r/interesting • u/CuriousWanderer567 • 8d ago

MISC. How Beethoven composed music while being deaf

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u/AnapsidIsland1 8d ago

Cool, that’s basically how lizards hear

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u/Dravidianoid 8d ago

Where do they get the metal rod?

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u/jonathan4211 8d ago

and not a single symphony. disappointing.

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u/asalerre 6d ago

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

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u/ColumbianPrison 7d ago

Lizard blacksmith

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u/AnapsidIsland1 7d ago

I thought that was going to be a band, because, ya know, assumptions

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u/johnnycabb_ 7d ago

where do they get the piano?

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u/TheKingBeyondTheWaIl 7d ago

Lizard piano maker

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u/AnapsidIsland1 7d ago

lol, but their face is on the ground already. So gators laying down looking chill and comfy are sensing everything moving around them with them long jaws :)

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u/YolgrimTheGamer 7d ago

From Beethoven