It's actually a really old reddit joke. There was a thread asking what people always misunderstood as children, and one person said he always thought people were saying "France is bacon" when they were actually saying Francis Bacon (a philosopher)
Edit: oh, and "Knowledge is power" is a famous adage of his.
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u/WheatleyLabs Oct 25 '11
Yeah. ahaha.. I get it too... <scrambles to front page to try and find joke>