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1508. Fact
Dumbest dog: Afghan Hound

1509. Body Facts
King Louis IV of France had a stomach twice the size of a normal human stomach.

1510. Fact
During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times.

1511. Fact
During his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings.

1512. Fact
During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.

1513. Body Facts
The weight of ashes from the average cremated human body is 4 kilograms (9 pounds).

1514. Fact
During the filming of 'Apocalypse Now', director Francis Ford Coppola threatened suicide several times and lost 100 pounds.

1515. Fact
During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.

1516. Fact
Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.

1517. Fact
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

1518. Fact
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

1519. Fact
Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada

1520. Fact
Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.

1521. Fact
Each year 96 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S.

1522. Fact
Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.

1523. Fact
Each year, approximately 250,000 American husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives.

1524. Fact
Each year, the average family uses about 18,000 gallons of water just to do its laundry!

1525. Fact
Edmond Halley did not discover the comet that bears his name, he merely recognized that it was the same one that had been seen before.

1526. Fact
EEG stands Electroencephalogram

1527. Fact
Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.

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