Did You Know. . .

that people around the world eat more pork than any other meat?

that during the War of 1812, a New York pork packer named Uncle Sam Wilson shipped a boatload of several hundred barrels of pork to U.S. troops. Each barrel was stamped "U.S." on the docks, and it was quickly said that the "U.S." stood for "Uncle Sam," whose large shipment seemed to be enough to feed the entire army. This is how "Uncle Sam" came to represent the U.S. Government. 

that the saying "living high on the hog" started among enlisted men in the U.S. Army, who received shoulder and leg cuts of pork while officers received the top loin cuts? So "living high on the hog" came to mean living well.

Source:  http://oklahoma4h.okstate.edu/aitc/lessons/extras/facts/swine.html