A Navy training bomb dating back to World War II washes up on a California beach, a cat rescues her family's dog from two coyotes, a British Columbia family find a bear living under their house and a Texas woman bakes for 55 consecutive hours on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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An escaped baboon alert at an Australian zoo turns out to be a false alarm, pranksters hide colored lights in a Florida city's downtown display, a Michigan pothole becomes a viral celebrity and a California shelter finds homes for all of its 129 dogs on the first UPI Odd News Minute of 2024.

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A snake from Mexico turns up in a box of produce in Ontario, a Ghana woman sings for 126 hours and 52 minutes, a dog is rescued from an island pond and a Chinese jump roping trio take on a complicated world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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A coyote is rescued from the frigid waters of Lake Erie in New York, a duck normally found in the Arctic turns up on an Indiana street, chefs cook a pizza topped with 1,001 varieties of cheese and David Rush breaks the record for fastest time to pop 200 balloons with a nail on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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This special episode of the UPI Odd News Minute runs down 10 of the oddest international competitions coming up in 2024.

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A llama on the loose is captured on a California highway, the world's largest Rubik's cube is unveiled in Dubai, Phoenix-area residents note an increase in beaver sightings and an alligator is captured at a Florida shopping mall on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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Oregon police find a reported grenade was a dog poop bag dispenser, a Christmas tree maze in Jersey aims for a world record and Arizona wildlife experts are stumped by an unusually tiny bear cub on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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The Illinois secretery of state reveals some of this year's "obscene" rejected vanity plates, Maury Povich helps the Denver Zoo announce the results of an orangutan paternity test and zoos in Nashville and Indianapolis reassure the public that no lions are on the loose after a pair of viral hoaxes on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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The UPI Odd News Minute presents a special episode running down five of the world's most odd and obscure museums, with themes ranging from cat figurines to distusting foods.

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One of the first mass produced artificial Christmas trees sells for over $4,000, a loose goat is lassoed in a Minnesota neighborhood, a Mexican acrobat breaks a world record for aerial hoop somersaults and a donkey is rescued from a muddy drainage ditch on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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