A wallaby returns to the Australia Zoo after spending the weekend on the loose, Santa's sleigh from the 2003 movie "Elf" gets a police escort to Central Park, an Armenian teenager does pullups on a bar suspended between two moving trucks and a 90-year-old woman earns her master's degree from the University of North Texas on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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A stairway wall decoration at a Belgian family's home turns out to be a long-lost artifact from Pompeii, NASA provides proof that two tomatoes lost in space for eight months were not eaten by an astronaut, a deer interrupts lunchtime at a Mississippi restaurant and David Rush sorts 500 grams of Peanut M&M's by color in record time on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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The UPI Odd News Minute prepares for the close of the year by looking back at the 10 most weird and wonderful Guinness World Records broken in 2023, including underwater magic tricks, a jump-roping cat and the fastest parrot on two wheels.

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An owl stays hidden in a Kentucky family's Christmas tree for four days, a pair of gold Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers commissioned by Spike Lee turn up in an Oregon shelter's donation bin and a dog-like South Korean robot sets a new speed record on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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A trapped horse is hoisted out of an old well in Indiana, a truck crash spills eggs across a busy Washington road, a California couple amass the world's largest collection of rabbit-related items and Minnesota firefighters rescue a dog from the frigid waters of Lake Superior on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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A skier nearly collides with a bear at a California resort, a Ritz Paris hotel guest's missing diamond ring is found in a housekeeping vacuum, an Iranian man sticks 88 spoons to his body and a large carpet python interrupts a podcast interview on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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A historic building in Nova Scotia is moved using 700 bars of soap, a 17-year-old law clerk passes the bar exam in California, a herd of loose cows terrorizes a Pennsylvania neighborhood and a bear plays Grinch to a Florida family on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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Illinois firefighters rescue a 6-foot boa constrictor stuck in the side panel of a kitchen cabinet, a rare leucistic alligator hatches at a Florida park and two escaped reindeer are returned to Santa Claus in England on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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A pig named Albert Einswine leads New Jersey police on a chase, a book is returned to a Pennsylvania library after nearly 120 years, the origin of a massive Santa Claus inflatable in a Texas neighborhood is a mystery and David Rush breaks the world record for the fastest time to fold and fly a paper plane on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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A Texas woman finds an opossum in her living room Christmas tree, a confused buck tries to mate with a California woman's deer statue, a Wisconsin bar assembles 100 old fashioned cocktails on a flight board and a Florida panther is caught napping at a country club on today's UPI Odd News Minute.

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