Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Blake really had a rough go with the critics. One angry fellow named Robert Hunt once referred to him as an "unfortunate lunatic." (Source.)
It's weird. Blake is a really big deal now, but wasn't really when he died. He was buried in an unmarked grave. (Source.)
Blake and his wife were definitely kind of an odd couple. Supposedly, they used to read parts of Milton's Paradise Lost to each other in their garden… naked. Yeah, and you thought your parents were strange. (Source.)
Here's a fun fact: England doesn't have an official national anthem. Here's another fun fact: "Jerusalem" is more or less England's unofficial national anthem ("God Save the Queen" is their other unofficial anthem). (Source.)