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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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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

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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

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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...

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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...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

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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03:26

Opossum eats a Costco cake, animal art up for auction

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2025/02/12

An opossum wanders into a Nebraska family's back yard and eats an entire chocolate mousse cake from Costco and the Animal Adventure Park and Preserve in New York prepares to auction artwork created by animals 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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03:44

Bounty for escaped salmon, cat grounds plane for 2 days

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/11

Seafood company Mowi offers a $45-per-fish bounty for the recapture of 27,000 escaped salmon, a stowaway cat grounds a Ryanair flight for two days and a Minnesota disc golf player complete's the world's fastest round of the game 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

Monkey causes nationwide blackout, 'King Kong' the...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/10

A buffalo named King Kong is named the tallest in the world with a height of over 6 feet, a monkey knocks out electricity to the entire nation of Sri Lanka and David Rush takes bites of apples while juggling to break 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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04:55

Odds and Ends: Cat in a well, skateboarding dog

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/07

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 cat rescued from a well in Virginia, a Japanese dog breaking a world record on his skateboard, a stuffed rabbit's reunion with its 6-year-old owner after being left at an airport, an owl that got stuck in the front of a truck and a lost dog being found nine years after going missing. For these stories and more,

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02:56

Elephant poop for Valentine's, 102 snakes removed...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/06

The Memphis Zoo offers to send your ex a video of an elephant pooping for Valentine's Day and an Australian snake catcher rounds up 102 venomous red-bellied black snakes in a single 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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03:18

Scottish cat ban, hotel room seal

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/05

Scotland's first minister denies the government has any plans to ban pet cats after a report sparked rumors online, animal rescuers in the Netherlands remove a seal found taking a nap in a hotel room and a long-lost silent film from 1915 is rediscovered in a New York warehouse 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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02:44

Ice crashes through Florida roof, alligator in the pool

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/04

A mysterious chunk of falling ice crashes through the roof of a Florida home, a deputy helps remove an alligator from a backyard pool and a Chinese chef makes the world's thinnest handmade noodle 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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03:34

Shark's immaculate conception, bat in the pool

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/02/03

A baby swell shark hatches at Louisiana's Shreveport Aquarium despite no males being present in the tank and a bat is rescued from the pool at an Australian hotel 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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