AUG 1, 2018

18 Bookmarks Celebrating The Achievements Of Incredible People

3XU artists created this V.V.I.P. cool bookmark series to celebrate historical figures and their important achievements throughout history.

The portraits of influential people you see in these illustrations are actually wooden bookmarks with little magnets hidden inside. They are handmade and are perfect for marking the pages of your book or planner. Each bookmark also comes with some interesting facts (or myths) about famous people.

If you see your favorite smart people here please share your thoughts about them and their work!

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#1 Hawking Says That His Disease Made Him Work Harder; He Realized That He Had Things To Do In Life And He Better Get Going

#2 "I Have No Special Talent. I Am Only Passionately Curious," - So Says The Man

#3 Charlie Himself Once Went To A "Charlie Chaplin-Look-Alike" Competition And Came In... Third

#4 Bell Kept A Photograph Of His Wife, Written On The Back In His Own Handwriting: "The Girl For Whom The Telephone Was Invented"

#5 The Apple Thing? Never Happened. The Real Story According To Newton Himself Is That He Was Merely Looking Out The Window When He Happened To See The Fruit Drop

#6 Marie Curie's Lab Was So Radioactive That Her Notebooks From Over A Hundred Years Ago Are Still Not Considered Safe To Handle And Are Stored In A Lead Box

#7 Tesla's Memory Was Eidetic; He Could Recall Entire Books And Images In Great Detail

#8 His Full Name Is Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart

#9 Besides Being The Father Of Observational Astronomy And Modern Physics, Galileo Also Invented An Automatic Tomato Picker And A Pocket Comb That Also Functions As An Eating Utensil

#10 Shakespeare Is The Second Most Quoted Writer In The English Language, Beaten Only By Quotes From The Bible

#11 Da Vince Wasn't Just An Incredible Artist. He Was An Inventor, Scientist, Mathematician, Engineer, Writer, Musician And Much More

#12 Van Gogh Was Never Famous As A Painter During His Lifetime And Constantly Struggled With Poverty. He Sold Only One Painting While He Was Alive

#13 Steve Jobs Took A Calligraphy Course Which Was An Inspiration To His Later Devotion To Fonts And Typography With Apple Products

#14 Kahlo Is A True Animal Lover! She Has A Few Xoloitzcuintli - A Hairless Mexican Dog Breed, A Couple Spider Monkeys, A Parrot, A Fawn, And An Eagle

#15 Archimedes Allegedly Ran Naked Through The Streets Yelling "Eureka", Which Has Since Become A Common Expression To Celebrate A Discovery

#16 It Is Said That Beethoven Often Dipped His Head In Cold Water Before Composing. Neither He Nor Anyone Else Has Explained Why

#17 Chopin Played The Piano In The Dark Throughout His Entire Life. Even When Playing At An Event Or Party, He Would Ask To Turn Off The Light In The Room

#18 Edison Was An Inquisitive Child But A Poor Student As His Mind Often Wandered. Teachers Thought Edison Was "Addled"