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Egg Bigger Than Before
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About
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).
Spread
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).
please watch this extremely bizarre facebook craft video pic.twitter.com/bjxSwBIyAP
— pointy aka 'The Fence' (@chipspopandabar) July 25, 2019
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.
Various Examples
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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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Adam DeLand
Jul 26, 2019 at 03:10PM EDT
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