Strange Realm - Ep. 119 - July 6th, 2025

On this episode we bring you a gigantic and fast-moving show as we look at the strangest and most startling news of the week, including a large, mysterious new object flying through our solar system at high velocity, a study that suggests the Huns had Siberian (not Turkic) roots, rediscovered sketches in a Da Vinci notebook suggest he had an understanding of gravity over a century before Newton's theories, and we look at a technique called "cognitive shuffling," which might help insomniacs get to sleep. All of this and then, after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher continues reading from "Beware of the Woods," by Tony Urban.

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Notes:
- Mysterious new object flying through our solar system
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/large-unidentified-object-detected-entering-our-solar-system/
- The Huns have Siberian roots
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/european-huns-had-ancient-siberian-roots/
- Da Vinci sketches about gravity predate Newton
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/forgotten-sketches-by-leonardo-da-vinci-suggest-that-he-understood-gravity-decades-before-newton/
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2019/06/explore-leonardos-notebooks.html
https://www.newton.ac.uk/about/isaac-newton/isaac-newtons-life/
- Cognitive shuffling might help you get to sleep
https://www.sciencealert.com/cognitive-shuffling-really-could-help-insomniacs-get-to-sleep
- Beware of the Woods
https://www.amazon.com/Beware-Woods-Stories-Unexplained-Encounters/dp/B0C63RJ77H

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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