Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life; 'Red Vineyard at Arles', and it was to his brother.

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Many of the most famous artists today spent their lives in poverty or ruin.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

There are 3 versions of the Mona Lisa painted under the visible one.

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Salvador Dali was kicked out of the official Surrealist Society.

In A.C. Doyle's stories, Sherlock Holmes never said, 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'

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There is evidence that the Mona Lisa actually did have eyebrows, but during the restoration process they were painted over.

One of her hands was also in a slightly different position.

Harry Potter was written by Joanne Murray, under the psudonym JK Rowling.

She used her maiden name, Rowling, but she never had a middle name. She used initials so readers would not know she was female.