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 kayaker who ended up in the mouth of a humpback whale, the world's longest marriage, a 14-year-old "human calculator" from India and a coyote stuck in a nearly-e…

A cat and a lamb living at the Odessa Zoo in Ukraine win the zoo's annual "Couple of the Year" contest, a 104-year-old New York woman celebrates her birthday at the county jail and a mule is rescued from a mud pit in Washington on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouT…

An opossum wanders into a Nebraska family's back yard and eats an entire chocolate mousse cake from Costco and the Animal Adventure Park and Preserve in New York prepares to auction artwork created by animals 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.…

Seafood company Mowi offers a $45-per-fish bounty for the recapture of 27,000 escaped salmon, a stowaway cat grounds a Ryanair flight for two days and a Minnesota disc golf player complete's the world's fastest round of the game on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on You…

A buffalo named King Kong is named the tallest in the world with a height of over 6 feet, a monkey knocks out electricity to the entire nation of Sri Lanka and David Rush takes bites of apples while juggling to break a Guinness World Record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News M…

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 rescued from a well in Virginia, a Japanese dog breaking a world record on his skateboard, a stuffed rabbit's reunion with its 6-year-old owner after being l…

The Memphis Zoo offers to send your ex a video of an elephant pooping for Valentine's Day and an Australian snake catcher rounds up 102 venomous red-bellied black snakes in a single yard 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.…

Scotland's first minister denies the government has any plans to ban pet cats after a report sparked rumors online, animal rescuers in the Netherlands remove a seal found taking a nap in a hotel room and a long-lost silent film from 1915 is rediscovered in a New York warehouse on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.co…

A mysterious chunk of falling ice crashes through the roof of a Florida home, a deputy helps remove an alligator from a backyard pool and a Chinese chef makes the world's thinnest handmade noodle 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.…

A baby swell shark hatches at Louisiana's Shreveport Aquarium despite no males being present in the tank and a bat is rescued from the pool at an Australian hotel 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.

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 NOAA study ranking the accuracy of weather-predicting groundhogs, a California man who returned home after the Eaton Fire to find a bear in his crawlspace, a mas…

An art research firm says a painting bought for $50 from a Minnesota garage sale is a long-lost Vincent van Gogh original and a GoPro camera dropped into the ocean is found and returned to its owner eight months later 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 Ti…

The Wales Ambulance Service reveals the most "inappropriate" calls to its 999 emergency number from 2024 and a fireball breaks into pieces in the night sky over Wisconsin 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.…

The parents of a baby born in the parking lot of a Krispy Kreme in Alabama get free doughnuts for a year and a dog lost in Oklahoma is reunited with his owner after eight years 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.…

The Brooklyn Botanical Garden's rare corpse flower makes its first famously smelly bloom and a Mississippi group grows what might be the world's tallest cayenne pepper plant 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.…

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 shark that tried to make a meal out of an Australian surfer's board, a Chinese influencer's pull-up world record, a copy of "The Sun Always Rises" making a 56-ye…

TikTok's ongoing absence from the Apple and Google app stores leads to iPhones loaded with the app being listed for thousands of dollars on eBay and a cow causes chaos inside a barbershop in China 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.…

A mysterious green light is caught on camera in the sky over Ontario, a red-tailed hawk is rescued from the front grill of an SUV and a cow escapes a trailer into Texas traffic 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.…

Drugs stored in evidence lockers by the Houston Police Department are under seige from fiending rats and an iguana reported on the shoulder of a British Columbia highway turns out to be something else 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.…

U.S. Forest Service rangers rescue a goose stranded 10,000 feet up a California mountain, the Minnesota Ice Festival's ice maze earns a Guinness World Record and a cow wanders through the Kansas State University campus 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 T…

A gathering of people dressed as dinosaurs breaks a Guinness World Record in Florida, a deer frees itself from a plastic jar in Chicago and Davd Rush breaks 52 Guinness World Records in 52 weeks 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.…

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 lynx cats on the loose in Scotland, an Australian diver breaking the world record for walking underwater on a single breath, a runaway cow's Oregon adventure, a li…

Belgian food safety authorities warn residents not to eat their Christmas trees and a pair of red pandas escape from their enclosure at a Switzerland zoo 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.

