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64-Year-Old Ripped Grandfather Proves It’s Never Too Late to Get Fit

Posted: 28 Oct 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Robert – a grandfather from Kentucky, is living proof that it's never too late to start exercising and get fit. He started working out intensely at the age of 56 when he was overweight and unable to walk without a cane. Now, he's got amazingly toned muscles and and is in the best shape of his life.

"At 56 years old, I was overweight, couldn’t really walk, had braces and was walking on canes and walkers. I wasn’t really happy with my life and the way things was going," Robert explains. He decided to change all of this so he joined a gym despite everyone being very skeptical of his abilities. The man was very determined to prove everyone wrong and went to the gym regularly. But it wasn't until he discovered a group of training enthusiasts on YouTube – who exercise anywhere, without using any kind of specialized equipment – that his passion for training really took off. “I discovered calisthenics watching BarStarzz on YouTube about a year and a half ago and I decided I would give it a whirl and fell in love with it," the ripped grandfather says. This type of exercise can be done anywhere and is incredibly good for improving flexibility and strength.

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The Unbelievable Story of Mike the Headless Chicken

Posted: 28 Oct 2013 09:52 AM PDT

According to Mike the chicken, losing your head is not that bad as it's thought to be. You better believe it since this one of a kind rooster lived headless for two years and became world-famous for it.

Mike became "the Headless Chicken" on September 10th, 1945 after being decapitated by his owner, Lloyd Olsen from Fruita, Colorado, who wanted to cook him for dinner. During Mike's attempted decapitation, Llyod hit all the wrong (or right) spots, leaving Mike headless but still alive. Baffled, the owner had a change of heart and decided to nurse the rooster back to health. Mike shook off the upsetting incident and shortly after, started pecking around and grooming his feathers as if nothing had happened. Well, he couldn't really do all those things because without a head the bird couldn't eat, drink or see but that didn't stop him from trying! After feeding him grains and quenching his thirst, Olsen took Mike to the University of Utah where flabbergasted scientists took a close look at the death-defying chicken. According to them, a blood clot prevented Mike from bleeding to death after Olsen's ax had missed the jugular. As if by miracle, Mike was still left with his left ear and most of his brain stem intact which was enough to keep this feathered critter healthy for the following two years of his life. Apparently chicken's reflexes lie in their brain stem which explains why Mike still attempted to peck and even sing – gurgle rather, despite his handicap.  Olsen swore to take care of him for the rest of his life, feeding him milk and water with syringes. Mike was doing so well, he even gained weight determining Lloyd to call him a “robust chicken – a fine specimen of a chicken except for not having a head.”

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World’s Strongest Beer Has 67.5 Percent Alcohol by Volume, Is Called Snake Venom

Posted: 28 Oct 2013 08:46 AM PDT

After their record-breaking 65% alcohol beer was considered "too weak" by their hard-core fans, Scottish brewers Lewish Shand and John McKenzie came up with an even stronger concoction, aptly named Snake Venom. This new beer contains a whopping 67.5 percent alcohol by volume, considerably more than whiskey or vodka.

Last year, Shand and McKenzie of Brewmeister Brewery, in Banffshire, created the strongest beer the world had ever seen, called Armageddon, which had a staggering 65 percent alcohol by volume. After buying about 60,000 bottles, fans around the world were disappointed that Armageddon's high alcohol content was disguised by the flavors of the brew. Some people didn't even believe it was 65%. "We thought if it was too strong, people wouldn't like it. But the problem we found is that people said we shouldn't have tried to cover up the intensity," Shand says. "This time we thought we'd go full out. We were too nice last time."

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