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This picture of an egg is now the most liked post on Instagram

The minimalist post overtook reality star Kylie Kardashian’s post as the most liked on the popular social media site.

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A PLAIN PICTURE of an egg has become the most-liked post on Instagram.

An account called “world_record_egg” uploaded the photo on 4 January with the accompanying caption:

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.

At the time of writing, the post had 25.4 million likes and the account had 2.6 million followers on Instagram.

The post overtook reality and social media star Kylie Jenner’s Instagram post announcing the birth and name of her first child as the most liked picture on the site.

People have been leaving egg-based comments on the former most-liked post; the Kardashian responded by posting a video of her cracking an egg onto a road, with the caption “take that little egg”.

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“This is madness. What a time to be alive,” the account holder said in a post on the account’s story (where images can be uploaded for 24 hours).

“Thank you so much for all of your support and messages. I’m gonna try and get back to as many of you as possible. But for now I need to sleep.

It doesn’t end here though, we’re only just getting started.#EggGangMic drop.

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    Mute Rorymcrory
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:28 AM

    I, for one, gladly welcome our new overlord

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    Mute thesaltyurchin
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:04 AM

    @Rorymcrory: In egg we trust

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    Mute James Wallace
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:12 AM

    @thesaltyurchin: In ovo speramus.

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    Mute ThatLJD
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:37 AM

    @Rorymcrory: since no one else said it… Egg-cellent News!

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    Mute Pateen Johncruck
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:42 AM

    @Rorymcrory: Eggactly

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    Mute FrustratedASDMum
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    Jan 14th 2019, 12:25 PM

    @ThatLJD: Totally un-egg-spected.

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    Mute Dave Walsh
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    Jan 14th 2019, 3:58 PM

    @Pateen Johncruck: doh!!

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    Mute Pateen Johncruck
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    Jan 15th 2019, 2:06 AM

    @Dave Walsh: duh x 2

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    Mute Bob Earner
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:27 AM

    The vast majority of people really are just kids at heart.

    Sure it’s only a bitta craic ;)

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    Mute Sean Murphy
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:46 AM

    @Bob Earner: I’m loving how the people on here are getting so triggered by a picture of an egg, yet they’re the first to call people sensitive snowflakes on any other article. It’s fuppin gas.

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    Mute Bingobango
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:08 AM

    @Sean Murphy: Who’s getting triggered? All the comments seem quite reasonable in relation to the story, in the sense that it’s all a bit ridiculous.

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    Mute Gulliver Foyle
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    Jan 14th 2019, 4:03 PM

    @Bingobango: I don’t think you guys took it seriously – the Kardashian stock will be affected and the will be a line of children crying. unfortunately, it:s 6 year old slaves outside a factory in Cambodia who are out of a job if we don’t like her picture

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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:22 AM

    Christ

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    Mute Dave Thomas
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:47 AM

    @rowan hill: but in honesty, it is more interesting than a Kardashian.

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    Mute Greg Blake
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    Jan 14th 2019, 12:22 PM

    @rowan hill: not Christ , Mork is back!

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    Mute Nollaig Elliot
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    Jan 14th 2019, 1:10 PM

    @Dave Thomas:

    A truer story was never told Dave.

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    Mute Arch Angel
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:05 AM

    In fairness someone has just proven they can take the most random, bizarre item and make it more popular than anything else on social media proving just how meaningless it is. Try getting an advertising contract worth millions for an egg.

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    Mute Eon Cocker
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    Jan 14th 2019, 12:23 PM

    @Arch Angel: there is nothing at all random or bizarre about an egg. It’s something almost every person on earth can relate to or have something to say about

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    Mute Sean Murphy
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:23 AM

    I remember looking at it last week when it was at 500k thinking it’ll never get to 18million. Crazy how trends spread!

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    Mute Winston Smith
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:27 AM

    @Sean Murphy: I was into eggs before they were cool too

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    Mute Sean Murphy
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:38 AM

    @Winston Smith: I hear some people ate them before this picture got popular. Barbarians.

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    Mute Winston Smith
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:39 AM

    @Sean Murphy: bloody hipsters

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    Mute Klingon Emperor of Ireland
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:46 AM

    Did ya hear about the Dirty Egg?

    He went down the road with his yolk hanging out

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    Mute Paraic
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    Jan 14th 2019, 1:04 PM

    @Klingon Emperor of Ireland: I know. I’ve seen it with my own eyes, and I’m still shell-shocked.

