- Scientists believe that pigs are one of the most intelligent animals, ranking close behind apes and dolphins
- China has the world's largest population of domestic pigs
- The average sow gives birth to 8 to 12 pigs at a time
- An average pig eats five pounds of feed each day, or a ton of food every year
- A pig's squeal can be as loud as 115 decibels, 3 decibels higher than the sound of a supersonic airliner
- An average American consumes 51 lbs of pork each year
- Pigs do not have sweat glands and pale pigs risk sunburn, hence they roll in mud to keep themselves cool
- A number of pigs together is called a herd
- A piece of lead used in a ship's ballast is called a hog
- One of the smaller moulds used for casting iron is called a hog
- A curling rock that is not thrown far enough to get over the hog line, is called a hog
- A pig raised for meat is called a hog
- A broom for scraping the underside of a ship is called a hog
- A large railway locomotive is called a hog
- A Harley Davidson motorcycle is called a hog
- In the UK, a sixpenny coin was called a hog
- Pork is the world's most widely-eaten meat
- In Denmark there are twice as many pigs as people
- There are approximately 840 million hogs on farms throughout the world
- On average, pigs live for about 15 years
- The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs [1157.4 kg] owned by Burford Butler of Jackson, Tennessee, USA in the year 1933
- Here is the feisty starlet girlfriend of Kermit the Frog from the Muppets -
Miss Piggy - I think we should leave out the word swine. It's usually used derogatorily often meaning a mean & contemptible person.
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