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TIL Paul McCartney agreed to join the board of organizers of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival on the condition that the Jimi Hendrix Experience be invited to perform. They were invited and Jimi ended his performance by lighting his guitar on fire, immediately making him a rock legend.

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kOeO4 TIL after Beethoven went deaf, he found he could affix a metal rod to his piano and bite it when playing, allowing him to perfectly hear through vibrations in his jawbone.This process is called Bone Conduction.
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