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.
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Generally Trivial: Current events, pop culture, sports, and odd news every fortnight.
Generally Trivial
Every two weeks we take a look at current events. Funny crime stories, interesting science finds, movies, sports. We hope you'll join us in the conversation and have a few laughs.
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We can’t make this stuff up. The weird side of life – offbeat news from around the world. Online at http://www.bitesz.com/ltt.html
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Living 'blob of jelly,' escaped goats run amok
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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…
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Shoe-stealing weasel, 132-year-old message in a bottle
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A serial shoe thief at a Japanese school is identified as a weasel and engineers at a Scottish lighthouse uncover a 132-year-old message in a bottle 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.
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Odds and ends: 911 caller seeks homework help, White Claw can spill
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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 10-year-old's 911 call for help with math homework, a White Claw can spill on an Arizona highway, Florida's Orlando Science Center breaking a paper rocket world …
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Penguin turns 40, 'Brown Friday' approaches
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The oldest macaroni penguin in North America turns 40 at SeaWorld San Diego and U.S. plumbers brace for "Brown Friday," their busiest day of the year, 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.
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A deer crashes through a Tennessee gym, an Alberta grandma earns her second Guinness World Records title, an emu is on the loose in Arkansas and a Pennsylvania library welcomes the return of a book that was 51 years overdue 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 …
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Trashy kitten, record-breaking laundry skills
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Firefighters and veterinarians team up to save a kitten with its head stuck in a hole in a Colorado dumpster, a loose pig evades Pennsylvania police and an Idaho couple break a world record for hanging up clothes 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.…
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Escaped hamsters ground plane, Jeremy Allen White look-alike contest
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A plane is grounded for four days at a Portugal airport when 132 hamsters escape in the cargo hold, a Chicago man wins a Jeremy Allen White look-alike contest and a flamingo escapes from a British 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.…
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Odds and Ends: Airport baby, extremely old cake
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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 baby born at a Florida airport, a diaper-wearing kangaroo's brief police chase, the auction of a cake slice from Queen Elizabeth II's wedding and a baby goat res…
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Snake stows away in pickup truck, world's largest drawing
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An Arizona driver finds a boa constrictor stowing away in the undercarriage of their pickup truck, a runaway cow parades through the center of an English town and a Nigerian man creates the world's largest drawing 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…
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Koala in the bedroom, moose tramples BMWs
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A couple return to their South Australia home to find a koala in their bedroom, a moose enters a Swedish company's garage and tramples three BMW cars and two emus on the loose are spotted in South Carolina 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.…
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Toy Hall of Fame inductees, Kentucky wallaby
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The National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of play announces its 2024 inductees, a wallaby on the loose is caught on security camera in Kentucky and a coyote is rescued in Illinois after having a plastic jug stuck over its head for at least a week on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. F…
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Emperor penguin swims to Australia, 'Wicked' goes naughty
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An emperor penguin swims 2,200 miles from Antarctica to Australia, a printing error on the packaging of "Wicked" dolls leads fans to an adult website and a professional wrestling superfan identifies a record number of WWE stars from their entrance music on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the U…
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Odds and Ends: Bathroom snake, motorcycle drag
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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 South Carolina woman's discovery of a ball python lurking behind her toilet, a kangaroo's time on the kanga-loose in Florida coming to an end after three weeks, …
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43 monkeys escape in S.C., bear steals candy from front porch
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Police hunt for 43 escaped monkeys in South Carolina, a bear raids leftover Halloween candy from a Connecticut porch and a fox gets its leg stuck in a Texas fence 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.
