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Minnesota police assist tangled eagles in middle of road

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Minnesota police assist tangled eagles in middle of road

Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Police in Minnesota came to the assistance of two eagles spotted tangled together in the middle of a road near a busy intersection.

11,000 zombies go for bike ride in Florida

Odd News // 19 hours ago

11,000 zombies go for bike ride in Florida

Repeat winner scores third major jackpot from Maryland Lottery

Odd News // 19 hours ago

Repeat winner scores third major jackpot from Maryland Lottery

Tennessee farmer converts giant pumpkin into kayak

Odd News // 19 hours ago

Tennessee farmer converts giant pumpkin into kayak

Haunted house requires 40-page waiver, physical exam

Odd News // 20 hours ago

Haunted house requires 40-page waiver, physical exam

Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Tennessee haunted house billed as the scariest in the world requires visits to sign a 40-page waiver, pass a physical and undergo a background check -- and no one has ever finished the attraction.

14 Guinness World Records broken during marathon in Toronto

Odd News // 23 hours ago

14 Guinness World Records broken during marathon in Toronto

Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Guinness World Records announced 14 records were broken at a Toronto marathon, including records for running while dressed as fruit, a vegetable, a cartoon character, a cowboy and a supervillain.

Kentucky zoo employees round up escaped emus from Amish farm

Odd News // 23 hours ago

Kentucky zoo employees round up escaped emus from Amish farm

Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Employees at a Kentucky zoo rounded up a quartet of emus that escaped from an Amish farm and went wandering near a busy highway.

2,024 erhu players break Guinness record in China

Odd News // 1 day ago

2,024 erhu players break Guinness record in China

Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Chinese county achieved a Guinness World Record when it assembled 2,024 erhu players into a single ensemble.

British zoo's escaped red panda caught on wildlife camera

Odd News // 1 day ago

British zoo's escaped red panda caught on wildlife camera

Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A red panda that escaped from a British zoo has been located by a local resident who set up an outdoor camera and placed some bamboo in front of it.

California woman returns library book 74 years overdue

Odd News // 1 day ago

California woman returns library book 74 years overdue

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A California woman who was cleaning out her study found a library book her mother had checked out 74 years earlier -- and she returned it.

Small fish helps recover swimmer's lost wedding ring

Odd News // 1 day ago

Small fish helps recover swimmer's lost wedding ring

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A British man who lost his wedding ring while swimming was reunited with the ring thanks to a couple of beach visitors -- and a helpful fish.

Clerk's suggestion leads to $587,247 lottery jackpot

Odd News // 1 day ago

Clerk's suggestion leads to $587,247 lottery jackpot

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A Michigan man said he won a $587,247 lottery jackpot from a Fantasy 5 ticket he wouldn't have bought if it hadn't been for a store clerk's suggestion.

Dog rescued from Idaho cliff after five days

Odd News // 1 day ago

Dog rescued from Idaho cliff after five days

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A pair of volunteer animal rescuers in Idaho rescued a dog from a steep cliff after the canine was stranded for at least five days.

California man's Halloween light show draws spectators

Odd News // 1 day ago

California man's Halloween light show draws spectators

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A California man is drawing crowds to his neighborhood with an elaborate Halloween light display featuring ghosts and gravestones.

Bears open doors of unlocked SUV, steal pack of gum

Odd News // 1 day ago

Bears open doors of unlocked SUV, steal pack of gum

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A family vacationing in Tennessee said their vehicle had only been left unlocked for a brief time when a family of bears opened the doors and made off with a pack of gum.

'Highly aggressive' cow leads police on a chase in Germany

Odd News // 1 day ago

'Highly aggressive' cow leads police on a chase in Germany

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Police in Germany said a "highly aggressive" escaped cow in Bavaria destroyed a greenhouse, wrecked a scooter, damaged a police car and knocked its owner to the ground before being recaptured.

Illinois boy completes quest to run half marathons in all 50 states

Odd News // 2 days ago

Illinois boy completes quest to run half marathons in all 50 states

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- An 11-year-old boy who finished a half marathon at the IMT Des Moines Marathon in Iowa might have also broken a Guinness World Record as the youngest person to run half-marathons in all 50 states.

'Habitual runaway' emu captured in Minnesota

Odd News // 2 days ago

'Habitual runaway' emu captured in Minnesota

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Authorities in Minnesota said they captured a "habitual runaway" emu about a day after the animal was spotted running loose.

Michigan scientists create world's largest periodic table

Odd News // 4 days ago

Michigan scientists create world's largest periodic table

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A team of scientists in Michigan have created what they believe to be a new Guinness World Record in the form of the world's largest periodic table of the elements.

Class ring lost in yard of Montana home found 50 years later

Odd News // 4 days ago

Class ring lost in yard of Montana home found 50 years later

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A woman visiting her former home in Montana found the class ring she dropped while raking leaves 50 years earlier.

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