5 things you probably didn't know eggs can do

A hen in Wolfenbüttel, a town in Lower Saxony, laid a 209-gram (7-oz) egg - that's three times heavier than average. Other egg-related records include Portugal's feat of scrambling the most eggs at once: 160,000. A skilled Milanese has also demonstrated he could balance 27 eggs in one hand.

Although he was the specialist of creepy films, Alfred Hitchcock was frightened of something quite nonthreatening: eggs. "That white round thing without any holes… Have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk?" he once said. Because of his ovophobia, he never tried eating a single egg in his entire life.

Fabergé eggs are the most expensive eggs in the world. A limited number of them were once created in the workshop of the renowned Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé. Some of these eggs can be sold for millions of dollars at auctions. Those with a small budget can invest in Kinder Surprise eggs instead: Some collectors pay a five-figure sum for limited-edition sets of these chocolate covered toys.

Magical properties have been attributed to eggs for ages. So-called "oomancy," or divination by eggs, already existed in Ancient Rome and is still practiced around the world to this day. Some predict the future by mixing an egg in water, and others use the eggshell or the yolk to read omens.

YouTuber Emrah explains how to peel an egg within seconds: Put the egg in a glass of water, shake it well and then simply peel off the shell. This works well in a bowl when you use several eggs, he explains. Emrah is not the only "egg expert" on YouTube. Amazingly, these videos on the best ways to deal with an egg get thousands of clicks.