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Fact 358: Who painted Barking dog? Barking dog, sometimes also known as the laughing dog, was painted by the famous New York Street artist Keith Haring. Barking dog is one of Keith Haring's most iconic and famous M otifs.  Keith Haring first began drawing the dog in public spaces in New York. Barking dog first appeared in New York in Keith Haring's New York subway drawing series from 1980–85. Keith Haring was born on the 4th May 1958, in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.A and died on the 16th February 1990 in New York.

Fact 357: Who painted Rooms By The Sea? Rooms By The Sea by Edward Hooper was produced in 1951 and is considered to be one of the most famous artworks of the Impressionist movement.  Rooms By The Sea is an oil painting produced in 1951 by American painter Edward Hopper. Edward Hopper's  is often regarded as one of the most famous American arts of 20th century . The painting depicts a window that looks out to the sea (although I think the tile speaks for itself).

Fact 356: Who painted The Splash? The Splash is a 1966 pop art painting by the well-known British artist David Hockney. The painting depicts a splash in a Californian swimming pool visited. The Splash painting sold at Sotheby's in London for £23.1million in 2020.  

Fact 355: Who painted Nighthawks? Nighthawks is a 1942 oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper, Edward Hopper was in born: 22 July 1882 (New York) and died: 15 May 1967 (New York). Edward Hopper's Nighthawks is often regarded as one of the most famous artworks of the 20th century in America. The painting depicts 4 anonymous figures 2 men, 1 woman and a bartender in a midnight scene at 'Phillies' diner. I find this painting is intriguing and fascinating because it raises a lot of questions, for example who are the people and why are they there and is the guy at the back listening in to the 2 people or waiting for someone or on his own, etcetera?

Fact 354: How tall is the Taj Mahal? The Taj Mahal has an area of 17 hectares (42 acres) and was built in 1631 to 1653. Taj Mahal which is a white marble, built in Agra (India) was built by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.  The Taj Mahal is 73 m (240 ft) tall.

Fact 353: Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?  irl with a Pearl Earring is an oil on canvas painting which was painted in 1665 by the Johannes Vermeer. The paintings dimensions are 44 cm x 39 cm. The painting is part of the Mauritshuis Collection and is currently located at the Rijksmuseum (2023-2023) in the Netherlands, which is in Amsterdam.

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Fact 352: How tall were roman soldiers shields? Roman rectangular shields known as scutums that were used by the Romans were approximately anyway between 37 inches (= 3 feet 1 inches) and 42 inches (= 3 feet 6 inches) tall. 

Fact 351: Who built Hadrian's wall? Hadrain's wall was built by the Roman army, who were (unsurprisingly) ordered by the emperor Hadrian following his visit to Britain in AD 122, in AD 122 the wall was 73 miles (80 Roman miles) long, it length stretched from northern Britain at Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east all the way to Bowness-on-Solway in the west. It was originally built as a border to keep out the Scott's.

Fact 350: Who painted Van Gogh's Chair? Van Gogh's Chair is a painting, painted by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh's Chair was painted in 1888. It is currently located in the National Gallery, (London). The painting shows an off yellow wooden chair, with a straw seat, which is on a tiled floor. On top of the chair is a pipe and a pouch (or handkerchief) with (pipe) tobacco in side. Interestingly 2 similar looking chairs also appear in van Gogh's The Bedroom, which was also painted in October 1888.

Fact 349: Who painted the Sistine Chapel? The Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known as Michelangelo, who was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet in the Hight of Renaissance era. Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 and Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel in 1508 and finshed in 1512? known as Michelangelo was Born on the 6th March 1475, and died on the 18th February 1564.

Fact 348: When did Andy Warhol first create the Marilyn Monroe screen print painting?  Andy Warhol made his first Marilyn Monroe screen print painting  in 1962 because after Marilyn Monroe died of an overdose of sleeping pills on the 4th August 1962 the news of Monroe's death inspired Andy Warhol to create his first Marilyn Monroe screen print painting. Andy Warhol published his complete portfolio for his Marilyn Monroe prints in 1967. It comprises ten *silkscreen prints. *"silkscreen (printing), also called serigraphy(, serigraphy is a) sophisticated stenciling technique for surface printing, in which a design is cut out of paper or another thin, strong material and then printed by rubbing, rolling, or spraying paint or ink through the cut out areas." (Britannica website, the bits in brackets was me).

Fact 347: How many Fossils does The Natural History Museum have? The Natural History Museum has about seven million vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils in their collection.  The Head of the Museum, which The Natural History Museum refers to as the Director, is Dr Doug Gurr, Dr Doug Gurr was appointed Director of The Natural History Museum in 2020 (in December).  Dr Doug Gurr was the global vice-president and head of Amazon UK from 2016 to 2020.

Fact 346: How tall can Sunflowers grow? Sunflowers hights from small to big starting with small, small varieties of Sunflowers can grow to only 1-2 feet tall, whereas medium-sized some Sunflower varieties can grow to an impressive  5-6 feet tall some large sunflower varieties can even grow as tall as 15 feet.

Fact 345: How many square kilometres is Guernsey?  Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands located in the English Channel near the French coast, and is a self-governing British Crown dependency.  The island of Guernsey is less than 10km across and has an area of just 62 sq km. It is actually possible to walk its circumference in a day.

Fact 344: How long is the Isle of Man? The Isle of Man is located in the middle of the Irish Sea and is at the centre of the British Isles. The Isle of Man is 33 miles (53km) long and 13 miles (22km) wide (at its widest point). The Isle of Man has a total land area of 227 square miles (572 square km).

