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Not yet, though we've been trying to do so since at least the 1970s.

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XEaKE TIL of "Bakin' Bacon with Macon" a mock cooking show filmed with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker as TV chefs, the segment was included on the second Season DVD. The show featured a pig named Macon, who on the segment, is fed bacon.
8a5Xa TIL Samuel Johnson, of Dictionary fame, had a beloved black cat, Hodge. A statue of Hodge, sitting atop a dictionary, is outside Johnson's house in London, now a museum. Johnson admitted he had better cats, but described Hodge as "a very fine cat indeed," the inscription at the base of the statue.
0wXL1 TIL that many ancient statues weren't meant to be white. Over time, the paint on the statues wore off, and were completely colorless upon their discovery. This lead many sculptors to believe that the refined Greeks and Romans left their marble bare intentionally, creating a lasting trend.
LkoD0 TIL Senegal, a country 94% Muslim, elected a Christian president in 1960 who has been reelected for 20 years before he voluntarily resigned.
8a04Z TIL that Madagascar has an animal called tenrec that looks exactly like a hedgehog, but are completely different animals