This poem that Leonard Cohen wrote about Kayne West in 2015.Submitted by waitingforthesun92 t3_1225ct4 in pics
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TIL just like in the Tarantino film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, Sharon Tate really did have a habit of going barefoot in Los Angeles. When she went to restaurants with a "No Shoes, No Service" rule, she would frequently put rubber bands around her ankles to pretend that she was wearing sandals.
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TIL that “Stranger Things” star Winona Ryder pushed for Kate Bush’s song “Running Up That Hill” to be featured on the show. Ryder also stated that for seven years, she dropped hints on the show’s set by wearing her Kate Bush t-shirts. Winona’s plan eventually worked.
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TIL that singer Cass Elliot, better known as 'Mama Cass', did not like her 'Mama' moniker a single bit - to the point where she named her 1973 live album and TV special “Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore.” This is why her solo career in the 1970s is billed as 'Cass Elliot'.
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TIL in 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign their 20-year longstanding logo, costing an estimated $100M. The amount of public backlash was so great, that Gap took the decision to revert back to their old 1990 logo after less than one week.
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TIL when Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who had a famously deep voice, quit smoking cigarettes at 77-years-old in 2012, he thought that his vocal range would become higher and improve. Instead, his voice became even lower.
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TIL restaurants can lose their Michelin star(s). If there is an inconsistency and things become less than satisfactory in an awarded restaurant, Michelin stars can be taken away. Gordon Ramsay once equated losing his Michelin stars in 2014 to breaking up with a girlfriend.
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TIL Canadian artist Michael Snow sued the Toronto Eaton Centre mall in 1982 after they put Christmas bows on an art installation of flying geese which he had sculptured. This led to a landmark court case, and a leading Canadian decision on artists moral rights. Snow ultimately ended up winning.
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TIL actor Brian Dennehy, who played Sheriff Will Teasle in “Rambo: First Blood”, lied about serving in Vietnam, and being wounded in combat more than once. Though he was a Marine for four years, he was never in combat during the Vietnam War, a fallacy he admitted in 1998.
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TIL in the 1970s, artist Andy Warhol thought that his artwork wouldn’t go up in value after his death. In May of 2022, Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 Million - making it the most expensive American artwork ever sold at auction.
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TIL when Frank Zappa was a kid, he always played with mercury that his father brought home from work, often covering his entire bedroom floor with the element. Childhood exposure to mercury is known to increase the risk of prostate cancer as an adult. Frank Zappa died from prostate cancer at age 52.
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TIL actor Joe Pesci hated the early unit call times in “Home Alone” since they prevented him from starting his day with nine holes of golf as he liked to do. After Pesci took the Assistant Dir. by the collar one day to complain about it, the call times were moved back from 7 to 9 A.M. just for him.
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Reply to comment by fresh_gumbo in TIL in the 1970s, artist Andy Warhol thought that his artwork wouldn’t go up in value after his death. In May of 2022, Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 Million - making it the most expensive American artwork ever sold at auction. by waitingforthesun92
Read the title closely, as Warhol stated that he thought his artwork would not go up in value after his death. The irony of this, is that one of his artworks is now the most expensive American artwork ever sold…