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Odds and Ends: Dropped dimes, David Rush returns

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Release Date: 05/02/2025

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Researchers discover sulphur-crested cockatoos in Sydney, Australia, have learned to operate drinking fountains and a wild elephant walks out of a national park in Thailand and into a grocery store for some sweet snacks on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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A kitten is rescued from an underground pipe in New York, a peacock is removed from a Colorado golf course and a trapped deer is rescued from between the bars of a metal fence on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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An opossum is rescued from Michigan's Mackinac Bridge, Florida deputies remove two alligators from two pools in a single day and a dog is rescued from an old Australian mine shaft on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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A truck rolls over on a Washington road and releases its load of 14 million bees, an escaped zebra evades capture in Tennessee and a bear takes a nap in a Florida condo lobby on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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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 bobcat inside a Colorado resident's living room, Madame Tussauds immortalizing the Greggs Sausage Roll, a protein powder spill on a New York highway and the record-breaking reunion of David "Record Breaker" Rush and Jonathan "Hollywood" Hannon. For these stories and more, . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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A pair of pigeons cause chaos aboard a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Madison and a British daredevil lights himself on fire to do 7 backflips in 30 seconds on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .  

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A squirrel runs out onto the field during a Detroit Tigers game and Wisconsin sheriff's deputies find an unusual way to capture a loose pig on today's especially midwestern UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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An elephant seal wanders out of the ocean into a residential neighborhood in South Africa, an endurance swimmer swims 59 miles around Martha's Vineyard for shark conservation and a Washington zoo's escaped East African crowned crane returns home on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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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 Norwegian man waking up to find a cargo ship in his yard, a sea turtle found covered in 1.5 pounds of barnacles and other organisms, an East African crowned crane's escape from a Washington zoo and a kangaroo named Irwin making his second escape from home in Colorado. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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New York's elevated park The High Line announces it will celebrate controversial birds with Pigeon Fest on June 14 and CBS6 Albany's Olivia Jaquith anchors the morning news show while in labor on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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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 truck that spilled $800,000 worth of dimes, a man who can pop his eyes out of their sockets, a turtle's Lego mobility aid and the return of David "Record Breaker" Rush.

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