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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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03:01

Postcard arrives 72 years late, 'dinosaur' turtle...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/27

A postcard arrives at an Ottawa, Ill., post office 72 years after being mailed from New York and a Washington state lifeguard captures a massive alligator snapping turtle found lurking underneath a dock on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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03:06

City proposes screen time limits, horse rescued from...

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2025/08/26

A Japanese city considers an ordinance to limit screen time to two hours outside of work and school obligations and Nevada emergency responders hoist a horse out of a swimming pool 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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03:01

Skinny turtle, baseball squirrel

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/25

Peanut, a turtle with a unique peanut-shaped shell, turns 41 in Missouri and a squirrel that interrupted a New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game gets its own Topps baseball card 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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04:05

Odds and Ends: Ice cream bear, skater skunk

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/22

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 a bear that broke into an ice cream parlor, a dog rescued from a pretzel jar, a skunk stuck in a skate park and a class ring that spent 56 years in the Long Island Sound. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:45

Hambone winner, too many neckties

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2025/08/21

A California dog wins the Hambone Award for fighting off a rampaging bull and a Canadian politician puts on 360 neckties 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

12-foot python caught in South Carolina,...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/20

A 12-foot snake on the loose in South Carolina for several weeks is safely wrangled by a family of animal lovers and a fox rescued from a 30-foot-deep drain pipe in Florida is mistaken for a puppy and a coyote 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

Raccoon burglars, ponies go prancing

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/19

A gang of "masked suspects" break into a Wisconson home, a herd of eight ponies escape from a Massachusetts stable and Ohio police engage in a slow-speed chase with a "colossal" tortoise on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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02:50

Shark bites surfboard, man gets stuck in playground...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/18

An Australian surfer escapes without injury when a great white shark bites his board in half and a 40-year-old man gets stuck inside a slide at a Connecticut playground 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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05:41

Odds and Ends: Wallet's 11-year road trip,...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/15

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 lost wallet that spent 11 years under the hood of a vehicle, a manatee's rare visit to Massachusetts, a venomous snake found on a model train set and a pig that escaped a birthday party and ran to an Illinois school. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and

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02:51

Elderly man scolds koala, 2.3-carat diamond found at...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/14

An 82-year-old man rescues -- and subsequently scolds -- a koala stranded in the middle of a Queensland, Australia, road and a visitor to Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park goes home with a 2.3-carat gem 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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02:41

Mysterious sky spiral, Chicago sheep

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/13

A mysterious spiral of light is spotted in the night sky over the East Coast and a loose sheep escapes slaughter and ties up Chicago 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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02:33

Lightning strike caught on camera, Pennsylvania...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/12

A South Carolina police officer's dashboard camera records a lightning strike on a utility pole and a Pennsylvania kayaker hooks a 4-foot gator while fishing 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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02:57

Starbucks bans printers, eating beans with a toothpick

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/11

Starbucks Korea posts notices banning customers from setting up desktop computers and printers at cafes and David Rush assembles a team of four to take on the Guinness World Record for eating baked beans with toothpicks 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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04:30

Odds and Ends: Pomeranian vs. Bear

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/08

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 burglar bear being chased out of a house by a 6-pound Pomeranian, 82,000 rubber ducks floating down the Chicago River, the world's tallest sunflower and the USDA using a scene from "Marriage Story" to scare wolves. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and

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02:41

Kansas mystery creature, kitten gets bricked

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/07

Wildlife experts in Kansas disagree about the identity of a mystery animal caught on camera in the northeastern part of the state and a kitten in Scotland gets its head stuck through a hole in a brick 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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02:32

17th annual Hambone Award finalists

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/06

Nationwide Pet Insurance reveals the finalists for the 17th annual Hambone Award, which celebrates "the unexpected, the unusual and downright outrageous" ways that pets end up needing a veterinary visit 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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02:33

Falling fish fire, talented wiener dog

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2025/08/05

A power outage and brush fire in British Columbia is caused by a fish dropped by an osprey and a Texas dashshund breaks a world record with his ability to remove caps from plastic bottles 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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02:45

Mascot vs bear, Goose no longer loose

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2025/08/04

A grizzly bear charges at the Seattle Kraken's mascot, Buoy the sea troll, and a 5-foot-long lizard named Goose is finally captured after two weeks on the loose 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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04:22

Odds and Ends: Paddleboarding pooches

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/08/01

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 three world records being broken at the U.K. Dog Surfing Championship, a raccoon stuck in a dumpster, a calf rescued from an underground pipe and an update on Goose the fugitive water monitor lizard. 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

Sea lion in the road, world's oldest alpaca

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/31

A sea lion is rescued from a California road, a New Zealand farm's alpaca is named the oldest in the world and police chase a loose goat through a Colorado neighborhood 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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