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Raccoon visits New York airport, message in a bottle found after 26 years
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A raccoon drops out of the ceiling at New York's LaGuardia Airport and a message in a bottle dropped into an Ontario lake by an elementary school student is found by a student from the same school 26 years 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.…
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Chicken hotel, ring lost in the ocean for 47 years
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A rooster-shaped hotel in the Philippines is dubbed the world's largest building in the shape of a chicken by Guinness World Records, a class ring lost into ocean off Barbados in 1977 is found by a diver and a miniature horse is hoisted out of a well on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI …
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Deer visits nail salon, porta-potties in the road
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A deer crashes through a Missouri nail salon, two porta-potties fall off the back of a truck into a busy Massachusetts road and a zoo in England recaptures three of its four escaped raccoons 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.…
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Odds and Ends: Hundreds show up for hoax parade, stowaway crab
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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 crowd of hundreds that showed up for a Halloween parade that didn't exist, a crab that hitched a ride on a plane from Costa Rica to Denver, the world's largest t…
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Giant pumpkin paddling, gathering of ghosts
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An Oregon man paddles 45.67 miles down a Washington river in a hollowed-out giant pumpkin, a British mall tries to break a world record for a gathering of ghosts and a horse is rescued from a river on today's extra-spooky UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.…
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Maryland museum's mystery machine, 'disturbing' hand sculpture
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A Maryland historical society is seeking the public's help to identify a mysterious machine donated to its museum, a New Zealand city waves goodbye to a "disturbing" hand sculpture that has been atop its art gallery for five years and a Romanian pianist hits a single piano key 500 times in 30 seconds to break a Guinness World Record on today's UPI …
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Bear takes out the trash, sorting Peanut M&M's
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A bear stands on its hind legs to roll an Alabama couple's trash can away, David Rush sorts Peanut M&M's by color in record time and an alligator puts in an appearance on a Florida airport runway 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.…
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Quicksand rescue, zoo's escaped parrots fly 60 miles
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A pair of sheep are rescued from quicksand at England's Morecambe Bay, two parrots that escaped from the London Zoo are found 60 miles away in Cambridgeshire and a Georgia police department tells amorous couples to "get a room" after an incident outside a McDonald's on today's UPI Odd News Minute.
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Odds and Ends: Zoo bat's great escape, Paddington's passport
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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 sneaky bat's clever escape from a German zoo, a pair of twin sister skaters breaking two world records, a fictional bear getting a real passport, a library book …
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'Mysterious winged and horned creature,' Colorado kangaroo
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England's Bristol Zoo attempts to identify a "mysterious winged and horned creature" (it's a deer), an escaped kangaroo hops through a Colorado city and three bears make a meal out of a North Carolina family's Halloween pumpkins 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…
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A Bangladesh woman breaks a Guinness World Record for eating one grain of rice at a time with chopsticks, reptile wranglers capture a loose lizard on the roof of an Australian home and a sewer blockage in England turns out to have been caused by candy wrappers on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follo…
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Orca's smelly revenge, supermarket cockatoo
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An orca splashes the audience with poop at a SeaWorld San Antonio show, a kangaroo escapes while fleeing a bear in Florida and a cockatoo is rescued after nearly a month trapped in a Sydney grocery store 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.…
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Airport sets 'hug time' limit in drop-off zone, 'catfish condos'
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New Zealand's Dunedin Airport limits "hug time" in drop-off zones to three minutes, mysterious holes on the banks of Florida rivers are identified as the work of invasive fish and David "Record Breaker" Rush uses his breath to move a playing card on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Join the conversati…
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Odds and Ends: Seal on the train tracks, colossal kebab
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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 seal that parked on the railroad tracks in the Wellington area, a Cyprus festival's 246-foot sheftalia kebab, the capture of the suburban Chicago caracal on the …
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Ambulance station cat's eviction canceled, 100-year-old time capsule
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A London Ambulance Service station's resident cat is allowed to stay after public outcry and the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City opens a 100-year-old time capsule on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Officer 'attacked' by inflatable pumpkin, giant pants
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An Ohio police officer is "attacked" by a runaway inflatable pumpkin, an Arctic fox on the loose is captured in Oregon and a Chinese company makes the world's largest pair of jeans on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Steel chestnut conk-troversy, snake in Dodgers dugout
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The World Conker Championships in Britain faces a potential cheating scandal involving a steel chestnut and a snake pays a visit to the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Michigan beer baby, Christmas owl comes early
