★ Uncommon facts about common topics ★

Uncommon Facts About Art

• Art used to be an olympic event.

• The Red Vineyard is the only painting of Vincent Van Gogh that was officially sold.

• The Mona Lisa has her own mailbox in the Louvre museum for all the love letters she receives.

• A second Mona Lisa painting was found and is believed to have been painted by one of Da Vinci’s students.

• Behind Picasso’s “Blue Room”, there is a portrait of a man wearing a bow tie.

• Artist Willard Wigan made micro-sculptures and once inhaled one of them. The sculpture was Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

Uncommon Facts About Books

• The longest book title consists of 3777 words.

• An overdue library book was returned after 122 years.

• ‘Book-bosomed’ is the word used to describe people who always carry books with them.

• A book in the Harvard Library was found to be bound by human skin.

• Dorothy Straight began writing her book, “How the World Began”, when she was 4 years old.

• Bill Gates bought “Codex Leicester”, a book by Leonardo Da Vinci, at the price of $30.8 million.

Uncommon Facts About Candles

• “Chandler”-the word used for a candle maker.

• A long time ago, candle clocks were used to measure time.

• Scented candles were first made in India.

• The custom of putting candles on cakes started in Greece.

Uncommon Facts About Liking & Sharing This Post

• It is known to be a good motivator for the team.

• The team feels an unusual emotion…. I think it’s called “gratitude”. “Gratitude”-the quality of being thankful

• To like this post you’d have to click on the heart button. (known fact)

Heart buttons are cute. (lesser known fact)

Why wouldn’t you click on a HEART button?! <333