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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.
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- 52
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- Sep 18, 2026
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Odds and Ends: Epic estate sale find, chimpanzees escape (opens the original)
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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 $30 estate sale purchase expected to fetch up to $250,000 at auction, two chimpanzees escaping from their enclosure at the Taipei Zoo, an alligator found on the loose in New York 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 YouTub
Five generations, one birthday (opens the original)
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Five generations of an Iowa family share the same birthday and a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake makes a rare visit to California 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 .
Yellowstone's most unusual trash (opens the original)
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Yellowstone National Park shares some of the most common -- and most unusual -- pieces of trash to be collected from geyser areas so far this 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 .
Elk shatters windshield, Vulcan salute world record (opens the original)
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An elk shatters the windshield of a car parked outside a British Columbia man's apartment and "Star Trek" fans break a Guinness World Record for Star Trek Day 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 .
'Guttural Scream at the Sea,' bat takes the train (opens the original)
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Over 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the sea and a bat takes a commuter train in Scotland 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 .
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