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…

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, …

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.

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.…

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 …

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.…

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…

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.…

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 …

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.…

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.

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 …

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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 …

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.

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.

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.…

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.…

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…

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.…

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.

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.…

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.…

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 …

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.…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.…

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.

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.…

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.

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…

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.

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.

Officials in Beavercreek, Ohio, say they do not believe there is an alligator on the loose after a reported sighting, "Dora The Explorer" breaks a Guinness World Record at a Los Angeles parade and a capybara escapes from a Telford, England, zoo on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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 winners of this year's Ig Nobel Prizes, a bear that broke into a California cabin to raid the fridge, the world's largest plum and a literal traffic jam.…

A herd of mystery goats are wrangled after more than a month on the loose in Kansas City, Mo., and Guinness World Records announces multiple new titles for the release of its "Guinness World Records 2025" book on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

A Texas woman's missing cat turns up in Massachsuetts after nearly 3 years, David Rush spits a ping pong ball at a wall to break his own world record and a cow leads police on a 2-1/2-hour hoof chase on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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.…

A pig on the loose in a Texas city is captured after two days, a quartet of Kentucky bowlers set the Guinness World Record for the most strikes in 24 hours and a bear sneaks up behind a Colorado boy eating popcorn on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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 …