Season 1 Plot
The natural world is full of strange science and bizarre connections. This series navigates the weird and wonderful, offering a refreshing and very different take on our planet.
Weird Wonders of the World Season 1 aired on September 3rd, 2015.
Season 1 Episodes
1. Nevada Sky
Revealing the secrets behind the world's weirdest events from a bird-killing solar death ray to a monkey that's learned first aid.
2. Fishy Oil Slick
Revealing the secrets of a suspiciously fishy oil slick, the mysterious cause of a lemming's extreme anger, and how one man can see using his ears.
3. Animal Oddities
Meet a man who gets drunk without touching even a single drop of alcohol thanks to his strange metabolism. Also featuring a look at some chart-topping molecular music.
4. Whirlwind
Featuring a whirlwind wedding ceremony, some exploding rocks, and a woman whose twin was discovered inside her brain.
5. Deadly Poisonous Frogs
A look at how deadly poisonous frogs can help people save lives; why people see faces in nearly everything, from clouds to burnt toast; and how one woman's pants spontaneously burst into flame.
6. Mysteries
What causes a mysterious glacier to bleed red? How did an electrician get tattooed by a lightning bolt? And what is the story of the man who has a tooth for an eye?
7. Bizzare
Featuring the oversized rats who save human lives by sniffing out landmines, as well as one very odd-looking, living rock and a flame-filled firenado.
8. Beneath
How can a lake form beneath an ocean? Can money really grow on trees? Plus, discover how bird brains are being used to battle human diseases.