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  • According to studies, men prefer to have white bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms.
    (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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  • American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript.
    (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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  • An artist from Chicago named Dwight Kalb created a statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham.
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  • Bernd Eilts, a German artist, turns dried cow manure into wall clocks and small sculptures. He is now expanding his business to include cow dung wrist watches.
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  • Creator Ian Fleming's fictional character James Bond made his debut in the 1952 novel "Casino Royale."
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  • Finnish folklore states that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead.
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  • For 47 days in 1961, the painting "Matisse's Le Bateau (The Boat)" was hanging upside down in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Apparently none of the over 116,000 visitors seem to have noticed.
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  • In 1943, the July issue of "Transportation Magazine" had an article entitled "1943 Guide to Hiring Women."
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  • In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni packed his feces in cans, signed and mounted them, and then sold them as art.
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