Secrets You Never Knew About Famous People
Dalí was famous for his extraordinary imagination, but his personality was just as surreal as his paintings. He cultivated an unmistakable appearance, especially his dramatically curled mustache. He also used unusual creative techniques to capture ideas between sleep and wakefulness. One involved holding a key over a plate while dozing in a chair. When he fell asleep, the key would drop, waking him and allowing him to remember images from the transition into sleep.
Tesla reportedly had an intense fascination with the number three. He described unusual personal rituals involving repetitions in multiples of three and was known for highly specific preferences and routines. He also had a remarkable attachment to pigeons, particularly one white pigeon he described as deeply special to him. For a man whose inventions helped shape the modern electrical world, his private life was filled with extraordinary quirks.
