Thursday, February 10, 2005

Useless facts

American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript.

A language becomes extinct in this world every two weeks.

Author Robert May considered the names of Reginald and Rollo before he settled on "Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer."

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles.

Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.

The colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because those are the colours that stimulate hunger.

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