The Seldom-Seen Creative Hobbies of Historical Figures

Einstein’s Violin, George Washington’s Dancing, Churchill’s Painting, and More…

There is a fact about historical figures that is often lost — they were real people. Despite their place in our collective imagination, each one of them was like us. They loved and lost, succeeded and failed.

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The Seldom-Seen Creative Hobbies of Historical Figures

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