The portrait on the dollar bill of the first US President, George Washington, was derived from an unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart in 1796.
The foaming agent in toothpaste, sodium laurel sulfate, blocks your tastebuds ability to register sweetness. This makes it so you only react to the acidity and bitterness of oranges.
Sarah Goodridge was a prolific American painter who specialized in miniature portraits. She watercolored a self-portrait of her exposed breasts on a 2.6x3.1" ivory canvas for US Senator Daniel Webster in 1828, who was recently widowed. She titled the artwork "Beauty Revealed."
Residents cannot be buried within the Svalbard islands of Norway because the permafrost prevents decomposition which can preserve illnesses. Instead, those close to death are flown to the Norway mainland for proper burial. However, urns containing cremated ashes may be buried on the islands.
Oysters create pearls when sand or another irritant finds its way between their soft body - known as the mantle - and their shell. A material known as nacre sticks to the irritant and builds up the pearl.
