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Egg Bigger Than Before

Egg Bigger Than Before

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Updated Jul 28, 2019 at 06:01AM EDT by andcallmeshirley.

Added Jul 26, 2019 at 12:30PM EDT by Matt.

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Egg Bigger Than Before refers to a memorable quote from a 5-Minute Hacks science video in which an egg is soaked in vinegar and maple syrup, increasing its size. Following a viral post on Twitter, people began using the phrase in a variety of jokes and memes about the video.

Origin

On May 5th, 2019, 5-Minute Hacks published the video "22 CRAZY HOME SCIENCE TRICKS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN." In the video, one of the "science tricks" includes making an egg bigger by soaking it in vinegar and maple syrup. The segment ends with the egg being declared "bigger than before." The post received more than 3.2 million views in less than three months (shown below).



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On July 25th, 2019, Twitter[1] user @chipspopandabar tweeted the clip from the video with the caption "please watch this extremely bizarre facebook craft video." The tweet received more than 2.2 million views, 41,000 likes and 11,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below).

Following the post, people made jokes on Twitter[2] about the phrase "bigger than before." Twitter user @hollyjunesmith tweeted a parody of the poem This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams. The post received more than 5,000 likes and 500 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, left).

Throughout the day, others shared variations of the meme (examples below, center and right).

Several media outlets covered the meme, including New York,[3] Nylon,[4] AV Club,[5] Mashable, [6] The Daily Dot [7] and more.


Replying to @chipspopandabar I have eaten the eggs that were in the syrup and which you were probably saving for blue dye Forgive me they were delicious so bigger than before 2:58 PM Jul 25, 2019 Twitter Web App maple syrup?? okay....blue dye???? bigge..than before 7:14 AM Jul 26, 2019 Twitter for iPhone What's not to love? You like egg? Here's egg. Bigger than before. Three days is all it takes for big egg. 2:29 PM Jul 25, 2019 from Vico Equense, Campania Twitter for Android


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When the egg is bigger than before That's better. 4:38 PM Jul 25, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Just realized that the weird mug is designed to store an egg that is bigger than before 5:17 PM Jul 25, 2019 Twitter for iPhone The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL IT'S BIGGER THAN BEFORE 8:57 AM Jul 26, 2019 Twitter for Android
Natural History Museum NATURAL MUSEUM @NHM London Bigger than before eees the N onn 4:26 AM Jul 26, 2019 Twitter Web App A-li Archie Comics COMICS@ArchieComics frantically searching through the archives for artwork that references an egg that's bigger than before so we can capitalize on a meme that willl be forgotten about within 24 hours Archie's Joke Book FODE ARCHIEJULY SERIES ANTHORITE 100 MAGAZINE THEY RE SO LARGE IT ONLY TAKES SEVEN TO MAKE A DOZEN! ho.41 "LARGE EGGS"?-2L SAY THEY RE LARGE DAIRY ROD MI BU EGGS GRADEA EGGS LARSE 6:31 AM Jul 26, 2019 TweetDeck [Day 3,284 BIGGER THAN BEFORE 3:27 AM Jul 26, 2019- Twitter for Android

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External References

[1] Twitter – @chipspopandabar's Tweet

[2] Twitter – @hollyjunesmith's Tweet

[3] New York – The Egg Is Bigger Than Before, or, the Cosmic Mysteries of YouTube’s Third-Most-Popular Channel

[4] Nylon – The Egg Is "Bigger Than Before," And Twitter Is Fascinated

[5] AV Club – We have no idea what's being crafted in this deranged crafting video, but we hate it

[6] Mashable – Bizarre DIY video makes an egg that's 'bigger than before' and the internet asks -- why?

[7] The Daily Dot – Why everyone is talking about this egg that’s ‘bigger than before’

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