stackyFACTSGenius comes with some truly spectacular neuroses. Bruckner suffered from severe arithmomania, compelling him to frantically count everything in his path, from the buttons on his colleagues' coats to the literal leaves on branches, making casual strolls a mathematical nightmare.
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