Salvador Dalí facts

• Salvador Dalí was born in the town of Figueres, in the Empordà region, close to the French border in Catalonia, Spain.
• Birthday: May 11, 1904
• Dali's full name: Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol
• Astrological sign: Taurus
• Salvador Dalí and his older brother, who died before he was born, had the same name.
• When he was 5 years old, Dalí was taken to his brother's grave and told by his parents that he was his brother's reincarnation.
• Dalí had an intense fear of grasshoppers.
• Dalí was notorius for not knowing how to count money.
• Dalí was afraid to expose his feet.
• Salvador Dalí produced over 1,500 paintings in his career.
• Salvador Dalí nickname was Avida Dollars, which, roughly translated means "eager for dollars".
• His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931.
• Dalí died on January 23, 1989, age 86.