Interesting Facts 42

Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear. His “Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear” shows the right one bandaged because he painted the mirror image.

Shakespeare invented the word “assassination” and “bump.”

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

The world’s longest name officially used by a person is “Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Shermasn Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Senior” which is composed of 28 words or 192 letters.

The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee, who flew aboard the Endeavour space shuttle from September 12-20, 1992.