Considered by some to be the first scientist, Roger Bacon was a Franciscan friar and English philosopher known for his emphasis on empirical research and experimentation. Bacon studied at Oxford at the tender age of 13, and later became an…

When my friend sent me a link to a bacon cheese burger, I thought, "So? I eat bacon cheese burgers all the time." I assumed this was just a cheese burger with tons of bacon on it. Or, like, tons…