Heart valves from hogs are used to replace damaged or diseased human heart valves. The hogs grown in Kansas each year provide enough pork to feed 10 million people around the world. Swine research led to the development of the CAT Scan, a technology for examining internal organs without surgery. Porky Pig first appeared in movies in the 1930's. A pig can run a 7 minute mile.
Pork is the most widely eaten meat in the world.
For years, the Royal Family kept a large herd of pigs at Windsor Castle in England. Charlotte's Web, a story by E.B. White, is a classic. Published in 1952, the story is about a pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte who saves Wilbur's life.