Fun Facts about Tulips

●  Vincent Van Gogh had an extraordinary fascination with nature, but believe it or not, he never painted a single tulip in his life.

●  Back in the 17th century, a tulip mania took place in the Netherlands. Some species of these tulips were so expensive they costed more than a house, and it's impressive to have tulips in your home. It's like a parked Ferrari in your garage today.

●    Every year, there are around 2 billion tulips exported from the Netherlands.

●  Each year, you can come to Dam Square and pick one of 200,000 colorful tulips in a specially constructed garden. This happens every third Saturday of January to celebrate the launch of the Tulip season.

●  Tulips come in pretty much all colors of the rainbow except blue. Blue tulips are made real by Photoshop.