Fact Or Facon?
- The Earl of Bacon (a descendant of the Sir Francis Bacon lineage) was a near neighbor and close friend to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Their frequent late night revelry and subsequent feasting eventually resulted in the now popular BLT.
- One pound of raw bacon has enough stored energy to power a household of four for seven hours.
- A slice of bacon inside your shoe is a surefire cure for plantar warts.
- Because of its moist and elastic properties, bacon was used as a field suture in certain European arenas during World War I.
- Medieval peasants believed that bacon, like garlic, had the power to ward off vampires and other supernatural beings.
- In 1913, bacon was temporarily banned in Chicago when 3 tons of tainted bacon was mistakenly shipped to local markets, causing widespread hallucination-based hysteria.
- In 12th century England, a village church offered a side of pork to any man who could swear that he had not quarreled with his wife for a year and a day. Men and women alike had great respect for any man who could “bring home the bacon.”
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