1. Pigs are not mentioned at all in the King James Bible, though there are 15 references to swine.
2. Piggy banks have nothing to do with pigs. Their name comes from a clay called pygg. Making them in the shape of pigs was just a clever pun.
3. Fluorescent green pigs were bred by Chinese scientists in 2006 by injecting fluorescent green dye into pig embryos.
4. English pigs may oink, but pigs go “groin, groin” in French, “chrum, chrum” in Polish, “hu-lu, hu-lu” in Mandarin Chinese and “knor” in Dutch.
5. For 18 years, from 1988 to 2006, George Clooney had a pet pot-bellied pig called Max.
6. When Max died, Clooney said he had no plans to replace him, adding: “I think Max covered all my pig needs.”
7. “Pig” and “Mouse” were the nicknames by which Charles Dickens addressed his wife. 8. Horror film actor Boris Karloff had a pet pig called Violet.
9. In 1997, Latvian farmers announced that pig manure is an excellent snail repellent on crops.
10. The love of Percy’s life is a sweet and sunny girl called Penny. They made it official when she popped the question in 2012.
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