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These were the strange habits of 5 musicians:

1. Chopin-never entered room left foot first

2. Brahms-played with tin soldiers until age 30

3. Beethoven-poured water on his head to stay awake

4. Verdi-planted a tree each time finished an opera

5. Stravinsky-relaxed by standing on his head