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RealThis man died more than 700 years ago—so why does he look like he got hit by a car?
What the article says. Popular Science published “This man died more than 700 years ago—so why does he look like he got hit by a car?.” In the piece, they put it this way: What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to Popular Science ’s hit podcast . The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals our editors can muster. If you like the stories in this post, we guarantee you’ll love the show. FACT: Death by trebuchet looks a lot like a car accident…
Why this stamp.
- “This man died more than 700 years ago—so why does he look like he got hit by a car?” names a checkable occurrence — actor and action that can be verified on the record. The desk is grading that documented event, not every surrounding take.
- Popular Science is reporting something that already happened, not a tip sheet or preview. A dated action, filing, score, or official step is on the page.
- The desk stamp Real is on the documented event — not a blessing of the surrounding spin. Spin can be wrong; the occurrence still has to clear the Real bar on its own.
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