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 Philadelphia setting a world record for the largest drag queen story time, a bear interrupting a California man washing his dishes, a British "Ghostbusters" fan am…

A British mechanic builds the world's fastest motorized wheelbarrow, a 5-foot boa constrictor is found at a New York apartment building and a massive rabbit is rescued from a California highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

A Boba Fett action figure becomes the world's most expensive vintage toy, a congressman's 6-year-old son upstages him on the House floor and an alligator is found after 10 days on the loose in Missouri on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

A loose tiger is reported but not found in Cincinnati, a museum opens in Arizona dedicated to fossilized poop and a "hole punch cloud" draws attention over Vermont 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 Spanish resort town banning public displays of penis costumes and blow up dolls, a bear that stole a package of Oreos from a California home, an Indian man who t…

A strawberry truck overturns on a California highway connection ramp, a bobcat escapes an Indiana zoo and a book is returned to a Finnish library 84 years overdue on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

A pet snake is rescued from a teacup handle, a long-lost family charm turns up on eBay and a kangaroo escapes from a zoo in Thailand on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

A monkey is captured after spending the weekend on the loose in South Carolina, residents of an English village complain about a flock of about 100 noisy feral chickens and a Kansas man is certified as the world's oldest truck driver 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 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…

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.

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.

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.…

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.

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,…

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.

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.

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.

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.…

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.…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.…

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…

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.…

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.

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…

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.

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,…

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.

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.…

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.

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…

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…

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.…

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.