Delicious Discoveries: Top 3 Fun Facts About Ham You Never Knew!

1. Astro-Chimp Enos' Space Adventure

Before there were Astro-nots, there was an Astro-chimp: In 1961, Enos the chimpanzee became the first hominid to orbit the Earth aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, helping NASA test the impact of extended weightlessness on living organisms and further investigate technical issues with the spacecraft and booster.
Source => airandspace.si.edu

2. Pigs Fly for Military Intelligence

When pigs fly, they send secret messages to save queen and country: During the Falklands War in 1982, Scottish ham radio operator Les Hamilton crucially relayed vital information from the islands to British military intelligence, providing troop deployment details, bombing raids, radar bases, and more to aid in the war effort.
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3. Holy Grilled Cheese Auction

When grilled cheese does a miracle on rye: In 2004, a partly eaten grilled cheese sandwich, bearing the image of the Virgin Mary, sold for a heavenly $28,000 on eBay to online casino GoldenPalace.com, who planned to melt hearts and raise money for charity. The divine delicacy had been lovingly preserved by owner Diana Duyser for ten years on her nightstand, encased in a clear plastic box with cotton ball cushions, never giving in to mold's temptation.
Source => nbcnews.com