I Had Never Relished

that the views keeping eggs in a fridge,

varied from country to country, Americans, along with the Japanese, Australians and Scandinavians, tend to be squeamish about chicken eggs, so they are washed and then have to refrigerate them, most other countries don't mind letting unwashed eggs sit next to bread or onions, one advantage of consistent refrigeration is shelf life, it jumps from about 21 days to almost 50 days, the disadvantage is cost and the fact that many countries do not have a uninterrupted power sauce, but for more about the reasons of keeping eggs refrigerated or not you have to go back 100 years or so, to do that have a look here.