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Big-Endians versus Little-Endians

20 April 2023

6:00 AM

20 April 2023

6:00 AM

Those who know their history will recall the Great Egg Rebellions of Lilliput waged between the Big-Endians who demanded that boiled eggs be cracked at the big end, and Little-Endians who insisted on following the king’s decree to break them at the little end.

Eleven thousand people were said to have died in the whole scrambled mess.

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