I eat boiled eggs for breakfast quite frequently. I saw a tip about boiling eggs that I had to try. I don't know about you but I have a terrible problem with eggs cracking when I put them into boiling water. It's a rare thing for me to not lose at least one egg.
I've heard a lot of people start their eggs in cold water to avoid this, but I can't stand to wait around for it to come to a boil, plus it makes it harder to peel
So - the tip I saw, said to poke a tiny hole into the wide bottom of the egg. This allows the air to escape from the pocket at the bottom and that makes them less likely to crack
I tried it:
Here are the eggs, the holes are poked into them and they are ready to boil. You can see the tack I used to make the hole.