Step 1 : Introduction to the question "3. According to Charles Mackay, a chicken in the town of Leeds, England caused a mass panic in 1806 when it started laying eggs with what phrase printed on them?"
...1. You may already have won 2. Christ is coming 3. Lose weight now, ask me how 4. Eggs contain cholesterol In his book "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds", Mackay records the extraordinary event. He claims that the people of Leeds went into a frenzy, attending church and repenting of their sins in preparation of the Second Coming. The excitement died down, however, when a man was caught re-inserting eggs with writing on them back into the chicken. It seems he would write on the shells with corrosive ink, then shove them back inside the unfortunate bird to create the appearance of the miraculous layings.
