Mmm, protein: Norwegian Olympic team accidentally orders 15,000 eggs

That is too many eggs.
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Chloe Bryan
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Mmm, protein: Norwegian Olympic team accidentally orders 15,000 eggs
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Take heart: You're not the only one who has trouble with Google Translate.

The chefs for Norway's Winter Olympics team received a shipment of 15,000 eggs last week thanks to an error on the translation service. They'd meant to order 1,500, so it was an understandable mistake -- but it was also way too many eggs.

Way, way too many eggs.

Thankfully, the culinary team was able to return the extra 13,500 eggs to their supplier in Pyeongchang once the error was discovered. But even if they hadn't, it's not the worst problem to have. After all, each egg contains a tiny gold medal.

Plus, you know, protein.

[H/T: Business Insider]

Topics Olympics

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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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