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Tuesday, 21 April 2026
16 facts about Fabergé egg
16 facts about Fabergé egg
The most expensive Easter eggs in the world
Fabergé eggs are the most expensive Easter eggs in the world, studded with jewels, hiding equally expensive surprises inside. The idea to create them ...

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Mona Lisa
Employing both parts of the retina to perceive the nuances of the work properly was a deliberate effort of Leonardo.
The artist used the shadows cast by the cheekbones to make the lips darker than the rest of the face ...
Swan Lake
The music for the performance was composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
It was the first ballet composed by a Russian composer, commissioned by the Moscow Theater in 1875/1876.
Buddhism
The Buddha taught for 45 years.
He left no direct transmissions; all his knowledge was passed on to his disciples, who wrote it down ...
Lady with an Ermine
The painting was painted around 1489 -1491.
It is executed in oil with tempera on a walnut wood board measuring 54.7 x 40.3 cm. The wood is thin ...
Buddhism
To become a Buddhist, one must take refuge in the Three Jewels - this is the basis of the practice.
These jewels are:  Buddha - this refers to both the historical figure of Buddha and the Buddha idea ...
Kayan
The Kayan are an ethnic subgroup of the Red Karen, the people of Myanmar.
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is an Asian country in the southeastern part of the continent, wit ...
Judaism
The tradition of the Hebrews also tells of the captivity of the descendants of Israel in Egypt, Yahweh's new covenant with Moses, the plagues God sent on Egypt, and the escape from Egypt with God's help.
The account also speaks of the wilderness journey, the establishment of the priesthood (from the son ...
Fabergé egg
Peter Carl Fabergé was a perfectionist.
He did not produce jewels himself. He was mainly concerned with designing them, but he carefully che ...
Mona Lisa
It is assumed that the painting was commissioned by a Florentine merchant, Francesco Gioconda, who never became its owner.
The biographers of da Vinci argue on this subject. There are suppositions that it was the master himself who forced the merchant to agree to paint the portrait of his wife.
Eastern Orthodox Church
Orthodoxy considers same-sex sexual inclination to be against nature, and homosexual acts are considered a sin.
However, it calls for respect for those who exhibit such inclinations, as orientation different from heterosexuality is not itself sinful.