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TIL when Beethoven was challenged to an improvisation duel by one of his rivals named Steibelt, Beethoven took a piece of Steibelt’s music, turned it upside down, played it, then improvised on that theme for over an hour. Steibelt simply left halfway through.

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Jb0l TIL: That, contrary to the popular American belief that British people have bad teeth, British people’s teeth are infact much better on average with the average number of missing or decayed teeth at age 12 being just under half that of America’s.
4X7bb TIL author Clive Barker supported himself early in his career by occasionally working as a male prostitute for rich and secretive clients. The experience inspired him to write, "The Hellbound Heart", which was later adapted into the film, "Hellraiser"
xPnD TIL in 1967 Israel attacked U.S.S. Liberty as an attempt to create a false flag attack and spur a war against Iran, the only reason a war didn’t happen is because a soviet spy plane flew over head and took pictures of the incident.
EOYP TIL Hugh Hefner holds two Guinness world records: the longest career as an editor-in-chief for the same magazine, 59 years, and for the largest collection of personal scrapbooks, 2,643.
kOAw4 TIL on 1 May 1950 Mosinee, WI staged a communist take over where the mayor was dragged from his bed and "surrendered". The excitement caused him to have a heart attack, killing him 5 days later. The local minister also died after showing how he would hide a Bible from communists in a church organ.