Nixon gave Elvis a special agent badge for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

Although Elvis was on several local television programs before he appeared on Stage Show in January 1956, this was his national debut.

Elvis was distantly related to two presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Jimmy Carter. Genealogists discovered that the great-great-grandfather of our 16th President, Abe Lincoln, was Isaiah Harrison, an ancestor to Elvis. The 39th President, Jimmy Carter is a 6th cousin, once removed from Elvis.

Scatter wasn't exactly the best behaved chimp. Among other things, he ripped up the curtains at Graceland, liked to peek under the skirts of Elvis' female visitors, and when he was in a really playful mood, tended to throw ... ummm, things ... nasty things that made everyone scream and, well, scatter.

Long before he became famous, Bruce Springsteen was caught climbing over the Graceland fence by Harold Lloyd, Elvis' first cousin and a security officer working nights at the mansion. Elvis was not home. Springsteen was promptly escorted off the property.

According to Elvis' autopsy, he tested positive for 10 separate prescription medications but showed no signs of illicit drugs or alcohol.

Elvis' shoe size was 11D. You know what they say...

Kurt Russell made his film debut at age 10 when he kicked Elvis in the shin in It Happened at the World's Fair

At the time of his death, Elvis was reading The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus by Frank O. Adams.

In her memoir, Ann-Margret refers to Presley as her "soulmate", but very little is revealed about their long-rumored romance, only that "in a moment of tenderness" he bought her a round bed in hot pink colors.