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The title of Piéron’s first solo museum exhibition, Monstera deliciosa, refers to a plant that today adorns the waiting rooms of many doctors’ offices but in fact originated in the American tropics.

There is a quote that says, “To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand ...

The world instantly looks more peaceful covered in a powdering of snow – that’s what the inventor of the snow globe thought. Erwin Perzy founded his snow globe workshop over 120 years ago.

The Viennese snow globe - souvenir from another time The snow globe has become one of the most beloved souvenirs in the world, but it originally came from Vienna. The family of inventor Erwin Perzy has been making snow globes there since 1900. They also run a museum. Watch video 04:06

Whats True Erwin Perzy, an Austrian surgical instruments mechanic, created one of the first snow globes in 1900 while attempting to fashion a brighter light bulb. Whats False Origin In December 2020, with the holiday season just around the corner, an interesting tidbit about the ubiquitous snow globe ornament was circulated on social media: [Today I Learned] that snow globes were accidentally invented by a medical tool repair man. He was trying to make a brighter light bulb for oper...