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He who would be a great artist must not follow low models. The artist must have a perfect model to copy; if he does not reach to it, he will reach far further than if he had an inferior model to work by. When a man once realizes his own ideal, it is all over with him. A great painter once had finished…

The cleaning crew at an Italian museum has trouble knowing the difference between art and garbage. While cleaning the museum they mistook an exhibit for garbage and threw it away. The art piece consisted of empty champagne bottles, cigarette butts, and confetti, all of which was discovered in a recycling…

When her son Cole was in the hospital with cancer, Mary Esther Elam needed a way to pass the time. Some friends urged her to journal, so she bought a journaling Bible. As she studied and prayed each day, Elam drew illustrations along with her notes on the page. She began sharing them on social media…

A painting worth more than a million dollars is now back on display in Taiwan after a 12-year-old-boy tripped and punched a hole in the canvass as he fell. The painting entitled “Flowers” by Paolo Propora is part of an exhibit of artwork that painted by or influenced by Leonardo da Vinci. Organizer David…

Professional illusionist Jackson Rayne took the stage at a Wildlife Park in Georgia and set a new world record by escaping from straightjackets 300 times in eight hours. Rayne was trying to beat the earlier record of 193 escapes which was set by a British man in 2003. Rayne said the feat was done by…

A ceramic specialist from a British auction house found a rare work of art hidden in a drawer in a country house near the Scottish border. The auction house said the pottery dish is a tin-glazed earthenware dish know as a mailoca and is extremely rare. The dish also had a scene of the biblical story…

The McCormick Spice company announced that it will soon pay a taco lover $100,000 over four months to innovate new seasoning mixes and recipes to make tacos better. The company will employ the person for four months at a salary of $25,000 per month. They asked for an availability to work remotely up…

Michigan transportation officials are making 64-year-old pieces of the historic Mackinac Bridge available to the public. Officials said the pieces of steel grating from the bridge were replaced after safety inspections and they discovered many people were interested in owning a piece of the country’s…

Workers renovating a café In England made a discovery that may change the way the café does business. While pulling apart a section of ceiling, workers found a menu from the restaurant that occupied the building in 1913. The menu from the Yamen Café and Tea Rooms was dated January 1913. Workers also…

A 1,400 square-foot home in New York state is billed as the first 3D printed home in the United States. The three-bedroom, 2 bath home with detached garage is listed at just under $300,000. It was built by a company called SQ4D and used a massive 3D printer on site to create each piece of the home using…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “AIVA Technologies, a Luxembourg start-up, has created AI software that composes jazz, pop, and classical music that is being used in soundtracks for films, video…

After mysterious monoliths appeared in Utah, California, and Romania at the end of 2020, many people naturally assumed a structure that appeared near Fort Worth, Texas was another of the strange signs. Many people feared the monolith might be the work of aliens, but a little research revealed the Texas…

Qantas Airlines announced that a seven-hour scenic flight which will take off and land at the same airport sold out in ten minutes. The unusual flight departed Sydney, made no stops, and promised views over Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef before returning to Sydney. Buyers quickly grabbed the 134 available…

The Guinness World Records organization recognized a 15-year-old Tennessee boy for achieving nuclear fusion at his home. Jackson Oswalt built his own nuclear fusion reactor and successfully used it before he reached the age of 13. A research researcher who keeps a list of amateur scientists who have…

An Indonesian man who had a meteorite crash through his roof turned that misfortune into a fortune when he sold the space rock for over $1 million. Josua Hutagalung said he was working outside when the meteorite crashed through the roof of his house. He said the stone was still hot when he picked it…

Tests conducted by the Automobile Association of America over a two-year period show that partially automated driving systems so do not always work right. As a result, the organization recommends limiting their use. Researchers tested systems from five manufacturers over 4,000 miles and encountered problems…

Scientists released the first images from the Solar Orbiter and discovered something previously unknown about our sun. The pictures were taken from 48 million miles away and showed vibrant swirls of yellow and dark smoky gray. The pictures were so detailed, scientist created a new vocabulary to name…

John Kellett, who is known as Baltimore’s Mr. Trash, was awarded a world record from Guinness World Record for clearing 63.3 tons of garbage in one month. Kellett designed and built a solar and hydro powered trash interceptor that removes debris from the city’s Jones Falls River. In April 2017, Kellett…

During the coronavirus lockdown, many Russians were not able to go to local museums, so a group of people created a Facebook group to post homemade versions of famous artwork. The rules required that the creators could only use items they had on hand and that they could not manipulate the pictures digitally.…

37-year-old James Napier said wanted to do something unique so he bought an old DeLorean and spend 1200 hours and a small fortune turning the run-down car into a copy of the iconic time-traveling DeLorean from the motion picture, Back to the Future. Napier said he picks his children up from school with…

Researchers from the Ford Automotive Company said they giving McDonald’s coffee bean chaff new life as car parts. Chaff is the waste left over after the roasting process, and Ford researchers say it can be used to make headlight housings and other automotive components. The auto manufacturer heats the…

A painting that had been hanging on the wall of man’s home for more than ten years turned out to be worth a lot more that the $745 that he paid for it. Jamie MacLeod took the painting to be evaluated by the BBC television program, Antiques Roadshow, because he hoped to sell it and use the proceeds to…

It might not be good practice to eat your experiments, but astronauts aboard the International Space Station my get to do just that, and have a taste of home at the same time. For over a year, Ian and Jordana Fichenbaum worked to develop a Zero Gravity oven that could revolutionize space food. Their…

When Tim Cameron lost his wallet he was concerned because there wasn’t much inside in the way of identifying information to help someone find him. Cameron’s wallet was returned, because the person who found it got inventive and used the bank account information in the wallet to return it. The person…