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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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02:30

Barefoot woman runs across Legos, bison escapes for...

UPI Odd News Minute ·

2025/09/04

A New Zealand woman breaks the Guinness World Record for running 100 meters barefoot across a track of Lego bricks and a bison escapes its enclosure in Poland and raids a neighbor's garden 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

Wallet found after 51 years, kangaroo jailbreak

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2025/09/03

Workers renovating an Ontario high school find a wallet lost by a student in 1974 and multiple kangaroos escape from the Waco Wildlife Rescue in Texas 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

Toucan behind the dishwasher, long-lost time capsule

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2025/09/02

A trapped toucan is rescued from behind his owner's dishwasher in Virginia and a New York high school finally finds a long-lost time capsule that had been meant to be opened in 2017 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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05:23

Odds and Ends: Orange shark, free corn

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2025/08/29

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 world's first documented orange nurse shark, a truck crash causing a Colorado county to give out free corn, a pair of Texas animal rescuers in a slippery situation and Connecticut's "Croc King" earning a Guinness World Records title. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News

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03:06

Car wash snake, deer in the pool

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2025/08/28

A large snake is found trespassing at a Texas car wash, a deer is rescued from a Michigan swimming pool and David Rush takes wet sponge hits to the face for Guinness World Records title 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

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

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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,...

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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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