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How the egg-and-spoon race became royal entertainment

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Balancing fragile poultry products on cutlery was considered high-class entertainment in 1897. The village sports days honoring Queen Victoria featured locals panicking over dropping breakfast onto the dirt. We have since replaced real shells with plastic ones, entirely removing the devastating stakes of ruining an outfit.

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