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.

Odds and Ends: Cornhole slingshot, pygmy hippo born 09/05/2025

Odds and Ends: Cornhole slingshot, pygmy hippo born 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 sailboat that washed up on a South Carolina beach, a juvenile great horned owl rescued from a soccer net, the Guinness World Record for the farthest cornhole shot using a slingshot and the birth of a pygmy hippo calf at the John Ball Zoo in Michigan. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/38106345

Barefoot woman runs across Legos, bison escapes for snacks 09/04/2025

Barefoot woman runs across Legos, bison escapes for snacks 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/38089665

Wallet found after 51 years, kangaroo jailbreak 09/03/2025

Wallet found after 51 years, kangaroo jailbreak 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/38076495

Toucan behind the dishwasher, long-lost time capsule 09/02/2025

Toucan behind the dishwasher, long-lost time capsule 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 Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/38061965

Odds and Ends: Orange shark, free corn 08/29/2025

Odds and Ends: Orange shark, free corn 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/38024010

Car wash snake, deer in the pool 08/28/2025

Car wash snake, deer in the pool 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 Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/38004775

Postcard arrives 72 years late, 'dinosaur' turtle hits the beach 08/27/2025

Postcard arrives 72 years late, 'dinosaur' turtle hits the beach 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37981800

City proposes screen time limits, horse rescued from pool 08/26/2025

City proposes screen time limits, horse rescued from pool 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37967580

Skinny turtle, baseball squirrel 08/25/2025

Skinny turtle, baseball squirrel 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37950615

Odds and Ends: Ice cream bear, skater skunk 08/22/2025

Odds and Ends: Ice cream bear, skater skunk 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37913020

Hambone winner, too many neckties 08/21/2025

Hambone winner, too many neckties 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37906885

12-foot python caught in South Carolina, double-mistaken identity 08/20/2025

12-foot python caught in South Carolina, double-mistaken identity 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. /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37894155

Raccoon burglars, ponies go prancing 08/19/2025

Raccoon burglars, ponies go prancing 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37880295

Shark bites surfboard, man gets stuck in playground slide 08/18/2025

Shark bites surfboard, man gets stuck in playground slide 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, . Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37866700

Odds and Ends: Wallet's 11-year road trip, Massachusetts manatee 08/15/2025

Odds and Ends: Wallet's 11-year road trip, Massachusetts manatee 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37839155

Elderly man scolds koala, 2.3-carat diamond found at Arkansas park 08/14/2025

Elderly man scolds koala, 2.3-carat diamond found at Arkansas park 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37822920

Mysterious sky spiral, Chicago sheep 08/13/2025

Mysterious sky spiral, Chicago sheep 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37804420

Lightning strike caught on camera, Pennsylvania alligator 08/12/2025

Lightning strike caught on camera, Pennsylvania alligator 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37779255

Starbucks bans printers, eating beans with a toothpick 08/11/2025

Starbucks bans printers, eating beans with a toothpick 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37762180

Odds and Ends: Pomeranian vs. Bear 08/08/2025

Odds and Ends: Pomeranian vs. Bear 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 Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37737735

Kansas mystery creature, kitten gets bricked 08/07/2025

Kansas mystery creature, kitten gets bricked 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, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37720905

17th annual Hambone Award finalists 08/06/2025

17th annual Hambone Award finalists Nationwide Pet Insurance reveals the finalists for the 17th annual Hambone Award, which celebrates "the unexpected, the unusual and downright outrageous" ways that pets end up needing a veterinary visit on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37707775

Falling fish fire, talented wiener dog 08/05/2025

Falling fish fire, talented wiener dog A power outage and brush fire in British Columbia is caused by a fish dropped by an osprey and a Texas dashshund breaks a world record with his ability to remove caps from plastic bottles on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37689015

Mascot vs bear, Goose no longer loose 08/04/2025

Mascot vs bear, Goose no longer loose A grizzly bear charges at the Seattle Kraken's mascot, Buoy the sea troll, and a 5-foot-long lizard named Goose is finally captured after two weeks on the loose on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37668905

Odds and Ends: Paddleboarding pooches 08/01/2025

Odds and Ends: Paddleboarding pooches 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 three world records being broken at the U.K. Dog Surfing Championship, a raccoon stuck in a dumpster, a calf rescued from an underground pipe and an update on Goose the fugitive water monitor lizard. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37641110

Sea lion in the road, world's oldest alpaca 07/31/2025

Sea lion in the road, world's oldest alpaca A sea lion is rescued from a California road, a New Zealand farm's alpaca is named the oldest in the world and police chase a loose goat through a Colorado neighborhood on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37625030

Houdini hound, cow in the pool 07/30/2025

Houdini hound, cow in the pool A Kentucky animal shelter shares video of an escape-artist dog getting out of his kennel, a cow ends up stranded in an Oklahoma family's backyard pool and a puppy gets her paw stuck in a bathroom drain on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37610515

'Alien' caught on camera, ring rescued from river 07/29/2025

'Alien' caught on camera, ring rescued from river A Compton, Calif., woman's doorbell camera captures video of what she believes to be an alien outside her home and a British diving team rescues a wedding ring dropped into a river on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37597985

Highway alligator, lizard crosses state lines 07/28/2025

Highway alligator, lizard crosses state lines An alligator is removed from Florida's Turnpike, an escaped water monitor lizard crosses a state line from Massachusetts to Connecticut and David Rush makes his return to record-breaking in today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37581550

Cat burglar, trash panda in the trash 07/24/2025

Cat burglar, trash panda in the trash A literal cat burglar steals a New Zealand neighborhood's underwear and firefighters rescue a raccoon stuck in a trash can 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. /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/37537835

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