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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Classmate Facts # 65 - Priceless Art and Literature Facts!

1. Ian Fleming's James Bond debuted in the novel 'Casino Royale' in 1952.

2. The world's best-selling book is the Holy Bible.

3. Greek philosopher Aristotle write Meteorologica in 350 B.C. - it remained the standard textbook on weather for 2,000 years.

4. Barbara Cartland completed a novel every two weeks, publishing 723 novels.

5. In 1961, a Matisse masterpiece titled 'The Boat' hung upside-down in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for 2 months. None of the 116,000 visitors who admired the painting noticed.

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