UPI Odd News Minute
UPI Odd News Minute
Ben Hooper
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.
Ant nest stolen, 1,207 movies in one year
The Devon Wildlife trust in England reports a nest containing 1,000-5,000 ants was stolen from a nature reserve and a Pennsylvania man breaks a world record by going to the movies 1,207 times in one 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.
Nov 2
2 min
Odds and Ends: Rocco's rocks, robot hand walks
The UPI Odd News Minute presidents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly roundup of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make this week's podcasts. Today's stories include a police K-9 named Rocco who ate garden rocks, a robot hand that walks on its fingers, a collector opening trading card packs on top of a flying plane and the latest installment of The Afternoon Rush. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube and TikTok.
Oct 30
5 min
Portable phone charger explosion, deer does laundry
A security camera captures the moment a portable phone charger explodes in a California living room and a deer crashes through a window into a North Carolina laundromat 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.
Oct 29
2 min
Boston protests 'Liberty Biberty,' missing capybara spotted
Dozens of people protest against mascot Liberty Biberty outside Liberty Mutual's Boston headquarters and a British zoo's missing capybara is sighted after seven months on the loose 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.
Oct 28
3 min
Mystery cylinder washes up, bear wrecks Subaru
A hazmat team removes a mysterious cylinder that washed up on a Florida beach and a bear hunting for snacks gets trapped inside an Alaska family's car 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.
Oct 27
2 min
Tiger escapes zoo, motorcycle on the water
A tiger cub is captured after escaping from a Ukrainian zoo and a Chinese inventor takes his motorcyle for a 25-mile drive on the water 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.
Oct 26
2 min
Odds and Ends: 639-pound hip thrust, Maryland highway cow
The UPI Odd News Minute presidents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly roundup of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make this week's podcasts. Today's stories include a Florida woman breaking the Guinness World Record for the heaviest weighted hip thrust, a cow wandering onto a Baltimore County highway, the world's longest freight train and a moose that had "beef with some wire."
Oct 23
3 min
Oklahoma caiman, pelicans fly the coop
A caiman on the loose for months is captured in an Oklahoma creek and two pelicans escape from he Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium 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.
Oct 22
2 min
Lime e-bikes 'not for jousting,' Minnesota 'space object'
E-bike rental company Lime responds to a viral video by specifying its bikes are "not for jousting" and a mysterious metal object found in a Minnesota cornfield is suspected to have fallen from space 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.
Oct 21
2 min
Airport bird attack, world's largest cowboy hat
A green bird that may have been a parrot flies into Chicago's O'Hare Airport to attack passengers and a Texas racetrack's massive cowboy hat earns 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 Minute on YouTube and TikTok.
Oct 20
2 min
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