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Did you know? Niccolò Paganini played violin so virtuosically that contemporaries thought he had made a pact with the devil. He had a congenital hypermobility syndrome that let his fingers stretch unusually far. When he died in 1840 the Catholic Church refused him burial for 5 years.

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Niccolò Paganini played violin so virtuosically that contemporaries thought he had made a pact with the devil. He had a congenital hypermobility syndrome that let his fingers stretch unusually far. When he died in 1840 the Catholic Church refused him burial for 5 years.

Niccolò Paganini speelde viool zo virtuoos dat tijdgenoten dachten dat hij een pact met de duivel had. Hij had een aangeboren elasticiteit-syndroom waardoor zijn vingers ongewoon ver konden strekken. Toen hij in 1840 stierf, weigerde de katholieke kerk hem 5 jaar lang een begrafenis.

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