Swine Trivia

• Pork is the most widely eaten meat in the world.

• Heart valves from hogs are used to replace damaged or diseased human heart valves.

• Pepperoni is the favorite pizza topping in the United States. 

• A baby pig, or piglet, weighs about 3 1/2 pounds at birth and will double its weight in just 7 days.

• Swine research led to the development of the CAT Scan, a technology for examining internal organs without surgery.

• Pigs can't sweat. Pigs have no sweat glands.

• A pig can run a 7-minute mile.

• For years, the Royal Family kept a large herd of pigs at Windsor Castle in England.

• It takes about 3½ pounds of feed to produce a pound of pork.

• Porky Pig first appeared in movies in the 1930's. Porky's most recent movie was "Space Jam".