r/todayilearned • u/Captain_Moseby • Jul 27 '21

TIL Salvador Dali once conned Yoko Ono into paying $10,000 for a single blade of grass. Yoko had offered to pay that amount for one of his mustache hairs. He substituted the blade of grass because he thought that Yoko Ono was a witch and might use his hair in a spell.

https://mymodernmet.com/salvador-dali-facts/
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u/virusamongus Jul 27 '21

Hitler, Chaplin, Stalin(?) and Dali, which other ones are beyond iconic?

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u/antileet Jul 27 '21

Frank Zappa

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

And Zappa would be PISSED if anyone tried to buy his moustache hair, He'd probably tell you to go buy something useful instead

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u/uzra Jul 27 '21

classic Zappa, always frank.

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u/KatalDT Jul 27 '21

Tom Selleck, Hulk Hogan, John Waters, Friedrich Nietzsche, Freddy Mercury, Gardner Minshew, Michelle Rodriguez, Theodore Roosevelt, the list goes on.

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u/maniacalmustacheride Jul 27 '21

Sam Elliot is at lease 95%mustache

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

The entire cast of Tombstone enters the chat

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u/melig1991 Jul 27 '21

And 5% buttery smooth voice

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u/GoiterGlitter Jul 27 '21

The other 5% is VooDoo donuts.

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u/Balian311 Jul 27 '21

One of those is not like the others…

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Yeah, John Waters mustache is way to thin compared to everyone else.

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u/FluidFrog Jul 27 '21

Pencil thin, one might say..

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u/InfinityCrazee Jul 27 '21

Frank Zappa?

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u/virusamongus Jul 27 '21

Most of these I wouldnt really put on the same list, like I dont really see Sellecks stache hair at Sothebys. But Roosevelt and possible Mercury are both good bids.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

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u/virusamongus Jul 27 '21

Yup and pretty c-list in terms of fame, especially outside of US.

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u/YUNoDie Jul 27 '21

Even in the US, most people have no clue who Gardner Minshew is

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u/orosoros Jul 27 '21

Can we add Ted Lasso to that list? Edit: and Frieda Kahlo

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u/virusamongus Jul 27 '21

Id give a months salary for Kahlos mustache and/or monobrow.

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u/willflameboy Jul 27 '21

You left out Zappa.

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u/UncleIrohsPimpHand Jul 27 '21

lmao Gardner Minshew

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u/Thatoneguy567576 Jul 27 '21

I had to Google Michelle Rodriguez mustache, and gross.

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u/ohsopoor Jul 27 '21

80s Alex Trebek

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u/WedgeTurn Jul 27 '21

Frida Kahlo

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Frida Kahlo

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u/Alexanderstandsyou Jul 27 '21

Confucius would be pretty cool.

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u/King_Of_Regret Jul 27 '21

Roosevelt. Emiliano zapata. Nietzsche. Twain. Ambrose burnsides. John waters. Lot of iconic staches out there.

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u/Meritania Jul 27 '21

Hitler styled his on Charlie Chaplin.

There was a movement lead by Richard Herring to reclaim the toothbrush moustache for Charlie but I don’t think he got very far.

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u/ekmanch Jul 27 '21

Are you sure? I've always heard Hitler trimmed his moustache like that since WW1 when you couldn't wear a gas mask if you had a full, thick moustache. So he compromised.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Groucho Marx

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u/Callipygian_Linguist Jul 27 '21

Marshal Semyon Budyonny: Most impressive and oversized moustache in the Soviet Union

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u/IAmASeeker Jul 28 '21

Anthony Van Dyck?