Here are some random facts for you.
1. “The Red Vineyard at Arles” is the only named Van Gogh painting that’s known to have sold in his lifetime. It sold for 400 francs in 1890, which is roughly the equivalent of $2,500 today.
2. In 1947, a woman went to Johns Hopkins to cure her hives. She received an experimental drug called Compound 1694, for hay fever and allergies. Her hives cleared up, AND, reported that, weirdly, she’d stopped getting nauseous while riding on public transportation. Doctors immediately tested the drug for motion sickness, and Compound 1694 became, Dramamine.
3. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied in the 1800 presidential election. That left it up to Congress to pick the president, and they voted for Jefferson.
4. A doctor diagnosed the injuries that the two Wet Bandits suffer during “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2”, and figured out 23 of those injuries would’ve killed them.
5. Prisoners in France do not wear uniforms, and are instead able to buy “normal clothes.” The uniforms were abolished there in 1983. If they can’t afford to buy their own, they can request free clothing, which is provided by charities.
(Wikipedia / Hopkins Medicine / Wikipedia / Slash Film / Prison Observatory)
