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[–] Successful_Try543 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Just one and a half millenia later, the all time genius Ludwig van Beethoven lost his ability to hear and probably even his life due to his habit of drinking cheap wine that was sweetened with cheap lead acetate.