Oscar+Wilde+Dorian+Gray+TILs

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde has three middle names and his full name is Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde.] (Atsi Shah)

[|TIL There is an (unofficial) social phenomenon called Dorian Gray Syndrome] (Anish Vora) TIL The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde (Ghanash Vigneswaran) [|TIL that Oscar Wilde's birthday is 8 days after mine and Rachel's] (Danielle Staffin) ** DANI CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR :P TIL People don't read through these before posting, hence all the repeated facts (Dennis Brookner) [|TIL that The Picture of Dorian Gray was based on a poet named John Gray] (Jessie Chang) [|TIL that Oscar Wilde's father was knighted] (Dennis Brookner)

TIL Oscar Wilde was born with three middle names: Full name was Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (Priya M.) [|CMG Worldwide is the exclusive business representative for Oscar Wilde](Jacqueline Diaz) [|TIL Oscar Wilde used his homosexuality as inspiration] (Maria Capetta) TIL Wilde was Irish, but he wrote English-style pieces with strong Irish undertones. (Taylor Pestorius) [|TILOscar Wilde had photographic memory. While studying at Magdalen College in Oxford, he was famous for his ability to recall long passages of writing.] (Kelsey Coulter)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde married a woman named Constance Lloyd, but his close friend and lover was Lord Alfred Douglas. When Wilde was imprisoned for his homosexuality, his wife changed her their kids' last name to Holland and disassociated themselves from him.] (Rachel Staffin)

[|TIL that "be careful what you wish for" is a theme throughout //The Picture of Dorian Gray.//] (Olivia Noë)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde has had 9 biographies written about him.] (Devin Soni)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde's father William opened a hospital using his own personal wealth.] (Parker Geralds)

TIL Oscar Wilde had two siblings, Willie and Jane Wilde. (James Lin)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde's first play, Vera, loosely based on the story of a Nihilist revolutionary, was unpopular] (Nicole Gololobov)

TIL Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. http://www.biography.com/people/oscar-wilde-9531078 (Emily Howarth)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde only published one novel.] (Matt Lieberman)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde possessed three middle names at birth](Vinod Raman)

TIL Oscar Wilde has a Twitter (Jen Chu). [|TIL Oscar Wilde used his homosexuality as inspiration] (Maria Capetta) TIL Oscar Wilde's book had a narrator that remained anonymous (Robbie Sandhu)

[|TIL Oscar Wildes's last words were,][|“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go.”] (Varunraj Baskaran)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde was arrested and imprisoned for being gay] (Randi Steiner)

[|TIL people like to kiss Wilde's grave, but his descendants don't want it to happen anymore] (David Tsai).

[|TIL The Picture of Dorian Gray is Wilde's only published novel] (Anusha Prasad)

TIL The Picture of Dorian Grey was criticized for homosexual allusions (Nick Zienkiewicz)

TIL Oscar Wilde was exiled (Michelle Remmett)

TIL ten interesting facts about Oscar Wilde (Kelly Sodano)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde was a famous playwright of the Victorian era] (Susmita Ghose)

[|TIL Wilde was most easily recognized by his imposing height (six foot three inches), signature dress of long silk stockings, and long, flowing hair.] (Kirsten Dahl) also a side note: a favorite quote of mine by Oscar Wilde, "We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."

TIL Wilde only wrote one novel during his lifetime (Alex Wahl)

TIL The Picture of Dorian Gray has a movie based on it starring Ben Barnes (Nina Ray)

TIL Oscar's mom insisted on dressing him in girls' clothes (Charlene Liu)

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[|TIL Wilde was an adamant socialist and even published an essay titled "The Soul of Man Under Socialism"] (Michael Usewick)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde was home schooled and taught French, German, Italian, and Ancient Greek] (Joseph D'Addesa)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde had two sons, one of which died in WWI.] (Melissa Yang)

[|TIL that before his death from cerebral meningitis Oscar Wilde was conditionally baptized in the Catholic Church.] (Matt Schueler)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde dated Florence Balcombe before she became the wife of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula] (Craig Thorogood)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde said that there is "a terrible moral in Dorian Gray."] (Becky Cardinali)

TIL that after Oscar Wilde's sister, Isola, died, he kept some locks of her hair. (Tess Jacobson)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde didn't like his wallpaper.] (Jess Tobia)

TIL that Oscar Wilde had a son named Vyvyan. (Esther Han)

[|TIL Oscar Wilde was arrested on charges of "gross indecency."] (Aishwarya Sadh)

[|TIL that Oscar Wild writes plays] (Zach Kalik)

TIL that [|Oscar Wilde’s last words were “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go.”] (Molly Mahoney) TIL [|Oscar WIlde died at the age of 46 and only published one book.] (Evanna Wang)

TIL Oscar Wilde is bisexual/homosexual. (Emily Yao)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde believed in an 'anarchist philosophy,' concerning socialism and centralized government] (Jacob Tyles)

TIL that both of Oscar Wilde's parents were authors in their own right (Nicole Baxter-Green)

[|TIL Wilde knew French,German, Italian, and Ancient Greek] (Rachel Baxter-Green) Also, he was probably bisexual, not gay, seeing as he had a wife with whom he had two kids.

TIL Wilde won a second prize in drawing during his final year. (Jess Debski)

[|TIL that Wilde went to Oxford] (Emily Choi)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde's full name is Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, he also happens to have the dandiest haircut]. (Perry Huang)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde had a photographic memory] (Margot Pitney)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde wrote two collections of children's books] (Allison Moore)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde only published one book] (Lyndsey Stewart)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde's grandson wrote a biography about him] (Joy Mariconda)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde spoke 3 languages English, German, and French] (Tyler Stark)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde's last words were "This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do."] (Divya Yeleswarapu)

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[|TIL that Oscar Wilde was born with three middle names; his full name is Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde.] (Ananya Subramaniam) =====

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TIL that Oscar Wilde went to jail for two years due to sodomy and gross indecency (Dale Reyes) =====

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TIL [|Oscar Wilde is one of Ireland’s greatest, if not most humorous exports] (Emily Willoughby) =====

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[|TIL that Wilde became known for his role in the aesthetic and decadent movements while at Magdalen College; he started wearing his hair long and scorning "manly" sports.] (Sukhmann Aneja) =====

[|TIL that although Wilde only wrote and published one novel, he wrote nine plays] (Jean Thompson)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde's mother wanted a girl and often dressed him in girls' clothing] (Monica Mooney)

[|TIL that Oscar Wilde got in trouble for showing up to Oxford 3 weeks late] (Brooke Lockwood)