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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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02:25

Lost cash was not a scam, baby bird fed by puppet

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/04/29

A Michigan State Police trooper tries to return $5,000 in lost cash to a resident who confuses the calls for a scam and a New York zoo uses a hand-puppet to feed a newly hatched king vulture on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:44

Dachshund found after 529 days in the wild, margarita...

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2025/04/28

A miniature dachshund is rescued after 529 days in the wild on Australia's Kangaroo Island and a snake falls out of a Virginia restaurant's ceiling and into a diner's drink 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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04:33

Odds and Ends: Surfing dogs, woodpecker vandal

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2025/04/25

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 the 2025 East Dog Dog Surfing Festival in Florida, a woodpecker terrorizing a Massachusetts town, an alligator in a trash can and a Cyprus man with incredible balancing skills. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:53

'Zedonk' escape, Minions mania

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2025/04/23

A zebra-donkey hybrid escapes from a Michigan farm and an Australian woman's collection of Minions earns a Guinness World Record 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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03:21

Boozy chimps, 'bottle kicking' contest

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2025/04/22

British researchers observe chimpanzees sharing alcohol in West Africa and a pair of villages face off in the annual Hallaton Bottle Kicking contest in England. 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

Quicksand romance, Easter beer hunt

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2025/04/21

A Lake Michigan's man encounter with quicksand ends with romance a Belgian brewery holds the "World's Biggest Beer Hunt" for Easter 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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05:12

Odds and Ends: Alpaca's adventure, Dolly Parton airport

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2025/04/18

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 an escaped alpaca in New York, a herd of cows parading through Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a zoo's search for a fugitive beaver and a campaign to rename Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and

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03:17

Manhattan turkey, 49-year-old message in a bottle

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2025/04/17

The only wild turkey to ever visit Manhattan makes her return to the New York island and a pair of brothers combing a beach in the Bahamas find a Massachusetts student's message in a bottle from 1976 on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:05

'Book brigade' moves store, raccoon in tight spot

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2025/04/16

A Michigan bookstore convenes a "book brigade" to relocate its inventory to a new location one book at a time, a raccoon gets stuck in a Massachusetts storm drain grate and the San Antonio Zoo welcomes a newly-hatched pygmy falcon 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

Crosswalk prank targets Elon Musk, earthquake elephants

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2025/04/15

Crosswalk buttons in three California cities are hacked to play hoax audio recordings of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and the elephants at the San Diego Zoo form an "alert circle" during an earthquake 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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03:15

Dog on the roof, 'Star Wars' weddings

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2025/04/14

A dog is rescued from the roof of a Connecticut home, a Las Vegas chapel offers "Star Wars" themed weddings for May 4 and the world's largest polar bear dip is held in the Czech Republic 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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04:49

Odds and Ends: Lost luggage, poop on the moon

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2025/04/11

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 the strangest and most expensive items found in unclaimed luggage, a deer that wandered into a Kentucky YMCA, an Alaska woman with the world's largest mouth gape and NASA's search for a solution to recycling poop on the moon. For these stories and more national, international, sports, entertainment, science and odd

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02:37

San Diego goat chase, TV reporter spots escaped snake

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/04/10

The San Diego Humane Society wrangles a goat found running loose in the city and a boa constrictor on the loose for 5 days in Sydney is found by a TV news reporter 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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02:54

Colorado cryptid, New Jersey's strangest beach finds

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2025/04/09

Colorado wildlife officials say a mysterious creature caught on camera in Pueblo "might be a raccoon" and a New Jersey environmental group revealed the weirdest items found during its beach clean-ups in 2024 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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02:47

Uber Lost & Found Index, restaurant fights flood with...

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2025/04/08

Uber's 2025 Lost & Found Index includes a mannequin with human hair, a live turtle and a 5-gallon bucket of beans, and a Kentucky restaurant owner floods the building with clean water to keep the filthy Ohio River waters out 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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02:59

Emu captured after nearly a year on the loose, sheep...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/04/07

An emu gets a new home at a New York zoo after wandering loose for nearly a year, a flock of 5 sheep wander into Washington traffic and a cruise company breaks a world record with Lego boats 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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04:37

Odds & Ends: Hawk terrorizes English village, turkeys...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/04/04

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 hawk's reign of terror over an English village coming to an end, a flock of turkeys chasing a Massachusetts mail carrier, a museum's gathering of people in banana hats and the latest installment of our recurring segment The Afternoon Rush. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News

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03:13

'Emotional support' tigers, highway horse adopted

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2025/04/03

A Nevada man says the seven tigers seized from his property were his emotional support animals and a Pennsylvania police officer adopts an escaped miniature horse that ran onto a 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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02:34

Same birthday card exchanged for 81 years, missing...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/04/02

A pair of women have been exchanging the same birthday card for 81 years and a Wisconsin zoo gives an update on its missing otters 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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05:30

April Fools' Day 2025

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/04/01

The UPI Odd News Minute is "celebrating" April Fools' Day with our annual roundup of the best pranks, gags and jocularities from the funniest people of all: huge corporations. For these stories (and actual news) visit UPI.com. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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