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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Yosemite National Park asks visitors to stop leaving their used toilet paper behind, a Colorado dog starts a kitchen fire in its owner's home and a New Jersey man collects a full set of order slips from convenience store chain Wawa on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Florida Fish and Wildlife researchers find an unusually crooked longnose gar during a survey and a team of British teens ride the entire London Underground in record time on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: Patagonian mara on the loose, aggressive anti-littering
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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 Patagonian mara on the loose in Colorado, a New York town's aggressive anti-littering campaign, a sheep named Waldo that escaped slaughter and the identity of a …
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Unidentified Driving Object, 11 little piggies
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An unusual UFO-shaped vehicle is pulled over twice, 11 pigs run loose in a California neighborhood and a gathering of centenarians breaks a world record in Italy on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Coin flip resolves 7-7 primary vote, 'Tenty McTentface'
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A 7-7 tie in an Oregon primary race is resolved with an ultimately meaningless coin flip and the famous Broad Street Market in Pennsylvania announces the finalists in a vote to name its new tent on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Military horse escape, world's smartest chicken
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Military horses escape in London for the second time in three months, Guinness World Records creates a new category for a brainy British Columbia chicken and our recurring David Rush segment finally gets a name on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: Candidate makes history by getting zero votes
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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 Canadian man who became the first candidate in the nation's history to get zero votes in a contested federal election, a mysterious monolith discovery in Colorad…
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Manure truck crash creates 'waterfall of brown,' kinkajou found at Washington rest stop
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A truck carrying liquid manure rolls over and sprays its load of poop in a Connecticut neighborhood, a giant sinkhole opens up in an Illinois park's soccer complex and a kinkajou is found far from home at a Washington rest stop on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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An alligator is spotted lurking in a Missouri lake, a Netherlands team builds the world's longest bicycle and the Boston cow is actually a Boston bull on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Misspelled highway sign, Mr. Potato Head world record
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An embarrassing typo is corrected on a Philadelphia highway sign, a Northern Ireland man assembles Mr. Potato Head in record time and a pair of donkeys go out for an adventure in Virginia on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Cheese-choking raccoon, mourning the Las Vegas monolith
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A raccoon choking on a piece of cheese is rescued by a Michigan man, the monolith north of las Vegas is removed byt authorities and a cow evades capture in Boston on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush joins the UPI Odd News Minute to run down some of the unique challenges and surprising moments behind five of his most unusual Guinness World Records. For more of David Rush's record-breaking antics, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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A snake turns up in a box of donated books at a Virginia Goodwill store, a Japanese man grows a 63-leaf clover and an emu gets loose on an Alberta highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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A mysterious line of blue paint is spilled on a half mile of Delaware road, an Ohio hospital cares for seven sets of newborn twins at the same time and a 105-year-old women finally gets her master's degree on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Las Vegas monolith mystery, Mayan artifact found at thrift store
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A mysterious monolith evoking memories of 2020 appears north of Las Vegas, a vase bought for $3.99 at a Maryland thrift store turns out to be a nearly 2,000-year-old Mayan artifact and a herd of goats escape from the petting zoo at Cedar Point on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Slithering straphanger, 'strong' piglet chase
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A Hong Kong commuter train is evacuated when a snake is spotted on board, a "very fast and strong" piglet leads California police on a chase and Delaware firefighters rescue a kitten from under the hood of a car on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: Cedar Point camel escape, world's tallest bike
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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 monkey madness in North Carolina and Illinois, two camels escaping at Ohio's Cedar Point, the world's tallest rideable bicycle, a "leopard" that visited the sweari…
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Meats and cheeses abandoned on a greased pole, $100k reeled in from Queens pond
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Meats and cheeses remain suspended from the top of a greased pole nearly a month after Philadelphia's Italian Market Festival and a New York couple magnet fishing in a New York pond reel in a safe containing $100,000 cash on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Denmark recalls 'too spicy' noodles, skateboarding cat
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A line of Korean noodles are recalled in Denmark for being too spicy and a skateboarding cat breaks a Guinness World Record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Possum on a plane, 'melon-choly' highway incident
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A sugar glider escapes aboard a plane in China, a truck spills its load of watermelons onto a Utah road and a mandrill at the Phoenix Zoo is certified as the oldest in the world on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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A bear attempts to tunnel out of her enclosure at a Kansas zoo, a 97-year-old woman receives her high school diploma and a trio of young hikers find a T. rex fossil in North Dakota on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: Drag story time, bear in the kitchen
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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 Philadelphia setting a world record for the largest drag queen story time, a bear interrupting a California man washing his dishes, a British "Ghostbusters" fan am…
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A British mechanic builds the world's fastest motorized wheelbarrow, a 5-foot boa constrictor is found at a New York apartment building and a massive rabbit is rescued from a California highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Boba Fett's record bounty, congressman's funny son
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A Boba Fett action figure becomes the world's most expensive vintage toy, a congressman's 6-year-old son upstages him on the House floor and an alligator is found after 10 days on the loose in Missouri on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Cincinnati tiger sighting, fossilized 'Poozeum'
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A loose tiger is reported but not found in Cincinnati, a museum opens in Arizona dedicated to fossilized poop and a "hole punch cloud" draws attention over Vermont on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: Penis costume ban, Oreo thief
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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 Spanish resort town banning public displays of penis costumes and blow up dolls, a bear that stole a package of Oreos from a California home, an Indian man who t…
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Strawberries cause traffic 'jam,' bobcat escapes Indiana zoo
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A strawberry truck overturns on a California highway connection ramp, a bobcat escapes an Indiana zoo and a book is returned to a Finnish library 84 years overdue on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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A pet snake is rescued from a teacup handle, a long-lost family charm turns up on eBay and a kangaroo escapes from a zoo in Thailand on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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A monkey is captured after spending the weekend on the loose in South Carolina, residents of an English village complain about a flock of about 100 noisy feral chickens and a Kansas man is certified as the world's oldest truck driver on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: Texas kangaroo, helpful chimpanzee
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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 escaped kangaroo in Texas, a chimpanzee returning a zoo visitor's lost shoe, the world's tallest steer and a happy ending to the story of an escaped tayra wease…
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Pet Gala highlights canine couture, lost wallet found after 33 years
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Fashionable Fidos sport recreated Met Gala looks on the red carpet at the AKC Museum of the Dog's second annual Pet Gala and a British Columbia teenager finds a wallet lost during a fishing trip 33 years earlier on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Beer made from killer bees, world's most expensive feather
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A Cardiff University team brews beer using extracts from killer bees and a feather from an extinct bird is auctioned for a record-breaking sum on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.
