Fact Book

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

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%

1538. Body Facts

People either have pale and dry or dark and sticky ear wax. It's an inherited trait, with dry earwax more common in Asia, or people of Asian decent.

1539. Fact

Estimated cost for having your whole body tattooed: $30,000 - $50,000.

1540. Fact

Estimated cost for having your whole body tattooed: $30,000 - $50,000.

1541. Fact

Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.

1542. Fact

Europe is the only continent without a desert.

1543. Fact

Evaluation and Parameterisation of Stability and Safety Performance Characteristics of Two and Three Wheeled Vehicular Toys for Riding. Title of a $230,000 research project proposed by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, to study the variou

1544. Fact

Even a long human life only adds up to about 650,000 hours.

1545. Fact

Even Antarctica has an area code. It's 672.

1546. Fact

Even Antarctica has an area code. It’s 672.

1547. Fact

Even if you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for several weeks.

1548. Fact

Every Alaskan citizen over the age of 6 months receives an oil dividend check of about $1000 per year!

1549. Fact

Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.