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If you’ve noticed a growing trend of bacon memes over the years, you’re not alone. Bacon is deliciously unstoppable and has steadily made its way into everything from ice cream (we kid you not!) and bacon-flavoured lip balm (yes, it exists and people actually use it!) to a dating app which claims ‘when you're looking for love, you can only hope to find someone you love as much as bacon. While Sizzl can't guarantee that, it can guarantee your match will love bacon as much as you do.’

Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Known as a causality dilemma, this question was first posed as a philosophical matter in the 1st century by Plutarch, a Greek biographer and essayist. Debated for centuries since, there is no answer – sorry to disappoint – but what we do have is far more satisfying. In a complete swing from the philosophical to the trivial, here are 15 fun facts about our favourite fowl, courtesy of The Fact Site.