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rapiertwit t1_jcppjxh wrote

Reply to comment by ladan2189 in TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables

At that time that would have been a shitload of paint.

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jableshables OP t1_jcr7sbk wrote

I have to think 1/120th of a famous taxidermied raven could buy you more than an imperial pound of lead paint back then, yeah

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