Each of these historical individuals is renowned for their historical accomplishments. The list includes composers and writers, making them all utterly dissimilar from one another. These people all share some really strange habits. These actions are unexpected because they are out of the ordinary for the circumstances, go against your expectations about the person, or are just plain weird.

Honoré de Balzac

An influential author from France who lived in the early 1800s was Honoré de Balzac. De Balzac reportedly drank only coffee throughout the day rather than a variety of beverages to stay hydrated.

This indicated that he was drinking about 50 cups of coffee daily. He would get up at two in the morning and write for 18 hours using the coffee as fuel. He obviously adored coffee and had a strong connection between it and his writing. In fact, de Balzac is quoted as saying,“Were it not for coffee one could not write, which is to say one could not live.”

Ludwig van Beethoven

Famous German pianist and composer Ludwig van Beethoven went deaf late in his career but kept writing music. His works are still performed all around the world and are still very well-liked. In order to create the perfect cup of coffee to start his day, Beethoven would count out precisely 60 coffee beans. He manually numbered the beans, and frequently checked his work to make sure he had the appropriate number.

Mozart

Mozart was a young musical and composition genius. He continues to be acknowledged as one of the best composers ever. His taste in comedy was anything but sophisticated, despite his polished music. There is a lot of evidence, according to historians who have researched the composer’s life and work, that shows Mozart enjoyed butt, poop, and fart jokes.

Maya Angelou

Famous for doing virtually little of her work at home, the poet and author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was known for this. She usually rented the rooms for months at a time and showed up early in the morning with nothing but her writing tools, a Bible, a bottle of sherry, and a deck of cards (which she claimed kept her “small mind” occupied). To help her concentration, Angelou made sure the accommodations were as minimalist as possible. She frequently wrote while lying on her side in the hotel bed.