Pigeons try to fly Delta, acrobat does backflips on fire
Release Date: 05/29/2025
Odds and Ends: World's smallest violin, escaped bull
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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 Loughborough University's violin that can't be seen without a microscope; an escaped bull on the streets of Birmingham, England; a Wisconsin zoo calling off the search for an escaped otter; and a message in a bottle that somehow traveled from Hawaii to Florida. For these stories and more, visit Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .
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Clever cockatoos, elephant goes shopping
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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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Kitten trapped in pipe, peacock hits the links
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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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Opossum bridge rescue, swimming gators
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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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Truck spills 14 million bees, zebra on the loose
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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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Odds and Ends: Bobcat in the house, wax sausage roll
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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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Pigeons try to fly Delta, acrobat does backflips on fire
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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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Baseball squirrel, Wisconsin pig chase
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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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Elephant seal comes to town, man swims with sharks
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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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Odds and Ends: Ship in the yard, crusty turtle
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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 .
info_outlineA 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.
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