The Chicken is a name that is all too common today. So common, we trivialize it now. Have we ever asked how that happened? How did birds that barely fly come to dominate the entire world? Brands are built around the Chicken today, KFC, Chicken Republic, The Chicken Universe etc. What makes the Chicken so successful. Today we explore. How much of our culture is associated with Chickens? And just admire the chicken. The good fellows at Today I found Out say that Chickens were first reared for fighting and not for food. Cockfighting was a spectacle that people wanted to watch so they reared chickens to participate in these fights. Funny right? That nice piece of chicken on your plate is aggressive enough to have had an entire sports built on it, if you doubt the ability of chickens to fight, then you surely have never been chased by any. Cockfighting is now illegal in most parts of the world and for good reason. It is quite surprising that an animal so important is ...
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