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.
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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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Odds and Ends: Texas kangaroo, helpful chimpanzee
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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 escaped kangaroo in Texas, a chimpanzee returning a zoo visitor's lost shoe, the world's tallest steer and a happy ending to the story of an escaped tayra wease…
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Pet Gala highlights canine couture, lost wallet found after 33 years
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Fashionable Fidos sport recreated Met Gala looks on the red carpet at the AKC Museum of the Dog's second annual Pet Gala and a British Columbia teenager finds a wallet lost during a fishing trip 33 years earlier on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Beer made from killer bees, world's most expensive feather
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A Cardiff University team brews beer using extracts from killer bees and a feather from an extinct bird is auctioned for a record-breaking sum on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.
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Exotic animal escapes British zoo, world's widest wig
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A Central American weasel known as a Tayra escapes from a zoo in England, a Nigerian woman makes a wig measuring nearly 12 feet wide and Colorado State University prepares for the pungent blooming of its corpse flower on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Cat earns his doctorate, gathering fails to attract Kyles
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A cat earns an honorary doctorate from Vermont State University, a dog is rescued from the Hudson River in New York and the Gathering of Kyles in Texas falls short of a world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.
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Odds and Ends: Howard's oldest graduate, snake 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 83-year-old woman who became Howard University's oldest graduate, a cockateil that became stranded on a hospital window ledge, a snake that caused delays for 2,…
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Raccoon interrupts soccer game, world's oldest sloth
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A raccoon interrupts a Major League Soccer game in Pennsylvania, the world's oldest sloth turns 54 and a group of goats and sheep wander onto a Virginia highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Judge rules tacos are sandwiches, dinosaur world record attempt disqualified
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An Indiana judge rules that tacos and burritos are "Mexican-style sandwiches" and an Alberta city's dinosaur world record attempt is sabotaged by its own massive turn-out on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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'Portal' between New York and Dublin shut down, long-lost heirloom returned to family
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The video "Portal" connecting New York and Dublin is shut down due to "instances of inappropriate behavior" and a family's long-lost wood carving heirloom is returned thanks to a social media post on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Boat concealed by photo-realistic mural, man rescued after rescuing dog
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A California man ordered by his local government to conceal the boat in his driveway has a photo-realistic mural of the vessel painted on his fence and a New York man who jumped into the water to rescue his dog gets fished out by firefighters on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: 106-year-old skydiver, Starbucks alligator
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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 world's oldest skydiver, an SUV-sized Radio Flyer wagon up for auction, an alligator's visit to Starbucks and David Rush's latest Guinness World Records title.…
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Chinese zoo's panda impersonators, 'Portal' connects New York and Dublin
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A Chinese zoo is criticized for disguising a pair of dogs as giant pandas, a video screen dubbed "The Portal" connects New York and Dublin and animal control officers in North Carolina wrangle a 5-foot lizard on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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San Francisco sky laser, man runs 1,000 marathons
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A mysterious laser in the San Francisco sky is identified, a British man completes his 1,000th marathon and a pair of mini horses go out for a North Carolina adventure on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Alligator applies for a bank loan, California road tastes the Rockies
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An alligator visits the drive-through at a Florida credit union, a truck spills its load of Coors beer onto a California road and a family of bears visit a California home's swimming pool on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Fugitive zebra caught, behemoth baguette
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The escaped zebra in Washington is captured after nearly a week on the loose, a team of French bakers cook up the world's longest baguette and a badger runs into trouble at a skate park on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Surprising sewer discoveries, zebra evading capture
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A British water company details its oddest sewer discoveries, officials in a Washington county ask the public to steer clear of an escaped zebra and a Florida trapper is knocked on his backside by a struggling alligator on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Monster in the closet, house cat's Amazon adventure
