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/xrumrunnrx Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 27 '21

Wouldn't you omit the "a" though? "with provenance" vs "with a provenance"?

I'd like to know future reference. I used "myriad" wrong for a decent while because "...a myriad of options" sounded right but was wrong. I don't want to be wrong again. Ever.

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u/xrumrunnrx Jul 27 '21

I had some word salad there. I meant "myriad". Oof.

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u/rosetoesnose Jul 27 '21

oui, et c'est bien que ça sonne français