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Fact #113413

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It is announced that scientists have named an extinct swamp-pig from 19m years ago after Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones because the two share one trait - super-sized lips. "We gave it the scientific name Jaggermeryx naida, which translates to ‘Jagger’s water nymph,'" says study co-author Ellen Miller of Wake Forest University.