Uber Lost & Found Index 2026

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. [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: 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. [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].

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. [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].

Tasmanian devil escape, blanket fort world record

A Tasmanian devil escapes from an Australian wildlife park and a Nevada county breaks the Guinness World Record for the largest blanket fort 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].

Uber Lost & Found Index 2026

Ride-sharing service Uber released its 10th annual Lost & Found Index, an accounting of the most common -- and most unusual -- items left behind by passengers 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].