A regular photo of a brown egg against a white background just broke an Internet record as the most liked photo on Instagram. Last we checked, it had nearly 25 million likes, beating Kylie Jenner’s post by about 7 million likes. It was able to gain this number in under 10 days.
The account @word_record_egg captioned the post: “Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this.” In a message to Buzzfeed, the account holder explained the post as a simple challenge whose only purpose was to gain more likes than Kylie Jenner. They explain that it was “nothing personal”.
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The previous most liked Instagram post was Kylie Jenner announcing her baby’s name Stormi Webster. The sweet statement was beat by what looks to be a stock photo of an egg. Although according to the account holder, who fashions themselves as Henrietta a British chicken, the egg is actually her son. In the same message to Buzzfeed, she states: “Eugene is my egg. The power of the egg is strong.”
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Kylie Jenner even responded to her record being broken, sharing a meme on her Instagram account where she cracks an egg on the ground. She captions it: “Take that, little egg.”
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Why do you think this photo of an egg became viral?Â
