Egg

It’s hard to believe, but another year has rolled by, and here we are, blessed enough to embark upon yet another Easter weekend filled with friends, family, fun and lots of chocolate.

Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Known as a causality dilemma, this question was first posed as a philosophical matter in the 1st century by Plutarch, a Greek biographer and essayist. Debated for centuries since, there is no answer – sorry to disappoint – but what we do have is far more satisfying. In a complete swing from the philosophical to the trivial, here are 15 fun facts about our favourite fowl, courtesy of The Fact Site.

The notion of computer processing speed doubling every 18 months is known as Moore’s Law, and it’s just one indication of how technology changes at an exponential rate. For most of history, man would die in a world that looked pretty much the same as the one he was born into, but that’s no longer the case – just think about your own life right now, your life pre-Facebook, pre-Twitter, pre-smart phones.

We’re all familiar with the dreaded mid-afternoon slump – your brain feels fuzzy, you lack energy and your focus (what focus) is all over the show. Too many of us reach for a quick fix, like another cup of coffee or a sugar rush of some kind, but the result is short-lived and perpetuates the cycle.