UPI Odd News Minute

Ben Hooper
  • 4.7 (3)
  • News
  • Updated Daily

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.

  1. House of snakes, Quebec kangaroo

    20h ago

    House of snakes, Quebec kangaroo

    An Arkansas real estate agent finds the house he is scheduled to show overrun with snakes and a kangaroo is on the loose in Quebec 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.

    2 min
  2. Odds and Ends: Hand-walking down stairs, cat adopts baby bunny

    3d ago

    Odds and Ends: Hand-walking down stairs, cat adopts baby bunny

    The UPI Odd News Minute presents weekend odds and ends, our weekely roundup of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make this week's podcasts. Today's stories include an athelete descending 100 stairs on his hands, a mother cat adopting a wild baby bunny, a gathering of 1,037 people dressed as Marilyn Monroe 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.

    4 min

  3. 4d ago

    Goat jumps onto SUV, Rubik's cubes while skydiving

    A goat jumps onto an SUV to escape sheriff's deputies in Ohio and a California man solves two Rubik's cubes while skydiving 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.

    3 min
  4. Tourist attraction closed due to poop, 7-year-old sets sweater-wearing record

    5d ago

    Tourist attraction closed due to poop, 7-year-old sets sweater-wearing record

    A New Zealand tourist attraction is temporarily closed after multiple incidents involving human feces and a Pennsylvania 7-year-old wears 50 sweaters at the same time to break 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.

    3 min
  5. Half-red, half-yellow apple; Serval under the porch

    6d ago

    Half-red, half-yellow apple; Serval under the porch

    An extremely rare chimera apple -- half red and half yellow -- draws visitors to a New Zealand store and a Vancouver family finds an African serval cat hiding under their porch 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.

    3 min
  6. Fireworks truck catches fire on highway, baby birds hatch on police motorcycle

    Jun 8

    Fireworks truck catches fire on highway, baby birds hatch on police motorcycle

    A truck fire on a Tennessee highway causes fireworks to ignite on the roadway and a mother bird hatches eggs in a nest she built in a Washington police motorcycle's storage compartment 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.

    3 min
  7. Odds and Ends: Human foosball, parakeet vandal

    Jun 5

    Odds and Ends: Human foosball, parakeet vandal

    The UPI Odd News Minute presents weekend odds and ends, our weekely roundup of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make this week's podcasts. Today's stories include a human-sized game of foosball in Canada, a parakeet damaging cars in Scotland, a Kentucky chicken chase 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.

    4 min
  8. Bear falls from tree, Mr. Potato Head speed record

    Jun 4

    Bear falls from tree, Mr. Potato Head speed record

    Arizona police use a tarp to catch a bear falling out of a tree and a Singapore teenager breaks the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head 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.

    2 min
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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.

Information

  • Creator
    Ben Hooper
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    300
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023
  • Show Website
    UPI Odd News Minute

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