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 that broke into a Louisiana couple's enclosed porch, the cat with the world's longest tail, an update on the Wisconsin zoo's escaped otters and David …

A Pennsylvania woman buys a possible Pierre-Auguste Renoir original for $12 and a miniature dachshund that disappeared on South Australia's Kangaroo Island is spotted alive 16 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 TikTok.…

A British man becomes an unlikely social media hero for fixing a "mildly annoying" McDonald's sign and an animal welfare group unveils the March Napness bracket for European brown bears waking from hibernation 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 Houston-area highway erupts into chaos when six rodeo steers escape from a trailer and a pygmy goat in India is named the shortest living goat in the world 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 goat helps a kangaroo escape in South Carolina, a pair of otters escape from a Wisconsin zoo during a snowstorm and an Australian father and son perform 45 consecutive loops in their glider 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 painting bought for $2.99 at an Ohio Goodwill store is auctioned for over $2,800, rescuers remove a metal can that was stuck over a cat's head in Mississippi and the mystery of an ice chunk that fell through the roof of a Florida home deepens on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd Ne…

The blobfish wins New Zealand's Fish of the Year 2025 competition and a truck crash on a Virginia highway spills a load of corn 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 report of struggling swimmers off the New Zealand coast sends emergency responders on a literal wild goose chase and an Ontario woman's lost cat is found after 7 years and 4 months 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 3-foot alligator is accidentally left behind in a Michigan motel room and a kitten is rescued from a Las Vegas overpass 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 10-year-old who recited 280 digits of pi in one minute, a Florida man who found an 8-foot alligator in his kitchen, the TSA finding a live turtle inside a travel…

Florida police step in when an alligator blocks a pizza delivery driver's path to the front door and an escaped monkey goes on a bugalry spree 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.

Colorado doctors warn of an increase in patients mistaking bottles of glue for their eye drops and an escaped African serval cat is safely returned to its Oklahoma home 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 4-year-old calls 911 to demand his mother be arrested foir stealing his ice cream, the Deerfield 'pie house' sells for $350,000 in Illinois and Air India asks passengers to stop flushing clothing and other items after eight of a plane's 12 toilets were clogged on a recent flight. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI …

A London comedy club bans audience members who have had Botox injections, a swan causes a traffic jam on a Florida highway and skiers attempt to skin across anj 80-foot pond at a Pennsylvania resort 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 duck breaking into a Georgia jail, an Oklahoma toddler calling 911 for "emergency dougnuts," a strong-stomached speed eater, an orchestra that plays with vegetab…

"Cheetozard," Flamin' Hot Cheeto shaped like the Pokémon Charizard, is auctioned for $87,840; a giraffe escapes from the Reid Park Zoo in Arizona to munch on a tree; and 15 horses escape from a Michigan barn and hit the 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 YouT…

A heifer flees from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Texas and an abandoned sailboat on a Jersey Shore beach becomes an unlikely social media star 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 California Highway Patrol chases a loose opossum on San Francisco's Bay Bridge and a ballerina does the splits across two moving ATVs to break a world record 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 Indian man successfully sues a movie theater chain for showing too many commercials before a film and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service researchers find a massive goldfish in a Pennsylvania waterway 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 kangaroo wearing a red jacket on the loose in Texas, a raccoon mistaken for a bear in Connecticut, a red panda escaping from a Polish zoo and David Rush's bowlin…

A $19 strawberry sold at Los Angeles' upscale grocery store Erewhon raises controversy on social media and a dog is rescued from a well underneath a Texas house 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 27-year-old North Carolina llama officially becomes the oldest in the world, a truck carrying a load of curly fries catches fire on a Maine highway and a raccoon dog is spotted on the loose in Wales 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 skier nearly collides with a deer on an Oklahoma slope and a class ring missing since 1981 turns up in a Missouri man's garden 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 French cheese company serves up the world's largest cheese fondue and a horse falls backside-first through a wooden bridge 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 Scottish highland bull on the loose in Connecticut, a "remarkably rotund" beaver in Chicago, a venomous snake in a washing machine and David Rush's latest juggli…

Tennessee wildlife authorities round up an escaped pet porcupine and a British artist creates a sculpture of a Lego brick roughly the size of a white blood cell 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 second Eaton fire evacuee returns to his California home to find a bear living in his crawlspace and a Pennsylvania man earns a Guinness World Record for his collection of slide charts 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 Chengdu Snow Village in China apologizes to visitors for using fake snow made from cotton and researchers document 35 animal species, including alligators and raccoons, wandering through the sewers of Gainesville, Fla., on today's UPI Odd News Minute. Follow these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTu…

A gray seal is found wandering the streets of a Connecticut city, a venomous snake is found in a New Hampshire store's shipment of bananas and an Oklahoma man amasses the world's largest collection of bricks 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 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.…