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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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Are you tired of hearing about coronavirus? Has lockdown left you worn out? Then perhaps it’s time to escape. Join Rowan Hooper and the team at New Scientist in this covid-free space, as they discuss all that’s right with the world - the stories that remind us of how wonderful this planet really is. Find out more at newscientist.com/podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Firefighters rescue a pet monkey from the top of an Indiana building, an escaped penguin in Japan is found two weeks later after a journey of more than 18 miles and a lifeboat crew in England responds to a report of a person in the water and finds another crew's lost training dummy on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit U…
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A tiger that escaped from a Mexican zoo near the Texas border is captured after nearly a week on the loose, Hotels.com reveals some of the most unusual lost and found items at its parner hotels and an Arizona man sinks a record-breaking basketball trick shot on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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A Georgia visitor's birthday wish comes true when she finds a message in a bottle, California firefighters battling a vegetation fire get swarmed by bees and a Nisaan is dropped from a crane to set a world record for the highest car bungee jump on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 loose bull wrangled by a team of Illinois ranchers, the world's largest ball of string cheese, a pair of Wisconsin mystery chickens and a kitten that took a 15-m…
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A rattlesnake is captured after wandering into a California family's house, a dog named Buckethead is rescued after wandering for more than a week with a plastic container stuck over his head and a college student in India builds the world's smallest vacuum cleaner on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 steer captured after two months on the loose in Boston, a Toronto Zoo orangutan escaping from his new outdoor enclosure, a rare orange lobster being returned to …
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A French museum offers special clothing-optional tours of its exhibit on naturism, a red pepper spill on a California highway turns into a "bee-mergency" and an escaped ostrich wanders into a South Dakota road on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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Ben Hooper has the day off, but we have a special treat for you! Here, released for the first time ever, is the UPI Odd News Minute's unreleased pilot episode from March 9, 2023! We'll be back with a brand new episode on Thursday. For these stories (although you'll have to look back a ways in the archive) and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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A Florida minor league team's new bat dog poops near the pitcher's mound during her debut game, a suppostedly injured bald eagle rescued from a Missouri national park is found to be "too fat to fly" and a book is finally returned to a Virginia library after 50 years on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 bear that suddenly appeared outside a Connecticut family's home, a rare "Star Wars" Boba Fett action figure selling for a record sum, this year's Hambone Awards …
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David Rush becomes the world's top record-breaker by literally breaking records, a kangaroo ties up morning traffic in West Virginia and a Kentucky museum explores the history of the mysterious "Kentucky Meat Shower" on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.
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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 mysterious black ring in the sky over Virginia, a 110-pound fatberg blocking a sewer, a bear wandering into a California classroom, an alligator spotted swimming…
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A man breaks a world record by hooking 444 video game consoles to a single TV, a cat missing for a year turns up more than 600 miles from home and a hidden camera in the Oregon Zoo's lion enclosure turns out to be not-so-well hidden on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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A leaky fire hydrant in Brooklyn becomes the "Bed-Stuy Goldfish Pond," a pair of California kayakers are pursued by a great white shark and a Florida woman cleaning up Hurricane Debby debris finds a message in a bottle from 1945 on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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An escaped tortoise attempts to cross an Arizona highway 3 miles from home, the Mexican state of Tlaxcala breaks a world record by serving up 186 different varities of basket tacos and a Virginia power outage is blamed on a snake on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 record-breaking "World of Warcraft" gaming session, a wallaby's visit to a golf course in England, orange lobster babies, a deer in a hole and David Rush breakin…
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A ticket for free admission to Disneyland that was issued in 1985 is honored at the park 39 years later, a Missouri museum weaves the world's longest shoelace and an escaped pet tortoise is found on the other side of a busy highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 headless corpse discovery that wasn't a body at all, the world's largest eggplant, a bodybuilding chef's chopping records, a biblical plague of dragonflies and a…
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A professional soccer game is suspended in Norway when fans cover the field in fish cakes, Florida authorities warn residents not to snap selfies with a "depressed" bear and a wandering dog is rescued from a storm drain in England on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 monkey rescued from a tree at an Indiana campground, a pair of long-lost "Star Trek" props being found after more than 50 years, a mannequin head being used as a…
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A Texas man legally changes his name to Literally Anybody Else to run for president, a rare orange lobster turns up at a Red Lobster restaurant in Colorado and a Nigerian man's 75-hour video game marathon breaks a Guinness World Record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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A mystery plane is found abandoned on the side of a Florida road, an alligator tries to cross a Georgia highway and a wedding ring lost in a South Carolina river is found a year later by a 9-year-old hunting for shark teeth on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 llama escape in Maine, a kangaroo turning up 50 miles from his owner's home in Germany after six months, a rabbit river rescue in Rhode Island, a water balloon w…
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A longhorn steer uses its horns to open the latch at the back of its trailer on a Pennsylvania highway, a large monitor lizard is rescued on an Arizona freeway and a Northern Ireland town builds what might be the world's tallest bonfire pyre on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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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 Patagonian mara on the loose in Colorado, a New York town's aggressive anti-littering campaign, a sheep named Waldo that escaped slaughter and the identity of a …
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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 Canadian man who became the first candidate in the nation's history to get zero votes in a contested federal election, a mysterious monolith discovery in Colorad…
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A truck carrying liquid manure rolls over and sprays its load of poop in a Connecticut neighborhood, a giant sinkhole opens up in an Illinois park's soccer complex and a kinkajou is found far from home at a Washington rest stop on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…
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