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TIL Queen's Brian May designed and sold a guitar themed sports bra.

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x61xo TIL Sweden's moose population is so big that they are considered to be a pest animal among many, with even some periods having hunters shoot the equivalent of the total moose population of Alaska annually just to keep the population in check.
QJyQa TIL the first tree at Rockefeller Center was erected by construction workers in 1931 during the Depression-era. Workers pooled their money to buy the tree and decorated it with tin cans and garland made by their families.
ep7an TIL that a Peppa Pig episode was pulled off air in Australia as "inappropriate for Australian audiences" - in it a scared Peppa was told that spiders were "very, very small" and "can't hurt you". In 2016, a huntsman spider was videoed in Australia carrying a mouse up a fridge.
R51Q8 TIL Big Bird's species is debatable. Described as a canary, ibis, or type of whooping crane by others, he has said he is a) a Golden Condor + b) a lark, while Oscar calls him Turkey, Featherface, etc.
jopN TIL during the filming of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee was a guest on set and Gregory Peck noticed her crying after the first scene was shot. She explained that he looked just like her late father, right down to his pot belly. He replied, “That’s not a pot belly, Harper, that’s great acting.”