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    Jan 14th 2019, 1:42 PM

    @Paraic: I’m cracking up here, jokes that good are like hens teeth

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    Jan 14th 2019, 2:28 PM

    @Klingon Emperor of Ireland: what a p’takh

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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:31 AM

    The Human Race is truly doomed.

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    Mute Genius 80s+
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:54 AM

    @Mick Trant: Only the sheep, it’s a great insight into the people who vote for it

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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:31 AM

    @Mick Trant: domed!

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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:41 AM

    If ever proof was needed that we’re in the midst of a spiritual egg-istential crisis this is it.

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    Mute Dan Skelton
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:39 AM

    Being famous online is like being rich in Monopoly. It’s not real.

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    Mute Jim Buckley Barrett
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    Jan 14th 2019, 2:45 PM

    @Dan Skelton: Not actually correct, there are a lot of people that are only famous online and make a living and in some cases much more from it.

    Have a read – https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-youtube-stars-2017-12?r=US&IR=T

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    Jan 14th 2019, 6:57 PM

    @Dan Skelton: seems a lot like being famous on the telly tbh.

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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:34 AM

    Social media will be the death of mankind and frankly I can’t wait

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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:06 AM

    @Barry Zuckerkorn: Nah, it’ll be water charges.

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    Jan 14th 2019, 2:29 PM

    @Barry Zuckerkorn: I’m betting on video games. They’re surely the scourge of humanity!

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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:30 AM

    ~Omg, please stop the planet and let me off.

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    Mute Colm Lyons
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:22 AM

    I’m posting a picture of a chicken now. Cheek of that egg.

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    Mute Jim Buckley Barrett
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    Jan 14th 2019, 2:46 PM

    @Colm Lyons: Well this solved the old riddle – the egg came first!

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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:11 AM

    Nanu Nanu

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    Jan 14th 2019, 12:24 PM

    What a time to be alive…

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    Mute Mick Byrne
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:10 AM

    Humankind has peaked.

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    Mute Barry Zuckerkorn
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:43 AM

    @Mick Byrne: peaked a long long time ago now

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    Mute MickN
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:43 AM

    Stop the world I wanna get off…

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    Jan 14th 2019, 3:23 PM

    I’m trying to be outraged but honestly it’s a pretty good egg

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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:16 PM

    @Wastrel: With a great tan…

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    Mute Donal Laurence Heffernan
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    Jan 14th 2019, 12:59 PM

    We all come from the egg, but someday we will all be eggstinct.

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    Mute Noel Falkhall
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    Jan 14th 2019, 3:04 PM

    Turns out Kylie’s not all she’s cracked up to be.

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    Mute Aga Grandowicz
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:20 AM

    Oh my, 99.9% of these likes must have been paid for – I hope!

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    Mute Donal Laurence Heffernan
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    Jan 14th 2019, 2:23 PM

    Eggshellent news!

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    Mute Grumpeee Oldman
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    Jan 14th 2019, 1:50 PM

    Who is Kylie Jenner?

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    Mute Mick Doyle
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    Jan 14th 2019, 2:00 PM

    @Grumpeee Oldman: she’s no egg, but she’s some yolk

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    Mute Rei
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    Jan 14th 2019, 2:30 PM

    @Grumpeee Oldman: American reality TV star, I’m fairly sure.

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    Mute TamuMassif2019
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:16 PM

    @Grumpeee Oldman: A bad egg…

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    Mute Noel Martin
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    Jan 14th 2019, 1:54 PM

    That wee egg is no yoke

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    Mute Nikas Peckeliunas
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    Jan 14th 2019, 10:44 AM

    Since when is this news?

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    Mute James Joseph
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    Jan 14th 2019, 3:29 PM

    @Nikas Peckeliunas:
    Since the hen laid the egg.

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    Mute Bridget O'Hanlon
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    Jan 14th 2019, 6:07 PM

    So this is what we’ve come to…

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    Mute Mickomacko
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    Jan 14th 2019, 4:30 PM

    What came first

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    Mute TamuMassif2019
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    Jan 14th 2019, 11:17 PM

    @Mickomacko: The rooster I believe?

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    Mute Wont Surrender
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    Jan 15th 2019, 9:43 PM

    Eggcellent.

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    Mute Margaret Trueman
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    Jan 14th 2019, 6:13 PM

    @Mickomacko Good question!

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