Icy_Hunt_3847 t1_jcq6qzn wrote on March 18, 2023 at 6:30 PM Reply to 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 He died from eating paint, but went out with a good finish. Permalink 126
Icy_Hunt_3847 t1_jcq6qzn wrote
Reply to 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
He died from eating paint, but went out with a good finish.