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.

A reported "UFO" over San Antonio is identified, a chonky alligator found living behind a former Coca-Cola plant in Florida gets put on a diet and a wolverine makes its way down the Oregon coast on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

A California police department agrees to stop using Lego heads to hide the faces of suspects in social media photos, a Maine baseball team's whoopie pie event breaks a world record and bears at an England zoo play in a swan boat 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 two-headed snake undergoing surgery in Missouri, a pair of Florida women traveling 500 miles of the state's coast in toy cars, a "long, strange trip" for a libra…

Vermont State University announces a new course studying the music of "Weird Al" Yankovic, a bear raids a California woman's trash and an Idaho man earns his 164th world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

An east Tennessee angler reels in an alligator, New York sanitation workers help a woman recover her lost wallet and a parrot spends two days fending off hawk attacks in a Texas tree on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

An overturned truck releases thousands of bees onto a Mississippi highway, California graduate students make it to every Bay Area Rapid Transit station in record time and two escaped porcupines make a spiny scene in a Scottish town on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A woman cleaning out her deceased father's home in Quebec finds a live grenade, an English couple renovating their home find letters dating back nearly 100 years behind the fireplace and a Pennsylvania deer dubbed "Jughead" by neighbors is rescued from a plastic jug 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 unfortunate side-effect to the starling murmurations over an English town, a mysterious monolith on a Welsh hillside, a lost cat found a mile from home after se…

The New Orleans Police Department complains of hungry rats stealing marijuana from the evidence room, the world's heaviest blueberry is grown in Australia and a post office in Antarctica is hiring three people to sort mail and count penguins on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A Virginia wildlife rescuer disguises herself as a red fox to feed an orphaned kit, a dog is rescued from an old underground grain storage bin in Utah and bald eagle gets stuck butt-first in the front grille of a car in Maryland on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A California highway is covered in hundreds of rolls of toilet paper, a rare Lego piece donated to a Pennsylvania Goodwill store sells for $18,100 and a stray dog takes a British Columbia commuter train on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

A message in a bottle launched by three Scottish girls is found after 40 years, homemade cardboard sleds race down a Pennsylvania mountain and a Ukrainian strongman breaks records using his beard, neck and teeth 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 Pennsylvania nudism group's "Balls Out Bowling" event, a dog rescue in England that took an unexpected turn, a Missouri museum's attempt at an underpants world r…

A Florida family reunites with their lost dog after 10 years, a birdwatcher in England witnesses a gray seal shooting water at a white-tailed eagle and a pig named Kevin Bacon makes some new friends on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

An escaped emu is captured in Colorado, an Idaho man breaks a world record for keeping two balloons in the air with his head and a beaver is apprehended after blocking a Washington road on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

An Arizona woman finds a rattlesnake in the back seat of her car, a diver recovers about 200 Apple Watches from the bottoms of Indiana lakes and a raccoon is rescued from atop an Ontario utility pole after two days on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

A University of Cambridge post-doctoral student takes inspiration from "MacGyver" to escape from a locked bathroom in a medieval tower, a pair of police horses escape onto a downtown Cleveland highway and a Wisconsin man extends his world record by eating more than 700 McDonald's Big Macs in 2023 on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories an…

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 deer that broke into a rec center for a swim, an alligator that nearly took a bite out of a golf cart, an Idaho man on a quest to become the world's top record-b…

A 100 year-old Oklahoma woman celebrates her 25th Leap Day birthday, a missing South Carolina cat turns up after five years and pranksters hack a Washington road sign to warn of "angry raccoons ahead" on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

Workers restoring a castle on the island of Jersey find a 1966 message in a bottle signed "James Bond," a Minnesota brewer is drenched by a malfunctioning beer tank and nearly 200 goats escape into a Texas neighborhood on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A house modeled after a stack of pancakes is available for three-night strays in Tennessee, an Oregon woman earns a Guinness World Record for the circumference of her tongue and a sheep on the lam takes a ride in a police car on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

The first-ever Florida Man Games are held in St. Augustine, the demolition of a former Hooters restaurant in West Virginia is preceeded by a candlelight vigil and a musician hooks his guitar up through a record-breaking 81 amps 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 Japan's annual 'naked man festival,' a wedding inside a Kentucky gas station's famous 'disco bathroom,' a stowaway snake on a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and a luc…

An Arizona woman finds a western diamondback rattlesnake hiding under her welcome mat, a British zoo said its scheme to rehabilitate the bad habits of its profanity-spewing parrots is showing early success and a Maryland couple attend a record-breaking 135 concerts in one year on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.co…

A gathering of people named Ryan aims for a Guinness World Record in Texas, a deer crashes into the glass door at a New Jersey school and a 106-year-old man gets an honorary high school diploma in a South Carolina ceremony on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

An escaped horse runs on a Philacdelphia highway, a lost lamb is found after two days stranded on a highway in England and a German engineer modifies a ride-on toy car to reach 92.24 mph on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

Veterinarians at a Nebraska zoo remove 70 coins from an alligator's stomach, a badger breaks into a home in England and causes thousands of dollars worth of damage and a Washington girl wears 40 sweaters at the same time on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A resident of a British Columbia finds her wallet on the beach eight months after dropping it into the ocean, a bear breaks into a Florida woman's car to steal a box of chocolates and a California man's Transformers collection breaks a world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A fox steals a wildlife rescuer's phone while it's recording video, a California man receives dozens of Amazon packages he never ordered and a Danish man sticks 68 matches up his nose on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

Police descend on a hotel in England on a report of a large knife that turned out to be a Harry Potter fan's wand, a 34-year-old wombat at a Japanese zoo is the oldest in the world and more than 35 cows escape on a South Carolina highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A Kansas town attempts two world records for International Pancake Day, police in Prince Edward Island rescue two baby seals from different roads on the same day and an alligator snapping turtle is found thousands of miles from its Florida habitat on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

A missing alligator is found after nearly six months on the loose in Pennsylvania, a Minneapolis couple find two decades-old love letters behind a bathroom wall and a lost dog turns up four years later and 600 miles from home on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…