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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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03:03

Glue mistaken for eye drops, escaped serval captured

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/03/12

Colorado doctors warn of an increase in patients mistaking bottles of glue for their eye drops and an escaped African serval cat is safely returned to its Oklahoma 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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03:21

Boy demands jailtime for mom's ice cream theft,...

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2025/03/11

A 4-year-old calls 911 to demand his mother be arrested foir stealing his ice cream, the Deerfield 'pie house' sells for $350,000 in Illinois and Air India asks passengers to stop flushing clothing and other items after eight of a plane's 12 toilets were clogged on a recent flight. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:22

Comedy club bans Botox, swan on the highway

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2025/03/10

A London comedy club bans audience members who have had Botox injections, a swan causes a traffic jam on a Florida highway and skiers attempt to skin across anj 80-foot pond at a Pennsylvania resort 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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06:02

Odds and Ends: Duck breaks into jail, emergency...

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2025/03/07

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 duck breaking into a Georgia jail, an Oklahoma toddler calling 911 for "emergency dougnuts," a strong-stomached speed eater, an orchestra that plays with vegetables and the world's fastest paper plane. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:17

Pokémon-shaped Cheeto sells for $87,840, giraffe...

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2025/03/06

"Cheetozard," Flamin' Hot Cheeto shaped like the Pokémon Charizard, is auctioned for $87,840; a giraffe escapes from the Reid Park Zoo in Arizona to munch on a tree; and 15 horses escape from a Michigan barn and hit the 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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02:48

Cow escapes rodeo, abandoned sailboat

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/03/05

A heifer flees from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Texas and an abandoned sailboat on a Jersey Shore beach becomes an unlikely social media star 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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03:14

Opossum on the Bay Bridge, ballerina's daring splits

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/03/04

The California Highway Patrol chases a loose opossum on San Francisco's Bay Bridge and a ballerina does the splits across two moving ATVs to break a 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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03:24

Man wins lawsuit over pre-movie ads, giant goldfish

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2025/03/03

An Indian man successfully sues a movie theater chain for showing too many commercials before a film and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service researchers find a massive goldfish in a Pennsylvania waterway 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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05:05

Odds and Ends: Well-dressed kangaroo, road cow-struction

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2025/02/28

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 kangaroo wearing a red jacket on the loose in Texas, a raccoon mistaken for a bear in Connecticut, a red panda escaping from a Polish zoo and David Rush's bowling ball juggling world record. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:14

$19 strawberry, dog in a well

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2025/02/27

A $19 strawberry sold at Los Angeles' upscale grocery store Erewhon raises controversy on social media and a dog is rescued from a well underneath a Texas house 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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03:20

World's oldest llama, potato catastrophe

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/26

A 27-year-old North Carolina llama officially becomes the oldest in the world, a truck carrying a load of curly fries catches fire on a Maine highway and a raccoon dog is spotted on the loose in Wales 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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02:29

Skier's near-miss with deer, class ring's 44-year...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/25

A skier nearly collides with a deer on an Oklahoma slope and a class ring missing since 1981 turns up in a Missouri man's garden 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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03:19

World's largest cheese fondue, horse stuck in a bridge

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/24

A French cheese company serves up the world's largest cheese fondue and a horse falls backside-first through a wooden bridge 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: Highland cow in Connecticut,...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/21

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 Scottish highland bull on the loose in Connecticut, a "remarkably rotund" beaver in Chicago, a venomous snake in a washing machine and David Rush's latest juggling record. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:43

Escaped porcupine, world's smallest Lego

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/20

Tennessee wildlife authorities round up an escaped pet porcupine and a British artist creates a sculpture of a Lego brick roughly the size of a white blood cell 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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03:07

Bear squatter, slide chart collector

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2025/02/19

A second Eaton fire evacuee returns to his California home to find a bear living in his crawlspace and a Pennsylvania man earns a Guinness World Record for his collection of slide charts 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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03:12

'Snow village' apologizes for fake snow, Florida...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/18

The Chengdu Snow Village in China apologizes to visitors for using fake snow made from cotton and researchers document 35 animal species, including alligators and raccoons, wandering through the sewers of Gainesville, Fla., on today's UPI Odd News Minute. Follow 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

Seal in the city, snake stows away in bananas

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/17

A gray seal is found wandering the streets of a Connecticut city, a venomous snake is found in a New Hampshire store's shipment of bananas and an Oklahoma man amasses the world's largest collection of bricks 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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05:22

Odds and Ends: Whale swallows kayaker, world's...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/14

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 kayaker who ended up in the mouth of a humpback whale, the world's longest marriage, a 14-year-old "human calculator" from India and a coyote stuck in a nearly-empty retention pond. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:04

Cat and lamb win 'Couple of the Year,' 104-year-old...

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2025/02/13

A cat and a lamb living at the Odessa Zoo in Ukraine win the zoo's annual "Couple of the Year" contest, a 104-year-old New York woman celebrates her birthday at the county jail and a mule is rescued from a mud pit in Washington 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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