If you've ever lovingly coloured in a picture of Humpty Dumpty as an egg, you might want to look away now. Equally, if you've got a cherished book of illustrated nursery rhymes from your childhood, this is your fair warning.
It turns out Humpty Dumpty is not an egg - and people are more than a little shocked. One of the most popular nursery rhymes of all time, Humpty Dumpty has long been pictured as an egg, and there are probably thousands of illustrations of his shell, going all the way back to the first eggtastic appearance in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland sequel.
