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Approximately 1.1 trillion eggs are consumed worldwide each year. China is the largest producer. Roughly half of the eggs produced are white and the other half is brown. The color of the egg depends largely on the color of the earlobe of the chicken
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that laid it: white earlobe, white egg---red earlobe, brown egg. Eggshells are composed primarily of calcium carbonate, which is also the main ingredient in some antacids, but I don't recommend chewing on the eggshells if you have an upset stomach.
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The membrane inside the shell is semipermeable, meaning that it allows water and oxygen inside the egg while keeping the dust off and other debris out. The white of an egg is also called albumin after the primary protein that inhabits it. If an egg
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white looks cloudy, which actually means that the eggs are very fresh. The color of the egg depends greatly on the diet of the chicken that laid it: the more yellow or orange pigments in the food, the more brightly colored the yolk. A monotreme is
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a mammal that lays an egg and there only five known species in the world, the platypus and 4 species of echinda. The largest eggs come from ostriches, which can weigh as much as 5 pounds and the smallest eggs come from vervain hummingbirds, which we
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igh only a fraction of an ounce. And lastly, a person who is considered to be intellectually gifted is often referred to as an egghead. I've been called an egghead. I wasn't insulted.
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Some eggs are brown because the chicken who lays the egg has inheited a gene that makes them lay brown eggs. Some eggs are white because they have a different gene that makes them white. The color of their egg is not up to the chicken.

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