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The secret ingredient? Baking powder - or sodium bicarbonate to give it its chemical name. Simply add a teaspoon of baking powder to the pan of water as you bring your eggs to the boil. The sodium ...

You probably get rid of your egg shells by throwing them into the nearest garbage can—an option that's both quick and free–but imagine if you had to dispose of the shells from 1.5 million eggs each ...