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The UPI Odd News Minute is back with an all-new episode featuring the exploits of a North Carolina toddler who complained of a "monster" inside the wall of her home and wasn't 100% incorrect, as well as a curious cat who climbed into the wrong box and ended up at an Amazon warehouse 500 miles from home. Please excuse Ben's voice in this one, we pro…
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ONM Classic: 'Probably haunted' house for sale
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Ben Hooper is still on vacation, so we're bringing out another classic episode from our archives, and this time it's "probably" spooky. For these stories and some more recent news, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Ben Hooper is on vacation, so please enjoy this episode you may or may not remember from our archive (it was a while ago). Please do not be alarmed by the subdued tone of Ben's voice in this one, he hadn't started Lexapro yet. For these stories, and theactual up-to-date news, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: 'Star Wars' novice wanted, lime green puppy
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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 website offering to pay $1,000 to someone who has never seen a "Star Wars" movie, an alligator on an Air Force base, a lime green puppy born in Florida and a fam…
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Special episode: Greatest goats of all time
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The UPI Odd News Minute is rounding up five of the best stories featuring goats, including tales of hoofed heroes escaping danger, climbing to new heights and not being ashamed to ask for "help." For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Gator trapped in pipe for 6 months, fastest mile ran in pool
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An alligator is rescued after being stuck in a drainage pipe for six months, a poodle is extracted from beneath the kitchen floor of a home and a British man breaks a world record by running a mile through the water at a swimming pool. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Bite-powered 'Seagull Boy' wins screeching contest, dog wanders into traffic tunnel
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A 9-year-old British boy wins Europe's largest seagull-imitation contest and a dog shuts down the Legacy Tunnel in Brisbane, Australia, on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.
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Stop bringing snakes to hospitals, 60 hours of chess
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Australian doctors urge snake bite victims to stop bringing the offending serpents with them to the hospital, a Nigerian chess master fights through food poisoning to break a world record and a dog is found 17 days after escaping at a Melbourne airport on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: Axe body spray for rams, drunk vultures
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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 farmers using Axe body spray to cub aggression in rams, a pair of vultures that got drunk off fermented fruit, a stowaway snake on a Japanese bullet train and an u…
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Couple divorced by clerical error, gun store hires new spokes-cow
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A British couple's divorce is prematurely finalized due to a clerical error in a computer system and a Maine gun store employs an abandoned calf on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Elephant escapes circus, Uber Lost & Found Index
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An elephant escapes from a traveling circus in a Montana city and Uber reveals the weirdest items left behind in ride-share cars during the past year on today's UPI Odd News Minute. No, I don't know what a "fart sensor" is, please stop asking. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Lemur on the loose in Texas, 100-year-old train car found underground
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A loose lemur is spotted outside a bar in Texas, archaeologists in Belgium find a 100-year-old British train car underground and Australia's largest pumpkin becomes a boat on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Hippo escapes into suburb, 110-year-old time capsule found in Michigan ceiling
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A hippopotamus escapes into a suburb of Cape Town in South Africa, a home repair project in Michigan leads to the discovery of a time capsule from 1915 and David Rush defies death with his latest Guinness World Record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: 'Wacky Pet Names,' Florida island for sale
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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 finalists in Nationwide's "Wacky Pet Names" contest, Florida's Beer Can Island being put up for sale, a library book that was 105 years overdue and a very spec…
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Baker loses diamond in cookie dough, house floats across San Francisco Bay
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A Kansas bakery owner asks customers to check their cookies for the $4,000 diamond from her ring, a two-story house floats across the San Francisco Bay and a cat is rescued after being trapped in his owner's London chimney for two days on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Escaped horse visits train station, cannonball found in yard
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An escaped horse visits the platform at a Sydney train station, a landscaping crew finds a Civil War cannonball in the back yard of a Virginia home and an Alberta grandmother holds the plank position for over 4 hours on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com.
