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Painter Mark Rothko is famous for his modern paintings of large blocks of color. As he gained fame, however, he became distressed when people would buy anything he produced simply because he was famous. He wanted people to purchase his art to experience the beauty …
No doubt you know what a firefly is. Most people have probably seen one in their lifetime. But few realize that the firefly is not actually a fly, but a beetle. They are nocturnal insects from the Lampyridae family. Most fireflies are winged, separating them from …
While Wrigley and gum may seem synonymous to us today, William Wrigley Jr. actually got his start selling soap to merchants. As an incentive to carry Wrigley’s soap, he gave free baking powder with every order. When the baking powder proved more popular than the …