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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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02:39

Mystery light, grilled hawk

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/22

A mysterious green light is caught on camera in the sky over Ontario, a red-tailed hawk is rescued from the front grill of an SUV and a cow escapes a trailer into Texas traffic 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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03:27

'Drug-addicted rats,' stuffed iguana emergency

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2025/01/21

Drugs stored in evidence lockers by the Houston Police Department are under seige from fiending rats and an iguana reported on the shoulder of a British Columbia highway turns out to be something else 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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03:30

Mountaineering goose, world's largest ice maze

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2025/01/15

U.S. Forest Service rangers rescue a goose stranded 10,000 feet up a California mountain, the Minnesota Ice Festival's ice maze earns a Guinness World Record and a cow wanders through the Kansas State University campus 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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03:22

Dinos on parade, 52 records in 52 weeks

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2025/01/13

A gathering of people dressed as dinosaurs breaks a Guinness World Record in Florida, a deer frees itself from a plastic jar in Chicago and Davd Rush breaks 52 Guinness World Records in 52 weeks 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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05:46

Odds and Ends: Loose lynx, underwater walking

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/10

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 lynx cats on the loose in Scotland, an Australian diver breaking the world record for walking underwater on a single breath, a runaway cow's Oregon adventure, a library book returned after 72 years and David Rush's latest Guinness World Records title. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the

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03:21

Don't eat your Christmas tree, red pandas escape zoo

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/09

Belgian food safety authorities warn residents not to eat their Christmas trees and a pair of red pandas escape from their enclosure at a Switzerland zoo 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

Christmas present found in wall after 46 years,...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/08

An Illinois man doing renovations at his parents' house finds a Christmas present that was intended for him to open in 1978 and the Saskatchewan RCMP reveals the province's most unusual 911 calls of 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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02:50

Town makes getting sick illegal, sea lion makes...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/07

An Italian town's mayor issues a proclamation banning residents from getting sick or injured and a sea lion evades capture while making multiple visits to a Vancouver Island 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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03:20

Mystery bananas, monkey in a tutu

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/06

Residents of Beeston, England, try to solve the mystery of bananas left on a street corner each month, a tutu-wearing spider monkey is captured in Missouri and a Chinese man throws playing cards to break two world records 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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04:54

Odds and Ends: Toilet paper trouble, massive wave

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/03

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 toilet manufacturer's warning about improper use of toilet paper, a California surfer's potentially record-breaking wave, a drone operator's dog rescue, an escaped emu in Maryland and an Indian martial arts collective's stunt involving a sledgehammer, coconuts and a blindfold. For these stories and more, visit

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02:54

'Person-shaped' object in the water, happy new deer

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/02

A British marine rescue team responds to a report of a "person-shaped" object in the water, a reptile wrangler finds a deadly snake hiding inside a lawn mower and a deer is rescued from between the slats of a fence on New Year's Day 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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05:53

10 Oddest Guinness World Records of 2024

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/01/01

The UPI Odd News Minute is celebrating New Year's Day by running down the list of the 10 oddest Guinness World Records broken in 2024. 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

New Year's balloon warning, pygmy hippo needs a name

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/31

Utility officials in Washington urge residents to be careful with mylar balloons during their New Year's festivities, a Virginia zoo seeks help naming its newborn pygmy hippo and a Polish city plunges residents into ice baths to attempt 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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03:07

Lego shark found after 27 years in the ocean, lost...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/30

A Lego shark is found by a fisherman off the coast of England after falling from a cargo ship in 1997 and a Florida family's lost dog returns home and rings the doorbell 9 days later 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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03:32

Odds and Ends: Wallabies escape, engagement ring lost...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/27

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 deadly snake lurking underneath a baby's bouncy chair, a pair of escaped wallabies in South Carolina, a Chinese satellite burning up in the atmosphere over the southern United States and an engagement ring lost in the Utah snow. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on

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02:19

Santa 'Claws' gets stuck, runaway rooster chase

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/24

A trapped cat is rescued from a Wyoming chimney and Alabama police chase a fugitive rooster around a church parking lot 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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02:51

Stolen baby Jesus returned, Monopoly world record

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/23

A baby Jesus statue stolen from a Colorado nativity scene is returned with an apology note and a British board game fan collects 4,379 different Monopoly sets 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

Fake snake, Texas monkey trouble, 'marry' Christmas

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/19

Police respond to a Massachusetts home to remove a trespassing snake that turned out to be a fake, a monkey on the loose is captured near San Antonio and Santa Claus visits an Oklahoma city to preside over 14 weddings 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

Pennsylvania pig captured, chicken wing world record

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/18

A pig on the loose for over a month in Pennsylvania is captured, a Georgia company cooks up a world record serving of chicken wings and a runaway dog is rescued from the ocean 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

Long-lost lunchbox, horse's grain silo misadventure

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/17

A plumber working at a Virginia elementary school finds a lunchbox lost more than 40 years earlier, a Detroit-area library declines to accept a book that was 50 years overdue and a horse is rescued from the basement of an abandoned grain silo in California 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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