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TIL that despite popular anecdotes it is highly unlikely that Mozart and Beethoven ever met.

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PYENw TIL the 1994 NBA MVP Hakeem Olajuwon released pairs of $35 sneakers instead of endorsing shoes from other brands. He said, “How can a poor working mother with three boys buy Nikes or Reeboks that cost $120…She can’t. So kids steal these shoes from stores and others. Sometimes they kill for them
x8bD TIL Noah Webster, the founder of Merriam-Webster, learned 26 languages in order to evaluate the etymology of words
x6vW5 TIL Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who was known for living in a ceramic jar, disrupting Plato's lessons by eating loudly, urinating on people who insulted him, and pointing his middle finger at random people.
8arY8 TIL the record-holder as the USSR's most productive and competent worker had his name misspelled in the state newspaper. The bureaucracy officially changed his name to match rather than admit their mistake.
EgJjW TIL a pizza delivery driver in 2022, Nick Bostic, received the Carnegie Medal. The award is given throughout the U.S. and Canada to those who enter extreme danger while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. The medal is North America's highest honor for civilian heroism.