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TIL Beethoven was once asked to an improvisational battle by a rival (Daniel Steibelt). During the duel, Beethoven took a piece of his rival's music, turned it upside-down, then improvised on that theme for over an hour. Steibelt left halfway through the performance.

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nWKD7 TIL that under New York City, on the lower concourse of Grand Central Station, there’s a windowless, 440-seat oyster and seafood bar that has been serving customers since the terminal’s opening in 1913. Except for brief closures for a fire in 1997 and COVID-19 it has operated continuously.
xjm0 TIL Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) members are paid a fixed multiple of the national average wage.
N7KJE TIL Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum kept painting while hiding from the Nazis, chronicling his life of terror. He was killed in Auschwitz
8aJpG TIL there is no universally accepted criterion for distinguishing two different languages from two dialects (i.e. varieties) of the same language. What's considered a language is therefore subjective.
8P8G TIL San Antonio, TX has the highest percentage of gay and lesbian parents in the US