GNOME FACT #1: "Gnomes made oil paint from oil pigments long before men . . . Gnomes use paint for decorating furniture and the interiors of their houses; they do not use it to paint pictures;  Instead, they carve portraits of their ancestors, loved ones, or celebreties."

SOURCE: Huygen, Wil. Gnomes. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1977.

And that, my friends, is a GNOME FACT!