A Chinese company is GPS-tracking your chicken to ensure they’re healthy and organic

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Your future chicken dinner is about to get its very own Fitbit-like device.

Chinese online insurance company ZhongAn Online has developed a new GPS tracker for poultry called GoGo Chicken, according to the Wall Street Journal. The device fits around the animal’s leg while sensors monitor information like the chicken’s environment, what it eats, and how much exercise it gets.

ZhongAn refers to the product as “blockchain farming” because it utilizes the real-time public record technology popularized by cryptocurrency to store its data on the chickens. Read more…

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KFC has run out of chicken in the UK

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A “chicken crisis” is ruffling feathers in the UK and Ireland, after a shortage of chicken prompted most of its 900 KFC branches to close for the day. 

On Monday, a shortage of fresh chicken caused by a delivery problem brought hundreds of KFC stores to close across the nation.

In a statement, KFC apologised for denying people their fix of finger lickin’ good chicken. As of Monday night, just 300 of KFC’s branches were still open, according to TIME.   

“We know that this might have inconvenienced some of you over the last few days, and disappointed you when you wanted your fried chicken fix — we’re really sorry about that,” read the company’s statement.  Read more…

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Man documented his bizarre attempt to consume 82 Chick-fil-A nuggets on Twitter

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The thought of consuming 82 nuggets when you’re a kid seems like a dream. It would be like a gift bestowed upon you from above.

But now that you’re older, that gift might seem like an impending stomach ache and sad arteries filled with trans fats. One man didn’t care that he’s not a kid anymore, and wanted to make the dream a reality.

Robby Kalland, a sports writer for UpRoxx, decided to document his crazy journey of devouring 82 nuggets on Twitter on Tuesday. He wanted to eat one more nugget than Kobe Bryan’t highest scoring game in the NBA and even wrote passionately about his journey.  Read more…

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