20 little known facts about Elivs Presley

1. Elvis was a Black Belt in karate (a form of martial arts). Elvis’s love of martial arts continued throughout his life.
2. Elvis was reading The Scientific Search For TheFace Of Jesus by Frank O' Adams at the time of his death.
3. Favorite tooth paste - Colgate.
4. Favorite after shave - Brut.
5. Favorite soft drink - Pepsi.
   
6. Elvis was an Honorary Member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.
7. Elvis was featured on a 5.50 KR postage stamp issued by Sweden in 2004.
8. By the time he died, Elvis was the second biggest selling recording artist of all time after Bing Crosby.
9. Elvis once owned a pet chimpanzee called Scatter.
10. Elvis made it a point to spend all his earnings from Hound Dog on bananas, peanut butter and ammunition.
11. 148 different Elvis recordings have been certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum.
12. According to The Great Food Almanac by Irena Chalmers, the last food that Elvis Presley ate was 4 scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies.
13. The 1970s again saw Elvis retreat from the public, battling an addiction to prescription drugs and the resulting weight problems while making occasional appearances as a headliner at leading hotels in Las Vegas, notably the Las Vegas Hilton.
    
14. He died at his palatial home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee in 1977 and was buried on its grounds. The local medical examiner found his death to be a consequence of an overdose of mixed drugs and complications of severe heart disease.
    
15. After his death, there have been numerous conspiracy theories and Elvis sightings.
16. It took just 7 years for Elvis to sell the same number of records as he did when he was alive (about 300 million).
17. Elvis advertised for only one product in his life - Doughnuts in 1954.
18. More than 20 million Elvis Presley records were reportedly sold on the day after his death.
19. Elvis paid $100,000 for his Graceland mansion.
20. King Creole was the king's favorite among the movies he starred in.