Arts & Entertainment - Page 24 of 55

In The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf’s name translates to “Elf of the wand”, which refers to the cane he always has with him.

In 2009, eBooks only accounted for 2% of the book sales market. By 2012, that number jumped to 23%

During his lifetime, van Gogh created about 2,100 pieces of art. Most of them were done in the last 2 years of his life.

Jim Carrey spent total of 92 days wearing The Grinch costume. It took 3 hours before each filming session to get into the suit.

Frozen was first suggested as an idea for a Disney movie in 1939, but took over 70 years to actually be produced & released.

If you want to find the largest postage stamp in the world, you’ll have to visit the United Arab Emirates.

Did you know that only 5% of Americans have had one tattoo covered up by another tattoo?

Contact juggling became popular after David Bowie was seen doing it in the classic movie Labyrinth.

Ash Ketchum overslept when getting his first Pokémon. He got Pikachu because this was the only Pokémon left.

At age 31, Bill Gates was officially the youngest billionaire in the world. This was 2 years after Microsoft Windows was released.

Henry VIII’s shortest marriage was to Anne of Cleves, lasting only 6 months and 3 days.

Did you know that Los Angeles cleans over 30 million square feet of graffiti per year?