The chicken that lived for 18 months without a head

How long can a chicken survive without a head? Well if you ask Fruita residents, its 18 months, and if still alive... Mike the headless chicken would be celebrating 70 years.... headless.
In 1945 Fruita farmer Lloyd Olsen beheaded a chicken, the blade took off the majority of his head, but miraculously the chicken survived for a full 18 months after.
Chickens brains are mostly at the back of their heads, and Olsen’s axe left the majority of it intact.
Today marks the 70th anniversary of one of the most remarkable animal survival stories ever, and for Fruita residents it’s a story that proves popular with visitors
“I'd say probably once or twice a month especially around the chicken festival and a lot of people are like headless chicken what does that mean? And you have to tell them and everyone walks away with wide eyes and flabbergasted.”
The town of Fruita holds their Mike the Headless Chicken Festival every year in the middle of may to honor the bird.
A mike the chicken statute stands in front of aspen street coffee along main street, complete without the chickens head .

Snake found in India water bottle in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Union Health Minister JP Nadda were flabbergasted and could not believe their eyes when a live snake was found inside a water bottle served to them at an official event at BJP headquarters in Raipur on Thursday.
A lady doctor in the Chief Minister’s medical team found the snake in her bottle during the event following which the security forces present at the event took it away, The Times of India reported.
20 boxes of water bottles, marketed under the name of “Aman Aqua”, were ordered for the meeting, which was held at Ekatma Parisar.
Aman Aqua is owned by Sayed Shafiq Aman, whose father, Sayed Ali Aman, is BJP’s Raipur District Minority Cell Vice President. 
Meanwhile, the mineral water company has called the incident a “conspiracy”.
“It’s a conspiracy against me. When I was shown the bottle, its seal was broken,” the company owner said.
The fate of the snake was not known.

Rooney equals Charlton's England record

Wayne Rooney equalled Sir Bobby Charlton's scoring record with his 49th international goal as England thrashed San Marino 6-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Saturday.
"It's a proud moment to equal Sir Bobby Charlton's record," he said following the game, before turning his attention to Tuesday's night's clash against Switzerland at Wembley, where he will get the chance to net his 50th strike on home turf.
"My aim is to push on and try and help the team win on Tuesday and break the record. "It would have been great if the record had happened tonight. Obviously the tradition of Wembley and to break the record at Wembley would be great." However the England skipper admitted it's silverware that he really craves.
"I would swap all these goals for a winner's medal next summer," he insisted. Charlton's has stood alone on 49 goals for 45 years, since he hung up his international boots in 1970, but Rooney has credited the former Old Trafford favourite for helping his career.
“Since I’ve been 18, since I joined Manchester United, Sir Bobby has been in the dressing room all the time and gives me advice and tries to help me and I’m sure if there was anyone to break his record he’d be pleased if it was me.”

Didier Drogba scores hat-trick on first Montreal Impact start

Didier Drogba launched his Major League Soccer career in style here Saturday, scoring a hat-trick on his first start for new club Montreal Impact in a 4-3 win over Chicago Fire.
The former Chelsea striker opened his goal-scoring account on 21 minutes before Chicago battled back into the contest to take a 3-2 lead early in the second half.
But two typically clinical Drogba strikes just after the hour mark capped a memorable evening for the 37-year-old Ivory Coast legend, who celebrated by presenting his jersey to a fan after the match.
"The crowd was amazing," Drogba told reporters. "And, you know, this Man of the Match [trophy] that they gave me at the end, it's for them. I give it to them."
Drogba's treble was the classic striker's full house -- one goal scored with his left boot, another with his right and another from his head.
It left interim Impact coach Mauro Biello purring with pleasure. "What can I say? What a performance from Didier," Biello said.
"He's such a committed person. He's won everywhere.
"He came here with a great spirit, with such a will to win. And we saw that tonight."

Desperate migrant wedges himself car's engine bay while risking life to flee Africa

How desperate are some people to escape the poverty in their country? Two migrants from West Africa entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday August 30th curled up next to a car engine another one was hidden behind the back seat of the Mercedes-300 car.
Spanish police found the pair late on Sunday during a customs check at El Tarajal, near the Moroccan border.
The two men from Guinea got first aid, having suffered from a lack of oxygen, Spain’s Guardia Civil police said.
Sub-Saharan Africans often try to enter Ceuta, as a gateway to the EU.
The Mercedes 300 was found  to have false number plates. Police detained  two Moroccan men who were in the car when it was stopped.
It is not clear how long the man in the engine compartment had been inhaling noxious fumes for.
The two illegal migrants did not have any papers, and were identified in the statement only as "TD and AB from Guinea Conakry". They are also under official investigation  now.
Ceuta and Melilla are tiny Spanish enclaves on the North African coast, which have erected formidable border fences to keep out illegal migrants.
The fences have led some migrants to resort to extreme methods to get into Spain, such as swimming into the ports or even hiding in suitcases.
Last month, a Moroccan man suffocated to death in a suitcase after his brother tried to smuggle him to mainland Spain aboard a ferry from Melilla.

World's earliest forest found in Germany, moved into museum

Scientists confirmed on Tuesday in Bonn-Germany that the fossils of primitive trees unearthed in Germany in 2008 and 2009 are evidence of the world's oldest known forest.

Stephanie Mueller, Spokeswoman for the State Museum in Bonn, pointed out that the forest is said to have existed 390 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs.

She said the tree-like plants, known as Calamophyton, were no taller than 3 metres and are thought to have grown on a sandy island in a large, shallow sea which later became a hilly region known as the Bergisches Land.

Mueller said scientists suspected that the plants were washed into the sea by flooding, probably due to a tsunami caused by an earthquake or major sliding of continental slopes.

``Then, so the theory goes, they were quickly covered with sand and mud and fossilised.

``The block of the fossils go on view this Saturday in the archaeology department at the Bonn museum,’’ she said