For Salvador Dali’s mustache, it all started with tropical fruit

Salvador Dali is often known as much for his aggressive mustache as he is for his avant garde, surrealist art, photos and films. Dali was born 120 years ago this week. In 1955, he sat down for a television interview with the BBC’s Panorama program and talked about the dates fruit.

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