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Exotic animal escapes British zoo, world's widest wig
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A Central American weasel known as a Tayra escapes from a zoo in England, a Nigerian woman makes a wig measuring nearly 12 feet wide and Colorado State University prepares for the pungent blooming of its corpse flower on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Cat earns his doctorate, gathering fails to attract Kyles
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A cat earns an honorary doctorate from Vermont State University, a dog is rescued from the Hudson River in New York and the Gathering of Kyles in Texas falls short of a world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.
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Odds and Ends: Howard's oldest graduate, snake on a train
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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 83-year-old woman who became Howard University's oldest graduate, a cockateil that became stranded on a hospital window ledge, a snake that caused delays for 2,…
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Raccoon interrupts soccer game, world's oldest sloth
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A raccoon interrupts a Major League Soccer game in Pennsylvania, the world's oldest sloth turns 54 and a group of goats and sheep wander onto a Virginia highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Judge rules tacos are sandwiches, dinosaur world record attempt disqualified
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An Indiana judge rules that tacos and burritos are "Mexican-style sandwiches" and an Alberta city's dinosaur world record attempt is sabotaged by its own massive turn-out on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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'Portal' between New York and Dublin shut down, long-lost heirloom returned to family
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The video "Portal" connecting New York and Dublin is shut down due to "instances of inappropriate behavior" and a family's long-lost wood carving heirloom is returned thanks to a social media post on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Boat concealed by photo-realistic mural, man rescued after rescuing dog
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A California man ordered by his local government to conceal the boat in his driveway has a photo-realistic mural of the vessel painted on his fence and a New York man who jumped into the water to rescue his dog gets fished out by firefighters on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: 106-year-old skydiver, Starbucks alligator
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Chinese zoo's panda impersonators, 'Portal' connects New York and Dublin
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A Chinese zoo is criticized for disguising a pair of dogs as giant pandas, a video screen dubbed "The Portal" connects New York and Dublin and animal control officers in North Carolina wrangle a 5-foot lizard on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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San Francisco sky laser, man runs 1,000 marathons
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A mysterious laser in the San Francisco sky is identified, a British man completes his 1,000th marathon and a pair of mini horses go out for a North Carolina adventure on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Alligator applies for a bank loan, California road tastes the Rockies
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An alligator visits the drive-through at a Florida credit union, a truck spills its load of Coors beer onto a California road and a family of bears visit a California home's swimming pool on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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The escaped zebra in Washington is captured after nearly a week on the loose, a team of French bakers cook up the world's longest baguette and a badger runs into trouble at a skate park on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Surprising sewer discoveries, zebra evading capture
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A British water company details its oddest sewer discoveries, officials in a Washington county ask the public to steer clear of an escaped zebra and a Florida trapper is knocked on his backside by a struggling alligator on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Monster in the closet, house cat's Amazon adventure
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The UPI Odd News Minute is back with an all-new episode featuring the exploits of a North Carolina toddler who complained of a "monster" inside the wall of her home and wasn't 100% incorrect, as well as a curious cat who climbed into the wrong box and ended up at an Amazon warehouse 500 miles from home. Please excuse Ben's voice in this one, we pro…
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ONM Classic: 'Probably haunted' house for sale
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Ben Hooper is still on vacation, so we're bringing out another classic episode from our archives, and this time it's "probably" spooky. For these stories and some more recent news, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Ben Hooper is on vacation, so please enjoy this episode you may or may not remember from our archive (it was a while ago). Please do not be alarmed by the subdued tone of Ben's voice in this one, he hadn't started Lexapro yet. For these stories, and theactual up-to-date news, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: 'Star Wars' novice wanted, lime green puppy
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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 website offering to pay $1,000 to someone who has never seen a "Star Wars" movie, an alligator on an Air Force base, a lime green puppy born in Florida and a fam…
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The UPI Odd News Minute is rounding up five of the best stories featuring goats, including tales of hoofed heroes escaping danger, climbing to new heights and not being ashamed to ask for "help." For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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