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bacon cuts of pork
Why does bacon smell so delicious?
Quizzes
Chef tossing vegetables in a frying pan over a burner (skillet, food).
What’s on the Menu? Vocabulary Quiz
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Food. Pizza. Basil. Tomato.
Why Is Pizza So Popular in the U.S.?
curly kale. Kale or borecole (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) a loose leafed, edible plant derived from the cabbage. vegetable
Nutritional Powerhouses: 8 Foods That Pack a Nutritional Punch
microwave, kitchen
Why Do Some Foods Explode in the Microwave?
Harira Moroccan soup
Some Like It Hot: 9 Soups from Around the World
Grasshopper on white background. (bug; insect)
Would You Eat Bugs?
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Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.
How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials
NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.
10 Great Sports Rivalries
Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet
Major Mass Extinctions
Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day
Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)
Paul Revere. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," engraved by Paul Revere. Boston Massacre.
There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part One)
Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan
6 Animals That Eat Their Mates
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Exploring the formation of a transparent fat portion in bacon after heating based on physicochemical characteristics and microstructure. Jun 04, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Exploring the formation of a transparent fat portion in bacon after heating based on physicochemical characteristics and microstructure. Feb 28, 2025
Add new Web site: USDA - Food Safety and Inspection Service - Bacon and Food Safety. May 31, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - Health Benefits of Bacon. May 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Fit - Bacon Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Mar 24, 2023
Add new Web site: Healthline - Is Bacon Bad for You, or Good? The Salty, Crunchy Truth. Jan 10, 2023
Add new Web site: The Spruce Eats - What Is Bacon? Sep 14, 2022
Added an illustration showing different cuts of pork, including bacon. Mar 22, 2021
Media added. Apr 01, 2016
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Bacon. Sep 27, 2011
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Bacon Nutrition Facts. Sep 27, 2011
Media added. Oct 14, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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