An Illinois man doing renovations at his parents' house finds a Christmas present that was intended for him to open in 1978 and the Saskatchewan RCMP reveals the province's most unusual 911 calls of 2024 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.…

An Italian town's mayor issues a proclamation banning residents from getting sick or injured and a sea lion evades capture while making multiple visits to a Vancouver Island highway 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.…

Residents of Beeston, England, try to solve the mystery of bananas left on a street corner each month, a tutu-wearing spider monkey is captured in Missouri and a Chinese man throws playing cards to break two world records 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 an…

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 toilet manufacturer's warning about improper use of toilet paper, a California surfer's potentially record-breaking wave, a drone operator's dog rescue, an escap…

A British marine rescue team responds to a report of a "person-shaped" object in the water, a reptile wrangler finds a deadly snake hiding inside a lawn mower and a deer is rescued from between the slats of a fence on New Year's Day on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on…

The UPI Odd News Minute is celebrating New Year's Day by running down the list of the 10 oddest Guinness World Records broken in 2024. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.

Utility officials in Washington urge residents to be careful with mylar balloons during their New Year's festivities, a Virginia zoo seeks help naming its newborn pygmy hippo and a Polish city plunges residents into ice baths to attempt a world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI…

A Lego shark is found by a fisherman off the coast of England after falling from a cargo ship in 1997 and a Florida family's lost dog returns home and rings the doorbell 9 days later 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.…

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 deadly snake lurking underneath a baby's bouncy chair, a pair of escaped wallabies in South Carolina, a Chinese satellite burning up in the atmosphere over the s…

A trapped cat is rescued from a Wyoming chimney and Alabama police chase a fugitive rooster around a church parking lot 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.

A baby Jesus statue stolen from a Colorado nativity scene is returned with an apology note and a British board game fan collects 4,379 different Monopoly sets 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.

Police respond to a Massachusetts home to remove a trespassing snake that turned out to be a fake, a monkey on the loose is captured near San Antonio and Santa Claus visits an Oklahoma city to preside over 14 weddings 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 Ti…

A pig on the loose for over a month in Pennsylvania is captured, a Georgia company cooks up a world record serving of chicken wings and a runaway dog is rescued from the ocean 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.…

A plumber working at a Virginia elementary school finds a lunchbox lost more than 40 years earlier, a Detroit-area library declines to accept a book that was 50 years overdue and a horse is rescued from the basement of an abandoned grain silo in California on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow th…

A dog is rescued from the ledge on a Florida highway bridge, a falcon with an "injured" wing gets loose inside an Arizona animal care officer's patrol car and a Philippines town breaks a world record by gathering people in angel costumes on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minu…

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 an Australian zoo's unusual escape drill, the largest bear ever documented in Mississippi, a Spanish Scrabble champion who doesn't speak Spanish, a deer rescued fr…

A pair of British brothers amass the world's largest collection of Pokemon cards, a hiker is hoisted out of waste-deep mud in West Virginia and a cliff-diving sheep attempts to steal some rescue equipment 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.…

An Oregon city asks residents to stop putting googly eyes on public sculptures, a Canadian man wins the Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas and a college student builds the world's smallest arcade machine 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 Ti…

A warthog escapes from its enclosure at a Florida zoo and is located via thermal drone, an engagement ring falls down a sewer drain during an Ohio photo shoot and a Long Island man skateboards from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minu…

The world's oldest known wild bird lays an egg at the age of 74, a truck fire covers a California highway in melted chocolate and a Pennsylvania town attempts a Guinness World Record for the largest "Macarena" dance 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 TikT…

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 California pug's 400-mile trip to Oregon, a champion jockey leaving his three Melbourne Cup trophies in a taxi, a restaurant's record-breaking serving of kebab m…

A 100-year-old man and a 102-year-old woman earn a Guinness World Record as the oldest couple to get married and a bear walks off with a Florida family's inflatable Grinch Christmas decoration 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.…

A herd of 14 fallow deer escape from a Michigan zoo, a German man drinks lemon and lime juice to reclaim his Guinness World Records titles and TikTok reveals the top trends of 2024 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.…

A German man attempts a Guinness World Record by living for 120 days in an underwater capsule and a British zoo discovers a penguin formerly known as "Maggie" is actually "Magnus" 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.…

A British man unwraps a Mars bar (aka a Milky Way bar) to discover its missing its signature chocolate swirl and a driver pulls over on an Australian highway when she discovers a venomous tiger snake climbing her leg 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 Tik…

An attempt to brine a turkey in Utah's Great Salt Lake goes wrong, a Florida animal welfare officer crawls 50 yards through a pipe to rescue a trapped kitten and a Saudi Arabian man amasses the world's largest collection of "The Walking Dead" memorabilia on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the …

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Researchers find a telemetry receiver covered in a living "blob of jelly," a pair of escaped goats chase residents in a Washington city and an Australian circus performer breaks two world records on the aerial hoop on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minu…