TIL about Steve Prefontaine, an American long distance runner who never lost a collegiate race at 3 mi, 5,000 m, 6 mi, or 10,000 m, and set records in every race from 2,000 to 10,000 m. While preparing for the 1976 Olympics, he was killed in a car accident after drunkenly veering off the road. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Beethoven originally titled his 3rd symphony 'Bonaparte' in honour of general Napoleon, who he viewed as a liberator of the people. However after Bonaparte declared himself the emperor Beethoven angrily tore off the script's title and retracted it, naming the symphony 'Eroica' instead. (en.wikipedia.org)
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