Speaker 1: Kalaroka Shock Media congratulations to Gerty. Gerty is a pet
chicken living in Maine, and Gerty has been officially recognized
as the oldest living chicken in the world. Hello, I'm
Johnny Mack. With five good news stories. Gerty has set
the record at fifteen years and one hundred days, surpassing
the previous record by more than six months. Frank said
Gerty joined his flock as a chick back in twenty
ten and quickly became the dominant Birdie explains her plumage
once it fully emerged that for a few months was
immediately stunning, and she was always the most photogenic. Despite
some turnover over the years, Gerty always remained the leader,
Frank says, through all those personnel changes, Gerty was the
presumptive leader. She seems very content with her new solo
indoor life and loves the company of humans in the
same room with her. She replies to her name with
the sweet pup, pup up, and we'll have conversations with
her if you talk to her or sing to her.
Gerty will turn sixteen in July. Meanwhile, in Georgia, a
twelve year old girls being praised for her quick actions
after running into a burning home to alert her brothers
and help them escape. Macy was on her way home.
She's on the school bus, pulls up to the family
house and it's on fire. The flames were spreading from
the garage across the ground floor. She began shouting, alerting
her two older brothers who were still inside. Mom Lisa says,
my oldest son was preparing to go to work. Who's
in the shower. He had no idea until she started screaming.
She's an incredible girl and I'm very proud of her.
Firefighters were able to respond quickly to contain the fire
before it destroyed the entire home. The cause of the
fire remains under investigation. Lisa said, as hard as it
is to know that we've lost almost everything, we have
each other. Archaeologist in England made a series of unexpected
discoveries they didn't expect to find anything. A team from
Headland Archaeology uncovered a Roman villa and a bathouse. They
were just doing a survey for a wind power project.
Initial scan suggested there was nothing of interest. However, excavation
work revealed roof tiles that led to the discovery of
a large farming estate dating back to the Iron Age.
Jessica from Headline Archaeology said, there's a lot of evidence
for growing and processing food, so we think it was
quite a large farming estate. Among the finds was a
Bronze vessel handle shaped like a creature that earned the
nickname Norfolk Nassy. Archaeologists also identified a large Neolithic burial
mound containing pottery and stone tools, as well as a
Bronze Age burial site in the remains of a medieval village.
Here's one for you. A new environmental project in the
UK is using recycled urine. Where do they get to
be recycled urine? Well? From major public events and they're
using the recycled urine to help grow a forest. NPK
Recovery has developed a system to collect urine from portable
toilets at festivals and concerts and stuff. The fertilizer is
used to support the growth of forty five hundred trees
and whales. Scientists extract key nutrients including nitrogen, phosphorus, and
potassium from the urine using a bacteria driven process. Lucy,
the cofin founder, says, urine is a resource that we
have an abundance, so It really is a win win
here and good news for a man in New Zealand.
He has been recognized as the world's oldest competitive croquet player.
Nevill is one hundred and one years old. We should
get a photo of him and that chicken from before.
Neville earned the record after competing in an over eighties
golf croquet tournament age one hundred one years at two
hundred and sixty two days. He began playing at age
seventy nine after his wife encouraged him to get free
lessons at the club. He explained, sure had an advertisement
in the newspaper that the club was giving free lessons,
so we went along as soon as I took hold
of a mallet and hit one ball, and it was
for me. He joined the club and even won competitions
his first year. He said, I remember when I started
out as a new player. There was so much to learn.
How to hold a mallet, how to strike the ball,
all the rules. Who was due the endless support and
encouragement of the club members to get me going. Without that,
I wouldn't have gotten so much enjoyment from the sport,
and I definitely wouldn't be celebrating this achievement. Those are
your five good news stories for today. Have an awesome day,