15 wild, interesting and insightful facts about bacon

15 tasty facts about bacon to treat yourself to first thing in the morning

Bob Aug 20, 2025

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Who doesn’t yearn to wake up and be treated straight away to a healthy heaping of bacon? I sure do. The savory pork of the Gods is a staple of breakfast around the globe, and as it turns out, it also happens to be National Bacon Lovers Day today. That’s right, every year on August 20th, we lovers of everything bacon get to salute our favorite savory meat treat.

So I thought, let’s take a moment to learn a little bit more about the delicious dish that is our favorite part of a “complete breakfast.”