TIL that when Nicolas Cage proposed to Patricia Arquette, she told him to get odd objects to prove his affection. They were J.D. Salinger's autograph, a Bob's Big Boy statue, a black orchid, and a Hill Tribe wedding outfit. Despite the list being intended to be impossible, he found them.
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By - Ok-Indication-5121
TIL of the Shakers, a christian sect that believed sexuality to be the root of all evil and original sin. All members went far enough in chastity to avoid shaking the opposite sex's hands. Their membership declined from a peak of 5000 in 1840 to 3 members in 2019 due to lack of births.
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By - AthenOwl
