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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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03:24

Maryland museum's mystery machine, 'disturbing' hand...

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2024/10/30

A Maryland historical society is seeking the public's help to identify a mysterious machine donated to its museum, a New Zealand city waves goodbye to a "disturbing" hand sculpture that has been atop its art gallery for five years and a Romanian pianist hits a single piano key 500 times in 30 seconds 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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03:13

Bear takes out the trash, sorting Peanut M&M's

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2024/10/29

A bear stands on its hind legs to roll an Alabama couple's trash can away, David Rush sorts Peanut M&M's by color in record time and an alligator puts in an appearance on a Florida airport runway 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

Quicksand rescue, zoo's escaped parrots fly 60 miles

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2024/10/28

A pair of sheep are rescued from quicksand at England's Morecambe Bay, two parrots that escaped from the London Zoo are found 60 miles away in Cambridgeshire and a Georgia police department tells amorous couples to "get a room" after an incident outside a McDonald's on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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04:47

Odds and Ends: Zoo bat's great escape, Paddington's...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/25

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 a sneaky bat's clever escape from a German zoo, a pair of twin sister skaters breaking two world records, a fictional bear getting a real passport, a library book that was 101 years overdue and a Saskatchewan town where no one is running for mayor. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI

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03:11

'Mysterious winged and horned creature,' Colorado...

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2024/10/24

England's Bristol Zoo attempts to identify a "mysterious winged and horned creature" (it's a deer), an escaped kangaroo hops through a Colorado city and three bears make a meal out of a North Carolina family's Halloween pumpkins 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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03:04

Chopstick champ, sewer candy

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2024/10/23

A Bangladesh woman breaks a Guinness World Record for eating one grain of rice at a time with chopsticks, reptile wranglers capture a loose lizard on the roof of an Australian home and a sewer blockage in England turns out to have been caused by candy wrappers 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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03:00

Orca's smelly revenge, supermarket cockatoo

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2024/10/22

An orca splashes the audience with poop at a SeaWorld San Antonio show, a kangaroo escapes while fleeing a bear in Florida and a cockatoo is rescued after nearly a month trapped in a Sydney grocery store 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

Airport sets 'hug time' limit in drop-off zone,...

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2024/10/21

New Zealand's Dunedin Airport limits "hug time" in drop-off zones to three minutes, mysterious holes on the banks of Florida rivers are identified as the work of invasive fish and David "Record Breaker" Rush uses his breath to move a playing card on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Join the conversation by following the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:42

Odds and Ends: Seal on the train tracks, colossal kebab

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2024/10/18

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 a seal that parked on the railroad tracks in the Wellington area, a Cyprus festival's 246-foot sheftalia kebab, the capture of the suburban Chicago caracal on the loose and a 2,471-pound pumpkin. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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02:49

Ambulance station cat's eviction canceled,...

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2024/10/17

A London Ambulance Service station's resident cat is allowed to stay after public outcry and the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City opens a 100-year-old time capsule on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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03:09

Officer 'attacked' by inflatable pumpkin, giant pants

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/16

An Ohio police officer is "attacked" by a runaway inflatable pumpkin, an Arctic fox on the loose is captured in Oregon and a Chinese company makes the world's largest pair of jeans on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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03:07

Steel chestnut conk-troversy, snake in Dodgers dugout

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2024/10/15

The World Conker Championships in Britain faces a potential cheating scandal involving a steel chestnut and a snake pays a visit to the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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03:19

Michigan beer baby, Christmas owl comes early

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/14

A baby is born in the parking lot of his parents' favorite Kalamazoo microbrewery, an owl flies into an historic Georgia mansion to perch on a Christmas tree and an Indian man builds the world's smallest washing machine on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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04:55

Odds and Ends: Alaska's fattest bear, 'Beetlejuice'...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/11

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 winner of Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week, a California "traffic yam," a "Beetlejuice" inspired pumpkin mosaic, a man climbing the height of Everest on his home stairs and the latest feat from record-breaker David Rush. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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03:04

Alligator bites tire, hot dog pics earn world record

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/10

An alligator bites a moving car's tire in Hurricane Milton floodwaters, an Ohio restaurant chain breaks a Guinness World Record for photos of hot dogs and a Colorado resident finds a large snake trespassing inside their home on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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02:54

Loose lemur in Houston park, raccoons descend on...

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2024/10/09

A lemur on the loose is caught in Houston's Bear Creek Park and a Washington woman's house is surrounded by nearly 100 raccoons on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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02:54

Raccoon causes chaos at Broncos game, artwork...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/08

A raccoon runs through the stands at the Denver Broncos-Las Vegas Raiders game and a work of art bearing a strong resemblance to a pair of discarded beer cans is mistakenly thrown into the trash at a Netherlands museum on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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02:59

Lost letter returned after 48 years, brothers-in-law...

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2024/10/07

A British woman's application to be a motorcycle stunt rider is returned after being lost in the mail for 48 years, a pair of brothers-in-law break their own world record for pulling cars and two dogs are found running loose on a Washington highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.

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04:50

Odds and Ends: Metro Detroit alligator, escaped...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/04

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 an alligator found underneath a resident's car in a Detroit suburb, an escaped circus camel wandering a road in France, a narrowly-evaded $1,055.49 late fee at an Ontario library, a deadly snake slithering through a retail store and the latest Guinness World Record-breaking feat from David Rush. For these stories

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03:11

Escaped goat joins half-marathon, 'Doctor Who'...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2024/10/03

An escaped goat joins a half-marathon race in Newfoundland and Labrador, a painting bought for $50 at a barn sale is expected to fetch up to $200,000 at auction and a Chicago-area father and son earn a Guinness World Record for their collection of "Doctor Who" memorabila. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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