Pig Out On These 12 Facts You Might Not Know About Bacon

Researcher has shown that bacon may help alleviate hangovers because it contains amino acids that help replace neurotransmitters lost while drinking.

Preserving pork belly began in China around 1500 B.C.

You can buy bacon flavored beer, vodka, bourbon as well as find numerous bacon and beer festivals throughout the world.

A survey by Maple Leaf foods found 43% of people would choose bacon over sex.

Diets that containe choline, a micro-nutrient found in pork, have been found to boost the intelligence of an unborn child.

The pork product company was the first to patent packaged and sliced bacon for supermarkets. Today they sell $423 million worth of bacon each year.

During WWII, Disney made a cartoon encouraging housewives to save bacon grease because it was used in the production of bombs.

The average American eats around 17.9 pounds of bacon a year.

A pig weighing 200 pounds will yield roughly 20 pounds of bacon depending on the butchering process.

In 2013, doctors placed strips of bacon on a woman's head to lure 142 screw worms out of her scalp. Gross but true.

The first scheduled meal to be eaten on the Moon, consisted of bacon squares, sugar cookie cubes, peaches, pineapple grapefruit drink and coffee.

Since 2006, scientists have been growing pork in a lab using pig stem cells.