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Odd News writer for UPI dotcom. Host of the UPI Odd News Minute podcast. Film reviewer and comic book expert for BookedAndScreened.com

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Odd News writer for United Press International (UPI.com), host of the UPI Odd News Minute podcast, available wherever podcasts are sold (for free).

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Large lizard caught after nearly a month on the loose in Tennessee Original

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By Ben Hooper Verified
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An Asian water monitor lizard was safely reunited with its owner after nearly a month on the loose in a Tennessee neighborhood. Bedford County Animal Control captured the large lizard Friday on Spring Street in Wartrace and posted a photo to social media in the hopes of finding the reptile's owner. The Bedford County Sheriff's Office said the owner was identified and safely reunited with the pet.
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N.C. wins his second major lottery prize in two years Original

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By Ben Hooper Verified
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man scored a $100,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket just two years after winning a $2 million jackpot from another game. Salisbury resident Cristien Breton told North Carolina Lottery officials he was shocked when the $100,000 Cash Payday ticket he bought from the Food Lion store on Mahaley Avenue in Salisbury turned out to be a $100,000 winner.
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Man spins 33 hula hoops while upside down to break world record Original

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By Ben Hooper Verified
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Chinese man managed to spin 33 hula hoops around his body while suspended upside down to break a Guinness World Record. Yan Yanjia was suspended upside down from playground equipment in Guilin, Guangxi, and two friends then helped pull the hula hoops over his head and down to his hips. Yanjia was able to keep the hoops spinning for the time required by Guinness World Records, earning him the title for the most hula hoops spun while suspended upside down.
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