Egg season is upon us! If you keep a flock of laying hens, we bet we can find you swimming in piles of eggs. What are you doing with them? Hard-boiling? Frying? Using them in delicious baked goodies? Yes, we love our eggs. In fact, according to this Mashable video:

“Americans eat 77 billion eggs per year. That’s enough to wrap around the earth 97 times.”

But what do you really know about this oblong bundle of protein? Here’s a quick overview of the incredible edible egg that should answer any questions you could ever have about them.