Issue number 4

Installed: 01-8-2000

Factfile

10 amazing "facts" about Eggs

1. The shell of an egg is such an amazingly strong structure that a London footbridge was recently constructed from eggs.

2. It is often suggested that a leaking car radiator can be cured by cracking an egg into it. This is not recommended for the petrol tank.

3. The ancient Chinese polished wren's eggs to use as reflectors on their roads.

4. Whilst hummingbirds are the only birds able to fly backwards, the same is not true of their eggs.

5. Leonardo da Vinci, whist being famous for many things, is not famous for his omelettes.

6. You can tell if an egg is fresh by eating it.

7. 83.5% of the World's egg supply is produced by females.

8. The tradition of painting eggs and rolling them down a hill at Easter dates from long before Easter itself. It was originally from a time before whisks were common.

9. When there is a green tinge to a boiled egg, this is an indication that the egg wasn't properly ripe before cooking.

10. Eggs came first.

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