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: World's smallest violin, escaped bull 06/06/2025

Odds and Ends: World's smallest violin, escaped bull 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36895780

Clever cockatoos, elephant goes shopping 06/05/2025

Clever cockatoos, elephant goes shopping 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36870705

Kitten trapped in pipe, peacock hits the links 06/04/2025

Kitten trapped in pipe, peacock hits the links 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36852090

Opossum bridge rescue, swimming gators 06/03/2025

Opossum bridge rescue, swimming gators 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36836585

Truck spills 14 million bees, zebra on the loose 06/02/2025

Truck spills 14 million bees, zebra on the loose 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36822410

Odds and Ends: Bobcat in the house, wax sausage roll 05/30/2025

Odds and Ends: Bobcat in the house, wax sausage roll 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36793795

Pigeons try to fly Delta, acrobat does backflips on fire 05/29/2025

Pigeons try to fly Delta, acrobat does backflips on fire 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36773790

Baseball squirrel, Wisconsin pig chase 05/28/2025

Baseball squirrel, Wisconsin pig chase 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36758820

Elephant seal comes to town, man swims with sharks 05/27/2025

Elephant seal comes to town, man swims with sharks 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36734420

Odds and Ends: Ship in the yard, crusty turtle 05/23/2025

Odds and Ends: Ship in the yard, crusty turtle 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36692920

New York Pigeon Fest, news anchor in labor 05/22/2025

New York Pigeon Fest, news anchor in labor 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 . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36679395

When cows fly, mystery light was 'not STEVE' 05/21/2025

When cows fly, mystery light was 'not STEVE' Stranded cows get airlifted out of a Swiss village under threat of rockslide, an astronomer identifies a mysterious light in the sky over Arizona and an Iranian man balances 96 spoons on his body 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/36659910

Snake under the hood, water-tossing 05/20/2025

Snake under the hood, water-tossing A Missouri woman spots a snake peeking out from under the hood of her car, David "Record Breaker" Rush throws water for a world record and an alligator is fished out of a North Carolina pool 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/36646320

Wildlife rescuers don bear suits, world record gets Smurfed 05/19/2025

Wildlife rescuers don bear suits, world record gets Smurfed A baby bear at San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center is being raised by caretakers wearing bear suits and a town in France breaks a world record with 3,076 people in Smurf costumes 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/36629435

Odds and Ends: Moose maternity, naked 5k 05/16/2025

Odds and Ends: Moose maternity, naked 5k 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 cat that escaped from a vet and walked nearly 3 miles home, a moose that gave birth on the lawn at an Alaska hospital, a "clothing-optional" 5k race in South Carolina and an alligator "chillin'" in a pipe underneath a Florida road. 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/36596675

3-inch dog, bear steals trail camera 05/15/2025

3-inch dog, bear steals trail camera An Ontario woman's 3-inch-tall dog might be the smallest in the world, a trail camera "theft" in New Hampshire is found to be the work of a bear and a fawn is rescued from a Texas storm 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/36582505

Duck triggers speed camera, robot solves Rubik's cube 05/14/2025

Duck triggers speed camera, robot solves Rubik's cube A fast-flying duck triggers a speed camera in a Swiss town seven years to the day after an identical incident and a Purdue team's robot breaks the world record for solving a Rubik's cube puzzle 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/36567145

Cat quinceañera, Cedar Point alpaca escape 05/13/2025

Cat quinceañera, Cedar Point alpaca escape A quinceañera for a Texas woman's 15-year-old cat goes viral and saves a rescue group from closing down and three alpacas escape from the petting zoo at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio 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/36552780

Goat interferes with cycling race, baby raccoons at Chase Center 05/12/2025

Goat interferes with cycling race, baby raccoons at Chase Center A goat collides with a cyclist during the Giro d'Italia race and three baby raccoons are rescued from inside a wall at San Francisco's Chase Center 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/36537560

Odds and Ends: Soccer throw, Florida kangaroo update 05/09/2025

Odds and Ends: Soccer throw, Florida kangaroo update 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 dog rescued from Lake Michigan on a Chicago beach, a record-breaking soccer throw-in, a lost cat found after 3 years and an update to an earlier story about a kangaroo on the loose in Florida. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36511890

Bear steals beehive, ocelot on the loose 05/08/2025

Bear steals beehive, ocelot on the loose A bear breaks into an Ohio apiary and steals an entire beehive, a flock of loose sheep turn up near a Texas elementary school and an ocelot is on the loose in Jamaica 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/36490580

98 iguana eggs, flying cat 05/07/2025

98 iguana eggs, flying cat Reptile specialists remove 98 iguana eggs from a single Florida yard and a Texas cat jumps a record-breaking distance of 8 feet and 5 inches on today's egg-celent 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/36474535

Boy orders 70,000 lollipops from Amazon, mystery kangaroo 05/06/2025

Boy orders 70,000 lollipops from Amazon, mystery kangaroo A Kentucky woman's young son orders $4,200 worth of Dum-Dum suckers from Amazon, a mystery kangaroo is caught on camera hopping down the middle of a Florida road and a Tennessee zoo's escaped peacock is found in a neighbor's back yard 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/36458400

Baseball ducks, bull rides a scooter 05/05/2025

Baseball ducks, bull rides a scooter A pair of ducks interrupt a Missouri baseball game, a bull steals a parked motor scooter and a pair of library books are returned to an English college 20 years late 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/36442350

Odds and Ends: Dropped dimes, David Rush returns 05/02/2025

Odds and Ends: Dropped dimes, David Rush returns 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. For these stories and more, Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36395460

Cookies for bear, highway gator 05/01/2025

Cookies for bear, highway gator A Florida woman escapes a bear by giving it a bag of cookies and a large alligator is wrangled on the median of a busy highway 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/36394985

Alabama kangaroo crash, seagull screeching championship 04/30/2025

Alabama kangaroo crash, seagull screeching championship An escaped kangaroo hops onto an Alabama highway and causes a two-vehicle crash and Britain's "Seagull Boy" scores his second consecutive victory in the European Championship Gull Screeching event 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/36376700

Lost cash was not a scam, baby bird fed by puppet 04/29/2025

Lost cash was not a scam, baby bird fed by puppet A Michigan State Police trooper tries to return $5,000 in lost cash to a resident who confuses the calls for a scam and a New York zoo uses a hand-puppet to feed a newly hatched king vulture on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit . Follow the Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36361465

Dachshund found after 529 days in the wild, margarita snake 04/28/2025

Dachshund found after 529 days in the wild, margarita snake A miniature dachshund is rescued after 529 days in the wild on Australia's Kangaroo Island and a snake falls out of a Virginia restaurant's ceiling and into a diner's drink 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/36343805

Odds and Ends: Surfing dogs, woodpecker vandal 04/25/2025

Odds and Ends: Surfing dogs, woodpecker vandal 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 2025 East Dog Dog Surfing Festival in Florida, a woodpecker terrorizing a Massachusetts town, an alligator in a trash can and a Cyprus man with incredible balancing skills. For these stories and more, visit Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on and . /episode/index/show/e59433fc-5e10-4942-80dd-917c5571638a/id/36315645

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