[Art fact 1] The bull on Elmer's glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.
[Art fact 2] Hans Asperger, who identified autism in 1944, once said, "It seems that for success in science and art, a dash of autism is essential. The necessary ingredient may be an ability to turn away from the everyday world, to rethink a subject with originality so as to create in new untrodden ways.".
[Art fact 3] The Eskimo logo on Alaskan Airlines planes is Chester Seveck, a reindeer herder who for years greeted tourists getting off the plane at Kotzebue, Alaska.
[Art fact 4] Courtroom sketches became popular in the earlier 20th century due to a general prohibition of cameras in the courtroom. Artists are able to sketch scenes in just minutes, often from memory. Despite most courtrooms now allowing cameras, sketch art is still in demand today.
[Art fact 5] The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci was used for target practice by Napoleon's soldiers stationed in Milan, with Jesus’s face as the bullseye. The soldiers hit the mark at least a couple of times, but the mural has since been restored.
[Art fact 6] The Unfinished Portrait is a watercolor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that was in progress at the time of his collapse and subsequent death. This portrait was never finished.
[Art fact 7] The 20th Century Fox logo at the start of "Die Hard" looks stretched as an assistant editor accidentally used a non-anamorphic version of the logo which was stretched when projected as widescreen. The producer liked the look of it and the same version was used for the sequel.
[Art fact 8] There exists a painting in the dome of the US Capitol Building named Apotheosis of Washington that depicts George Washington literally ascending to heaven and becoming God.
[Art fact 9] In 1992, a youth group descended into the Bruniquel Cave in France with steel brushes to remove graffiti and ended up partially removing 15,000-year-old bison cave paintings.
[Art fact 10] Lois Gibson, who after being assaulted and nearly died from her injuries, volunteered to draw police sketches for the Houston Police Department. She now holds the Guinness World Record as the most successful sketch artist ever, having helped solve over 1,000 crimes in her 30-year career.
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