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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.

1528. Fact
Elephant trunks can hold 4 gallons of water.

1529. Body Facts
William McIloy had 400 operations because he suffered from Munchausen's Syndrome, which is a mental disorder that makes people want to receive medical treatment. He had to give a false name and move around a lot to get away with it.

1530. Fact
Elephants can't jump.

1531. Fact
Elton John's real name is Reginald Dwight. Elton comes from Elton Dean, a Bluesology sax player. John comes from Long John Baldry, founder of Blues Inc. They were the first electric white blues band ever seen in England--1961

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