Fact 343: How long was the Titanic? The Titanic was about  882.5 feet (269 metres) long and approximately 92.5 feet (28.2 metres) wide at its widest point. The Titanic was biult in 1909 and sank on the 14th April 1912.

Fact 342: How tall is the average traffic light signal uk?  A typical UK traffic signal is 3½ feet tall and weighs about 37 pound (16.783 kilograms) The light lens cap has a circumference of between eight inches to 13.5 inches.

Fact 341: How long is a uk train carriage? Modern British train Carriages are approximately 19.5 metres or 22.5 metres (64 feet 6 inches or 75 feet) in length.  An 8 coach train maximum length is 162 metres (531 ft). 12 coach train is maximum length is 240 metres (790 ft). (Side note) The measurements are from the Encyclopaedia Britannica website and Wikipedia, so if they are not 100% correct or  updated then I am sorry, although the changes of you buying a long tape measure to prove the measurements are wrong is near zero!

Fact 340: How long is the longest bridge in the Great Britain? the longest bridge in Great Britain is called (and is) the Bromford Viaduct it is 5,600m (18372.7 feet) long and connects the M6 motorway between Castle Bromwich and Gravelly Hill together and runs along the River Tame valley in Birmingham, England. The Bromford Viaduct bridge was built between 1964-1972 and it .

Fact 339: How big is the Millennium Bridge in london? The Millennium Bridge which  only takes about 5 minutes to cross (-according to trip advisor), has a total structure length of 325 m (1,066 ft) and the aluminium walk way (the part of Bridge you walk on) has a width is of 4 m (13 ft).

Fact 338: Can Harrier Jump Jets take off Vertically? Yes, impressively the Harrier jump jet can actually take off Vertically and hover like a helicopter, harriers can also fly sideways, fly backwards, and even Vertically land. The Harrier jump jet can do this because its exhaust nozzles, which is the part where the exhaust fuel (gasses) comes out can swivel (move) to change the direction of thrust from the Harrier's jet engine allowing it to move differently to other jets. 

Fact 337: How deep is the Atlantic ocean? The average depth of the Atlantic o is 3,338 metres (10,932 ft) and the deepest spot of the Atlantic ocean is found in the Puerto Rico Trench at 8,605 metres (28,232 ft).

Fact 336: How deep is the Pacific Ocean? Acouding to Nasa "The Pacific is also our planet's deepest water body, with an average depth of approximately 4,000 meters (13,000 feet). The deepest place on Earth, known as Challenger Deep, extends to a depth of more than 11,000 meters (36,000 feet) and is found in the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific."

Fact 335: When did Andy Warhol create Campbell's Soup Cans? Campbell's Soup Cans is a famous art work create by the American Andy Warhol, between November 1961 and March or April 1962 the dimensions of the piece is 51 cm x 41 cm the work of art is hanging in the The Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Andy Warhol was born on the 6th August 1928 and died on the 22nd February 1987.

Fact 334: When did Banksy paint Corrupted Oil Jerry? Banksy's Corrupted Oil Jerry, also called Crude Oil Jerry, was created by Banksy in 2003 and is stencil art by Banksy on oil painting. Banksy created the piece using a stencil of the mouse Jerry (from Tom and Jerry) on an oil painting. 

Fact 333: When did Banksy first paint sweep it under the carpet? Banksy's Sweep it Under the Carpet first appeared on a wall on Chalk Farm Road, North London in 2006. Banksy created the piece using a stencil. Banksy said the maid was of a real maid who he met in L.A, Banksy literally said “This is a portrait of a maid called Leanne who cleaned my room in a Los Angeles motel." Although in the Banksy story (which is a bbc podcast) Steph Warren, who worked for banksy from 2004 to 2007 said she posed for Banksy to create the piece.

Fact 332: When did Banksy first paint Flower Thrower? Banksy's Flower Thrower, also known as Love Is In The Air, LIITA for short and to some Ganster Flower Thrower, was first painted in Jerusalem in 2003 as a large stencil art work by Banksy.  Banksy first painted Flower Thrower using a stencil and spray paint in 2003 on the wall of a garage in Jerusalem (on the main road to Beit Sahour, Bethlehem) and near the West Bank Wall which is the 760km wall that separates Palestine from Israel.

Fact 331: When did Banksy paint Girl With Balloon? Girl With Balloon, also known as Balloon Girl and in some cases referred to as, Girl With A Balloon, was first painted in London in 2002.  Banksy originally painted girl with balloon using a stencil in 2002 on the wall infront of the Waterloo Bridge stairs in London, Southbank.

Fact 330: How many paintings did Bob Ross paint? Bob Ross, who's full name is, Robert Norman Ross. Bob Ross was born on the 29th October, 1942, Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.—died on the 4th July, 1995, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Bob Ross painted an estimated 30,000 paintings during his lifetime however Bob Ross paintings are scarce in the art market making the pieces that are in the art market very valuable.

Fact 329: How many Banksy Di-Faced Tenners are there in the world? There are around 100,000 Di-Faced (as in Princess Diana faced) Tenners in "circulation", because Banksy printed £1million worth of Di-Faced Tenner notes for a stunt Banksy did in 2004. Banksy admitted to forging a total of £100 million Di-Faced Tenner notes, most of which are still owed by Banksy. Banksy admitted to this in his 2010 documentary, film Exit Through The Gift Shop in which he shows Terri Guetta a cardboard box full of Di-Faced Tenners.  The British Museum has a Di-Faced Tenner on display in the room with real and fake coins, metals and other currency stuff and I have actually seen the Banksy Di-Faced £10 note in the British Museum. I Took this photo at the British Museum!