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Factory error creates viral toy, Texas kangaroo

UPI Odd News Minute

Release Date: 01/29/2026

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Archaeologists in Utah unearth a 150-year-old bottle of alcohol believed to be a low-ABV beer and an escaped emu in Ontario predicts 6 more weeks of winter on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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Michigan teacher's 67-year-career, deer breaks into house show art Michigan teacher's 67-year-career, deer breaks into house

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A 90-year-old teacher in Michigan is honored with a Guinness World Record for her 67-year career in the classroom, a deer crashes through a living room window into a Florida home and a cat picked up as a stray turns out to have been missing for 11 months on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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Groundhog Day predictions, mystery photos from old camera show art Groundhog Day predictions, mystery photos from old camera

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Groundhogs Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck give their annual predictions for the end of winter and a photography store in England attempts to solve the mystery of old photos found inside a camera dating back to the 1930s 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: Stowaway raccoon, Dolly Parton the donkey show art Odds and Ends: Stowaway raccoon, Dolly Parton the donkey

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly roundup of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a raccoon that stowed away in a car shipped to Belarus, a mountain lion found wandering the streets of San Francisco, a Michigan donkey named Dolly Parton and a bighorn sheep that got stuck on a frozen Colorado river. Fo these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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Factory error creates viral toy, Texas kangaroo show art Factory error creates viral toy, Texas kangaroo

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A production error causes a "sad horse" plushie to become a viral sensation in China and authorities in Cleveland, Texas, round up a loose kangaroo on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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Capybara bathing contest, 2-year-old pool prodigy show art Capybara bathing contest, 2-year-old pool prodigy

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Zoos across Japan participate in a "capybara long bath showdown" and a 2-year-old British boy breaks two Guinness World Records for playing snooker and pool on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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Hotel ceiling collapse, eagles lay an egg show art Hotel ceiling collapse, eagles lay an egg

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A celing collapse at an Embassy Suites hotel in Oklahoma is caught on camera, California's Big Bear Lake eagles lay a second egg of the season and neighbors use a paddleboard to rescue a man from a frozen Wisconsin lake on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and .

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Museum of Personal Failure, cat's long walk from Spain to France show art Museum of Personal Failure, cat's long walk from Spain to France

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British Columbians put their own defeats on display at the Museum of Personal Failure in Vancouver and a French couple's cat walks home from Spain 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: Bikes on a log, lost cash returned show art Odds and Ends: Bikes on a log, lost cash returned

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly roundup of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make this week's podcasts. This week's stories include the mystery of three bikes placed on a log in Missouri River, a lost and found wad of cash in California, a Nebraska woman's long-lost ring turning up on a New Jersey beach and David Rush's latest Guinness World Records title. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Missing rock found 1,700 miles away, deer breaks the bank show art Missing rock found 1,700 miles away, deer breaks the bank

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A missing granite rock beloved by climbers in Squamish, British Columbia, turns up 1,700 miles away in California and a deer breaks into a New York bank 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 production error causes a "sad horse" plushie to become a viral sensation in China and authorities in Cleveland, Texas, round up a loose kangaroo on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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