Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Spenser's actual birthdate isn't documented, but, based on some autobiographical poems, scholars suspect that he was born in 1552. (Source.)
Karl Marx (yep, that Karl Marx), referred to Spenser as "Elizabeth's arse-kissing poet." Sweet, ain't he? (Source.)
Edmund's got a form of poetry named after him; he created the 9-line Spenserian stanza for his epic poem The Faerie Queen. (Source.)