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'One-in-a-billion' round egg could fetch £200 at auction
January 18, 2025
|The Independent
A rare "one-in-a-billion" spherical egg found on a farm could fetch up to £200 at auction. Egg processer Ali Greene was working at a shift when she saw one egg "moving differently" on the conveyor belt.
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Ms Greene, who works for Fenton Farm Eggs in Devon, discovered that the chances to find a round egg are “one in a billion”.
After doing some research she learnt that in the past a round egg was sold for £200. And she is now hoping to sell the egg at an auction sale in Exeter on 18 March to raise funds for a charity.
هذه القصة من طبعة January 18, 2025 من The Independent.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
هل أنت مشترك بالفعل؟ تسجيل الدخول
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