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TIL Thomas Jefferson, USA's Third President, developed the first Swivel Chair - and arguably the first modern office chair

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QJ8Vk TIL in 1823, an eleven-year-old Liszt met the 53-year-old Beethoven who told Liszt that "It will be your destiny to bring joy and delight to many people and that is the greatest happiness one can achieve"
YpZpW TIL that a Ha-Ha is a wall that is recessed into the ground in order to preserve an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond. A Ha-Ha is used at the Washington Monument to reduce the visual impact of security measures following 9/11.
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