The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles.

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Meursault, the title character in Albert Camus' famous novel The Stranger, had a first name, Patrice, which was mentioned only in Camus' personal journals.

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John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

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In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."

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Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

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Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott".

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2900 . . . .

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See for yourself: TV sitcom characters rarely say goodbye when they hang up the phone.

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Jean Harlow was the first actress to appear on the cover of Life magazine.

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Sylvia Plath was a famous poet who killed herself at age 31 by sticking her head in an oven.

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Sylvia Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, was married three times, and two of the women he married committed suicide. . . . . Hmmmmm

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Herman Melville didn't catch on as a major literary figure until long after his death in 1891. He had become so disillusioned by the commercial failure of "Moby Dick" (1851) and other novels that he gave the pen and became a clerk in New York. His "Billy Budd" wasn't even published until 1924.

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The only member of the band ZZ Top to not have a beard has the last name Beard

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Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.

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Devo's original name was going to be De-evolution. They shortened it to Devo.