Nearly 100 monkeys escape, purple elephant seal

Nearly 100 monkeys escape, purple elephant seal

Nearly 100 monkeys escape their enclosure in a Thailand city and experts explain the unusual color of a purple elephant seal at a California state park on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. [https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/] Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@UPIOddNews] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@upioddnews].

Embarrassing typo on city posters, cat with 28 toes

A typo on French-language posters in the Canadian capital announces the formation of new "pubic squares" and a Michigan family's polydactyl cat enters the record books with 28 toes on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. [https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/] Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@UPIOddNews] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@upioddnews].

Odds and Ends: Fastest pizza maker, man stuck in toilet

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 the world's fastest pizza maker, a man trapped in a campsite toilet, an epidemic of tortoise escapes and a lucky raccoon rescue. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. [https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/] Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@UPIOddNews] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@upioddnews].

Waterslide wedding world record attempt, snake and spider share bedroom

A North Carolina couple renew their vows at the top of a Wisconsin waterslide and attempt a world record, and an Australian snake catcher finds a massive huntsman spider while removing a python from a bedroom on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. [https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/] Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@UPIOddNews] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@upioddnews].

Montana troopers pull over 'Big Banana Car,' paddleboarders chased by shark

Montana Highway Patrol troopers pull the iconic Big Banana Car over on the interstate and a pair of California paddleboarders are caught on camera being chased by a shark on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News. [https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/] Follow the UPI Odd News Minute on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@UPIOddNews] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@upioddnews].