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Mike the Headless Chicken

Mike the Headless Chicken

This is not a hoax: Following a non-lethal decapitation, Mike the headless chicken, later nicknamed "Miracle Mike," lived for approximately 18 months. Seen here in 1945, a little over one month after the beheading, Mike's body poses with his head.

Photo: Bob Landry./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Oct 22, 1945
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