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The architect of the War on Drugs inadvertently acted as a drug mule for a jazz legend. When Louis Armstrong was sweating at customs with a suitcase full of…
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Because a hollowed-out piece of wood is all you really need to shape a culture. Originally restricted to elite circles, this long stringed instrument slowly…
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Nothing screams intellectual brilliance quite like being paralyzed by a completely arbitrary number. Mahler was so terrified of the 'curse of the ninth'—a…
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Paying per syllable is a remarkably effective way to make people brutally concise. Because sending electrical messages over long distances was incredibly…
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Terrified of leaving behind anything less than absolute perfection, the dying pianist demanded all his unfinished drafts be thrown into the fire. Thankfully,…
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Imagine funding someone's entire lifestyle but finding them too insufferable to look at. Nadezhda von Meck gave Tchaikovsky a massive allowance for thirteen…
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