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Recent movement
| Date | Chart | Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Spotify · United States · science | 21 | Unchanged |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Apple · United States · science | 56 | Down 4 places |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Spotify · United States · science | 21 | Up 2 places |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Apple · United States · science | 52 | Unchanged |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Apple · Canada · science | 93 | Down 17 places |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Spotify · United States · science | 23 | Unchanged |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Apple · United States · science | 52 | Down 6 places |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Apple · Canada · science | 76 | Up 15 places |
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