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Speaker 1: Kalaroka Shock Media congratulations to Gerty. Gerty is a pet

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chicken living in Maine, and Gerty has been officially recognized

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as the oldest living chicken in the world. Hello, I'm

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Johnny Mack. With five good news stories. Gerty has set

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the record at fifteen years and one hundred days, surpassing

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the previous record by more than six months. Frank said

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Gerty joined his flock as a chick back in twenty

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ten and quickly became the dominant Birdie explains her plumage

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once it fully emerged that for a few months was

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immediately stunning, and she was always the most photogenic. Despite

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some turnover over the years, Gerty always remained the leader,

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Frank says, through all those personnel changes, Gerty was the

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presumptive leader. She seems very content with her new solo

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indoor life and loves the company of humans in the

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same room with her. She replies to her name with

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the sweet pup, pup up, and we'll have conversations with

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her if you talk to her or sing to her.

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Gerty will turn sixteen in July. Meanwhile, in Georgia, a

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twelve year old girls being praised for her quick actions

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after running into a burning home to alert her brothers

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and help them escape. Macy was on her way home.

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She's on the school bus, pulls up to the family

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house and it's on fire. The flames were spreading from

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the garage across the ground floor. She began shouting, alerting

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her two older brothers who were still inside. Mom Lisa says,

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my oldest son was preparing to go to work. Who's

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in the shower. He had no idea until she started screaming.

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She's an incredible girl and I'm very proud of her.

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Firefighters were able to respond quickly to contain the fire

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before it destroyed the entire home. The cause of the

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fire remains under investigation. Lisa said, as hard as it

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is to know that we've lost almost everything, we have

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each other. Archaeologist in England made a series of unexpected

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discoveries they didn't expect to find anything. A team from

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Headland Archaeology uncovered a Roman villa and a bathouse. They

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were just doing a survey for a wind power project.

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Initial scan suggested there was nothing of interest. However, excavation

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work revealed roof tiles that led to the discovery of

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a large farming estate dating back to the Iron Age.

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Jessica from Headline Archaeology said, there's a lot of evidence

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for growing and processing food, so we think it was

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quite a large farming estate. Among the finds was a

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Bronze vessel handle shaped like a creature that earned the

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nickname Norfolk Nassy. Archaeologists also identified a large Neolithic burial

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mound containing pottery and stone tools, as well as a

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Bronze Age burial site in the remains of a medieval village.

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Here's one for you. A new environmental project in the

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UK is using recycled urine. Where do they get to

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be recycled urine? Well? From major public events and they're

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using the recycled urine to help grow a forest. NPK

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Recovery has developed a system to collect urine from portable

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toilets at festivals and concerts and stuff. The fertilizer is

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used to support the growth of forty five hundred trees

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and whales. Scientists extract key nutrients including nitrogen, phosphorus, and

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potassium from the urine using a bacteria driven process. Lucy,

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the cofin founder, says, urine is a resource that we

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have an abundance, so It really is a win win

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here and good news for a man in New Zealand.

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He has been recognized as the world's oldest competitive croquet player.

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Nevill is one hundred and one years old. We should

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get a photo of him and that chicken from before.

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Neville earned the record after competing in an over eighties

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golf croquet tournament age one hundred one years at two

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hundred and sixty two days. He began playing at age

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seventy nine after his wife encouraged him to get free

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lessons at the club. He explained, sure had an advertisement

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in the newspaper that the club was giving free lessons,

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so we went along as soon as I took hold

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of a mallet and hit one ball, and it was

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for me. He joined the club and even won competitions

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his first year. He said, I remember when I started

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out as a new player. There was so much to learn.

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How to hold a mallet, how to strike the ball,

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all the rules. Who was due the endless support and

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encouragement of the club members to get me going. Without that,

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I wouldn't have gotten so much enjoyment from the sport,

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and I definitely wouldn't be celebrating this achievement. Those are

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your five good news stories for today. Have an awesome day,