Che-ckhen!

Fact - A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
Fact - The chicken can travel up to 9 miles per hour.
Fact - The greatest number of yolks in one chicken egg is nine.
Fact - Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
Fact - There are more chickens than people in the world.
Fact - Chickens and turkeys are known to cross-breed, these breeds are known as "Turkins".
Fact - The term 'Chicken Pox' didn't come from people believing that they came from chickens, it came from the Old English term 'gican pox' - which means the itching pox.

Source: Little Known Facts about Chicken

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