- Creator Ian Fleming's fictional character James Bond made his debut in the 1952 novel "Casino Royale."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet is the most expensive painting sold at an auction. It was purchased for $85.2 million dollars.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The highest paid price for a drawing was $8.36 million for Vincent Van Gogh's "Garden with Flowers."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Research indicates that people prefer the colour blue for their casual clothing.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Native Indians have been known to paint their doors blue, which they believe keeps the bad spirits out.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - According to studies, men prefer to have white bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - 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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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called an octothorpe.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - An artist from Chicago named Dwight Kalb created a statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The most valuable painting made by a female artist is "In the Box," painted by Mary Cassatt. It was sold for $3.67 million at Christie's in New York City.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because those are the colours that stimulate hunger.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The expression "Tying the Knot" comes from an old Roman custom where the brides clothes were tied up all in knots and the groom was supposed to untie the knots.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The weight of a year's worth of New York Times newspapers is about 520 pounds.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Caterpillar means "hairy cat" in Old French.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In England, a cigarette is referred to as a fag.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The music for "The Star Spangled Banner" comes from a British drinking song named "Anacreon."
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - Witchcraft means "Craft of the Wise Ones."
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