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  2. Cultural references to chickens - Wikipedia

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    Pictures of chickens are found on Greek red figure and black-figure pottery. In Ancient Greece, chickens were still rare and were rather prestigious food for symposia. [6] Delos seems to have been a center of chicken breeding. "About 3200 BC chickens were common in Sindh. After the attacks of the Aria people, these fowls spread from Sindh to ...

  3. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture.

  4. Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens - Wikipedia

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    Jordan's hit song popularized the expression "Nobody here but us chickens", but the phrase is older. [4] Its first known appearance was a joke published as a reader-submitted anecdote in Everybody's Magazine in 1908 regarding a chicken thief, formulated as, " 'Deed, sah, dey ain't nobody hyah 'ceptin' us chickens."

  5. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...

  6. List of Internet phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Creepypasta – Urban legends or scary stories circulating on the Internet, many times revolving around specific videos, pictures, or video games. [467] The term "creepypasta" is a mutation of the term "copypasta": a short, readily available piece of text that is easily copied and pasted into a text field.

  7. The Surprising Origins of 'Break a Leg'—and Why Performers ...

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    Related: 'Time To Hit the Books!' 50 Common Idioms and What They Really Mean 'Break a Leg' Meaning. Despite sounding like something out of a medical drama, "break a leg" is actually a way to wish ...

  8. Cockfighting - Wikipedia

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    All knives are attached on the left leg of the bird, but depending on agreement between owners, blades can be attached on the right or even on both legs. Sabong [ 31 ] and illegal tupada , are judged by a referee called sentensyador or koyme , whose verdict is final and not subject to any appeal. [ 32 ]

  9. All Fowled Up - Wikipedia

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    Foghorn, believing that Dawg is "lower than a snake full of buckshot", remarks that he could pay a visit to him and "gently break him in two with my good right arm!" before his arm muscles turn slack. He resolves to do some exercises to build them up. While he is doing push-ups, however, he sees a chicken with unusually short legs passing by.