- Norwegian team chefs in Pyeongchang were shipped 15,000 eggs after accidentally ordering ten times as many as they wanted.
- "Half a truckload" of eggs arrived thanks to a Google Translate error.
- The team was able to send 13,500 back after they realised.
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The Norwegian Winter Olympics team ordered 15,000 eggs by mistake thanks to a Google Translate error
They only wanted 1,500.
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Norway's Winter Olympics team received a surprise delivery of 15,000 eggs after accidentally ordering ten times the amount they wanted.
Chefs for the 109-strong national team were presented with "half a truckload" of eggs by a local supplier in Pyeongcahng, South Korea, after making a mistake with Google Translate.
The mistake resulted in them accidentally asking for 15,000 eggs instead of only 1,500.
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Norwegian newspaper Trønder-Avisa posted a photograph of team officials with some of the haul:
OL-leiren bestilte 1500 egg... @ Tr#emo#nder-Avisa
Norwegian chef Stale Johansen told the sight of all the eggs arriving was "
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