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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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02:41

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

UPI Odd News Minute ·

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

UPI Odd News Minute ·

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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02:50

Houdini hound, cow in the pool

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/30

A Kentucky animal shelter shares video of an escape-artist dog getting out of his kennel, a cow ends up stranded in an Oklahoma family's backyard pool and a puppy gets her paw stuck in a bathroom drain 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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02:35

'Alien' caught on camera, ring rescued from river

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/29

A Compton, Calif., woman's doorbell camera captures video of what she believes to be an alien outside her home and a British diving team rescues a wedding ring dropped into a river 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

Highway alligator, lizard crosses state lines

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/28

An alligator is removed from Florida's Turnpike, an escaped water monitor lizard crosses a state line from Massachusetts to Connecticut and David Rush makes his return to record-breaking in 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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02:26

Cat burglar, trash panda in the trash

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/24

A literal cat burglar steals a New Zealand neighborhood's underwear and firefighters rescue a raccoon stuck in a trash can 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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02:40

Penny farthing records, thirsty emu

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/23

A British cyclist breaks two Guinness World Records on a penny farthing bike, Florida deputies rescue a thirsty emu and a coyote is extracted from the front bumper of a car 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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03:09

'Moo Deng' escape drill, snake on a train

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/22

Thailand's Khao Kheow Open Zoo holds an escape drill featuring a staff member dressed in a mascot costume resembling Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, an escaped ball python is rescued from a commuter train in a Chicago suburb and four cows are rescued from quicksand on a riverbank 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

Big lizard on the loose, world's biggest Gengar fan

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/21

A water monitor lizard escapes in a Massachusetts town and a Hong Kong man amasses the world's largest collection of his favorite Pokemon, Gengar. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

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04:33

Odds and Ends: Bear cancels golf, T-shirt causes...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/18

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 bear canceling a golf tournament in Japan, a T-shirt leading a woman to receive dozens of calls about a missing cat that doesn't exist, a dolphin rescued from a shallow lagoon and a goat stranded on a steep cliff. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and

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02:55

Soup for raccoon, Rosebud is a sled

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/17

A raccoon gets its head stuck in a soup can, the Rosebud sled from "Citizen Kane" sells big at an auction and a reported body stuck in a California canal turns out to be a blow-up doll 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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02:35

Lost dog catches a flight, largest scotch egg

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/07/16

A dog lost during a camping trip in Alaska is found by a pilot nine days later and a pair of British chefs cook up the world's largest scotch egg 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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