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A baby is born in the parking lot of his parents' favorite Kalamazoo microbrewery, an owl flies into an historic Georgia mansion to perch on a Christmas tree and an Indian man builds the world's smallest washing machine on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: Alaska's fattest bear, 'Beetlejuice' pumpkin mosaic
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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 the winner of Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week, a California "traffic yam," a "Beetlejuice" inspired pumpkin mosaic, a man climbing the height of Everest on hi…
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Alligator bites tire, hot dog pics earn world record
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An alligator bites a moving car's tire in Hurricane Milton floodwaters, an Ohio restaurant chain breaks a Guinness World Record for photos of hot dogs and a Colorado resident finds a large snake trespassing inside their home on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Loose lemur in Houston park, raccoons descend on Washington home
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A lemur on the loose is caught in Houston's Bear Creek Park and a Washington woman's house is surrounded by nearly 100 raccoons on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Raccoon causes chaos at Broncos game, artwork mistaken for trash
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A raccoon runs through the stands at the Denver Broncos-Las Vegas Raiders game and a work of art bearing a strong resemblance to a pair of discarded beer cans is mistakenly thrown into the trash at a Netherlands museum on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Lost letter returned after 48 years, brothers-in-law pull cars
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A British woman's application to be a motorcycle stunt rider is returned after being lost in the mail for 48 years, a pair of brothers-in-law break their own world record for pulling cars and two dogs are found running loose on a Washington highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.…
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Odds and Ends: Metro Detroit alligator, escaped circus camel
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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 an alligator found underneath a resident's car in a Detroit suburb, an escaped circus camel wandering a road in France, a narrowly-evaded $1,055.49 late fee at an …
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Escaped goat joins half-marathon, 'Doctor Who' collectors
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An escaped goat joins a half-marathon race in Newfoundland and Labrador, a painting bought for $50 at a barn sale is expected to fetch up to $200,000 at auction and a Chicago-area father and son earn a Guinness World Record for their collection of "Doctor Who" memorabila. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska kicks off this year's Fat Bear Week, a dog is rescued from a 14-foot-deep cave in Florida and a Canadian man uses a paper straw to drink a Capri Sun pouch in record time on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Sheep rams state trooper, Italian woman's big tongue
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A loose sheep attempts to fight a Michigan State Police trooper, an Italian woman's tongue circumference breaks a Guinness World Record and a Washington driver's carpool lane passenger turns out to be an empty shirt on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Sea lion on the highway, world's largest pupusa
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A sea lion wanders onto a California highway, a team of D.C.-area chefs cook up the world's largest pupusa and a dog stuck inside a car's bumper is rescued in Florida on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.
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Odds and Ends: Blue lobster, crawlspace bear
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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 blue lobster, a bear living in a home's crawlspace, a deer saved from a tight spot and David Rush's latest record-breaking feat. For these stories and more, visi…
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Sydney Harbor turns green, world's tallest hat
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Firefighters solve the mystery of why a portion of Australia's Sydney Harbor (Harbour, if you're fancy) turned green, a Pennsylvania man creates the world's tallest hat and five horses escape from a Missouri Renaissance Festival on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Toad found in bagged salad, aardvark born at San Diego Zoo
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A toad is found in a bagged salad bought from a grocery store in England and the San Diego Zoo announces its first aardvark birth on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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200-year-old message in a bottle, world's largest cheesecake
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An archaeology team in France finds a message in a bottle left by an archaeologist 200 years earlier, a Cream Cheese Festival in New York features the unveiling of the world's largest cheesecake and the last of eight escaped rodeo bulls in lassoed in Massachusetts on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Bulls escape Mass. rodeo, bugs shut down Michigan library
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Eight bulls escape from a rodeo event at a Massachusetts mall, a DVD case filled with bugs shuts down a suburban Detroit library and a British zoo's missing capybara is returned home safely on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: 121-hour softball game, squirrels on a train
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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 an underway world record attempt for the world's longest softball game, the world's first porcupine C-section, a pair of train-invading squirrels and New Zealand's…
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Toy Hall of Fame finalists, capybara update
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The National Toy Hall of Fame announces its finalists for 2024 induction, a cat who went missing in Yellowstone National Park turns up 800 miles away and a British zoo gives an update on its escaped capybara on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Man pays wrong power bill for 18 years, stowaway marmot
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A California man discovers he has been mistakenly paying his neighbor's power bill for 18 years, a woman finds a stowaway marmot under the hood of her car and a Connecticut man finds a bear lurking in a garage on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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