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TIL when Sir Isaac Newton was knighted by the Queen, it wasn’t in recognition of his tremendous achievements as one of the great mathematicians and physicists of all time or his service as head of the Royal Mint for decades, but likely due to political reasons associated with the elections of 1705
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TIL that Rod Stewart had such terrible stage fright during his first concert in America that he hid behind the amplifiers while singing. It took a shot of brandy to get him out. Decades later, he set the record for playing at the largest free rock concert in history, in front of 3.5 million people.
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TIL Written by Beethoven in 1806, the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61’s first performance was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim. Since then it has become one of the best-known violin concertos
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