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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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05:53

10 Oddest Guinness World Records of 2024

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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

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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03:26

Dog on a ledge, gathering of angels

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2024/12/16

A dog is rescued from the ledge on a Florida highway bridge, a falcon with an "injured" wing gets loose inside an Arizona animal care officer's patrol car and a Philippines town breaks a world record by gathering people in angel 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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05:25

Odds and Ends: Cassowary cosplay 'escape,'...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/13

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 Australian zoo's unusual escape drill, the largest bear ever documented in Mississippi, a Spanish Scrabble champion who doesn't speak Spanish, a deer rescued from a Michigan bay, and David Rush's latest record-breaking feat. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on

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03:14

Pokemon cards, 'quicksand' rescue

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/12

A pair of British brothers amass the world's largest collection of Pokemon cards, a hiker is hoisted out of waste-deep mud in West Virginia and a cliff-diving sheep attempts to steal some rescue equipment 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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03:46

Googly eyes, spreadsheet feats and tiny "Pong"

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/11

An Oregon city asks residents to stop putting googly eyes on public sculptures, a Canadian man wins the Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas and a college student builds the world's smallest arcade machine 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

Warthog escapes zoo, engagement photo shoot disaster

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/10

A warthog escapes from its enclosure at a Florida zoo and is located via thermal drone, an engagement ring falls down a sewer drain during an Ohio photo shoot and a Long Island man skateboards from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic 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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03:17

Oldest wild bird lays an egg, melted chocolate on the...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/09

The world's oldest known wild bird lays an egg at the age of 74, a truck fire covers a California highway in melted chocolate and a Pennsylvania town attempts a Guinness World Record for the largest "Macarena" dance 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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05:08

Odds and Ends: Lost pug's great adventure, Tim...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/06

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 California pug's 400-mile trip to Oregon, a champion jockey leaving his three Melbourne Cup trophies in a taxi, a restaurant's record-breaking serving of kebab meat, an Alberta steer known for his trips to Tim Hortons and the latest feat by David "Record Breaker" Rush. For these stories and more, visit

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02:54

World's oldest newlyweds, bear out-Grinches the Grinch

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/05

A 100-year-old man and a 102-year-old woman earn a Guinness World Record as the oldest couple to get married and a bear walks off with a Florida family's inflatable Grinch Christmas decoration 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

Asian deer escape zoo, top TikTok trends of 2024

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/04

A herd of 14 fallow deer escape from a Michigan zoo, a German man drinks lemon and lime juice to reclaim his Guinness World Records titles and TikTok reveals the top trends 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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02:58

Life in an underwater capsule, king penguin gender...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/03

A German man attempts a Guinness World Record by living for 120 days in an underwater capsule and a British zoo discovers a penguin formerly known as "Maggie" is actually "Magnus" 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

Suspiciously smooth candy bar, deadly snake climbs...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/12/02

A British man unwraps a Mars bar (aka a Milky Way bar) to discover its missing its signature chocolate swirl and a driver pulls over on an Australian highway when she discovers a venomous tiger snake climbing her leg 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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