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

1532. Fact

Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eighth grade music class.

1533. Fact

Elvis was once appointed Special Agent of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

1534. Fact

Emus can't walk backwards

1535. Fact

entomophobia is the fear of insects

1536. Fact

Eosophobia is the fear of dawn

1537. Fact

ercentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

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Nobel, actually invented dynamite, (Dynamite no.1 and Ballistite) but when he saw the destruction it caused, he decided to do something benevolent with all the money he made. Hence the Nobel Prize.      .. More >>