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TIL the NEAR Shoemaker probe landed on the asteroid Eros on February 12, 2001

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XEEJj TIL that Beethoven tore up the title page to his symphony "Eroica" upon hearing Napoleon proclaim himself Emperor, hating all things French ever since.
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