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TIL about “immature” eggs, otherwise known as unlaid eggs, several of which can be obtained from a single slaughtered egg-laying hen. They can be very small to large in size, and those close to being laid have a soft, semi-formed shell around them.

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WkABN TIL that in Israel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was translated to It’s Raining Falafel
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