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'Armed' train passenger was a 'Star Wars' cosplayer, goat rescued from bridge
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Police called to a Scottish train station on a report of an armed man find a Star Wars Stormtrooper wielding a plastic blaster, an escaped mountain goat gets stranded on the ledge of an overpass bridge in Missouri and 309 suns keep shining during the eclipse in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visi…
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Alpacas on the highway, fencing foil left in taxi
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A herd of alpacas block traffic on a British highway, a Spanish city's most unusual lost and found items from taxi cabs include a fencing foil and a baby bear is rescued from Minnesota traffic on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Odds and Ends: Grenades, ugly art, well-traveled dog, old duck
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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 California man's discovery of three live grenades in his garage, a series of sculptures irking hikers at an Arkansas state park, a missing dog found more than 2,…
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Italian island offering free goats, salmon spill into wrong body of water
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The mayor of an Italian island offers free goats to anyone who can catch them, an Oregon truck crash releases 77,000 salmon into the wrong body of water and an escaped cow causes traffic chaos in Utah on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Streaks of light in the sky over California, crow drops snake on garage roof
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Happy first birthday to the UPI Odd News Minute! Today's stories include the identification of mysterious streaks of light in the night sky over California, a missing snake being found on a rooftop one year later and a territorial turkey's run-in with an umbrella-wielding school principal. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Space debris crashes through Florida roof, coin flips aren't 50/50
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A piece of debris that crashed through a Florida roof may have come from the International Space Station, University of Amsterdam researchers conclude coin flips aren't 50/50 and a bear escapes from a zoo on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Special episode: April Fools' Day 2024 product pranks
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Today's UPI Odd News Minute is running down the top 10 April Fools' Day pranks by corporations in 2024, whether you like it or not. Get your groans ready as we run down faux-products including Sour Cream & Onion soda, Ikea's INVSBÅL collection and Fruity Pebbles-flavored mac & cheese. Sorry in advance! For this story and all of the day's REAL odd n…
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Odds and Ends: 'Baby hedgehog' mistaken identity, five-legged lamb
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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 hedgehog' that wasn't, a raccoon jailbreak, a lamb with five legs and a furry fugitive at a North Carolina airport. For these stories and more, visit UPI.c…
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Cinema's most infamous wooden plank auctioned, human water fountain
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The piece of wood that saved Rose's life at the end of "Titanic" sells for over $700,000, a horse is hoisted out of a Georgia swimming pool and a Chinese man earns a world record for an impressive -- and very gross -- skill on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Dog digs up bomb in owner's yard, ostrich's day out
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A Florida man's dog digs up an old military bomb in his yard, a turkey smashes through the windshield of a truck on an Ontario highway and an ostrich escapes from a South Korean zoo on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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'UFO' spotted over San Antonio, fat alligator gets put on a diet
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A reported "UFO" over San Antonio is identified, a chonky alligator found living behind a former Coca-Cola plant in Florida gets put on a diet and a wolverine makes its way down the Oregon coast on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Lego asks police to stop using minifig heads in suspect photos, bears play in swan boat
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A California police department agrees to stop using Lego heads to hide the faces of suspects in social media photos, a Maine baseball team's whoopie pie event breaks a world record and bears at an England zoo play in a swan boat on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: Two-headed snake gets surgery, toy car trip across Florida
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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 two-headed snake undergoing surgery in Missouri, a pair of Florida women traveling 500 miles of the state's coast in toy cars, a "long, strange trip" for a libra…
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VTSU announces 'Weird Al' course, bear's trash heist
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Vermont State University announces a new course studying the music of "Weird Al" Yankovic, a bear raids a California woman's trash and an Idaho man earns his 164th world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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An east Tennessee angler reels in an alligator, New York sanitation workers help a woman recover her lost wallet and a parrot spends two days fending off hawk attacks in a Texas tree on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Bees escape overturned truck on the highway, students visit every Bay Area station in record time
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An overturned truck releases thousands of bees onto a Mississippi highway, California graduate students make it to every Bay Area Rapid Transit station in record time and two escaped porcupines make a spiny scene in a Scottish town on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Live grenade found in deceased man's home, 'Jughead' the deer rescued in Pennsylvania
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A woman cleaning out her deceased father's home in Quebec finds a live grenade, an English couple renovating their home find letters dating back nearly 100 years behind the fireplace and a Pennsylvania deer dubbed "Jughead" by neighbors is rescued from a plastic jug on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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Odds and Ends: English town covered in bird poop, monoliths are back
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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 unfortunate side-effect to the starling murmurations over an English town, a mysterious monolith on a Welsh hillside, a lost cat found a mile from home after se…
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