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UPI Odd News Minute

The Odd News Minute podcast from United Press International is a weekday roundup of hilarious and awe-inspiring stories. New world records, critter misadventures, freaky discoveries, serendipitous lottery wins -- it"s the best news you"ll hear all day.

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02:45

Baseball squirrel, Wisconsin pig chase

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/28

A squirrel runs out onto the field during a Detroit Tigers game and Wisconsin sheriff's deputies find an unusual way to capture a loose pig on today's especially midwestern UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:03

Elephant seal comes to town, man swims with sharks

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2025/05/27

An elephant seal wanders out of the ocean into a residential neighborhood in South Africa, an endurance swimmer swims 59 miles around Martha's Vineyard for shark conservation and a Washington zoo's escaped East African crowned crane returns home on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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04:10

Odds and Ends: Ship in the yard, crusty turtle

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/23

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a Norwegian man waking up to find a cargo ship in his yard, a sea turtle found covered in 1.5 pounds of barnacles and other organisms, an East African crowned crane's escape from a Washington zoo and a kangaroo named Irwin making his second escape from home in Colorado. For these stories and more, visit

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02:48

New York Pigeon Fest, news anchor in labor

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2025/05/22

New York's elevated park The High Line announces it will celebrate controversial birds with Pigeon Fest on June 14 and CBS6 Albany's Olivia Jaquith anchors the morning news show while in labor on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:16

When cows fly, mystery light was 'not STEVE'

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2025/05/21

Stranded cows get airlifted out of a Swiss village under threat of rockslide, an astronomer identifies a mysterious light in the sky over Arizona and an Iranian man balances 96 spoons on his body on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:02

Snake under the hood, water-tossing

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/20

A Missouri woman spots a snake peeking out from under the hood of her car, David "Record Breaker" Rush throws water for a world record and an alligator is fished out of a North Carolina pool on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:34

Wildlife rescuers don bear suits, world record gets...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/19

A baby bear at San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center is being raised by caretakers wearing bear suits and a town in France breaks a world record with 3,076 people in Smurf costumes on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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05:48

Odds and Ends: Moose maternity, naked 5k

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/16

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a cat that escaped from a vet and walked nearly 3 miles home, a moose that gave birth on the lawn at an Alaska hospital, a "clothing-optional" 5k race in South Carolina and an alligator "chillin'" in a pipe underneath a Florida road. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute

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03:09

3-inch dog, bear steals trail camera

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2025/05/15

An Ontario woman's 3-inch-tall dog might be the smallest in the world, a trail camera "theft" in New Hampshire is found to be the work of a bear and a fawn is rescued from a Texas storm drain on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:36

Duck triggers speed camera, robot solves Rubik's cube

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/14

A fast-flying duck triggers a speed camera in a Swiss town seven years to the day after an identical incident and a Purdue team's robot breaks the world record for solving a Rubik's cube puzzle on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:09

Cat quinceañera, Cedar Point alpaca escape

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/13

A quinceañera for a Texas woman's 15-year-old cat goes viral and saves a rescue group from closing down and three alpacas escape from the petting zoo at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:22

Goat interferes with cycling race, baby raccoons at...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/12

A goat collides with a cyclist during the Giro d'Italia race and three baby raccoons are rescued from inside a wall at San Francisco's Chase Center on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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04:34

Odds and Ends: Soccer throw, Florida kangaroo update

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/09

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a dog rescued from Lake Michigan on a Chicago beach, a record-breaking soccer throw-in, a lost cat found after 3 years and an update to an earlier story about a kangaroo on the loose in Florida. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:09

Bear steals beehive, ocelot on the loose

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/08

A bear breaks into an Ohio apiary and steals an entire beehive, a flock of loose sheep turn up near a Texas elementary school and an ocelot is on the loose in Jamaica on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:02

98 iguana eggs, flying cat

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/07

Reptile specialists remove 98 iguana eggs from a single Florida yard and a Texas cat jumps a record-breaking distance of 8 feet and 5 inches on today's egg-celent UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:20

Boy orders 70,000 lollipops from Amazon, mystery...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/06

A Kentucky woman's young son orders $4,200 worth of Dum-Dum suckers from Amazon, a mystery kangaroo is caught on camera hopping down the middle of a Florida road and a Tennessee zoo's escaped peacock is found in a neighbor's back yard on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:56

Baseball ducks, bull rides a scooter

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/05

A pair of ducks interrupt a Missouri baseball game, a bull steals a parked motor scooter and a pair of library books are returned to an English college 20 years late on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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04:27

Odds and Ends: Dropped dimes, David Rush returns

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/02

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a truck that spilled $800,000 worth of dimes, a man who can pop his eyes out of their sockets, a turtle's Lego mobility aid and the return of David "Record Breaker" Rush. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:59

Cookies for bear, highway gator

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/05/01

A Florida woman escapes a bear by giving it a bag of cookies and a large alligator is wrangled on the median of a busy highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:08

Alabama kangaroo crash, seagull screeching championship

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2025/04/30

An escaped kangaroo hops onto an Alabama highway and causes a two-vehicle crash and Britain's "Seagull Boy" scores his second consecutive victory in the European Championship Gull Screeching event on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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