Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. FACT: Gossip can spread like a literal virusBy Annalee NewitzThis week’s episode features special guest Annalee Newitz. On this week’s episode of Weirdest Thing, Annalee dives into the summer of 1789—when something called the “Great Fear” swept across France. Studying these giant extinct animals can give us important insights into living animals and how to help them as they face modern problems. The dire wolves who roamed the Earth up until the end of the last ice age, may have had the same bone disease that plague cats and dogs today called osteochondrosis.