In 1951, Mary Foss Starn and her friends signed their names and hometowns on eggs and sent them out in cartons to see if anyone would respond. Starn hoped that someone in New York City would find her egg and become her pen pal.

After years of no response, Starn assumed her eggs had been eaten and forgotten about the experiment.

72 years later, one of Starn's eggs was found by John Amalfitano in New Jersey, who had received it from a neighbor 20 years ago.

Amalfitano posted about the egg on Facebook and was able to connect with Starn's daughter, leading to a conversation between Starn and Amalfitano.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/09/05/egg-message-1951-amalfitano-starn/