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TIL that Florida will pay you to hunt snakes: No license or permit required

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Qdj6 TIL that when Queen wanted to release “Bohemian Rhapsody”, various executives told them that a song with a length of 5 minutes and 55 seconds was too long and would never be a hit. They even played it to other musicians who claimed that the song had “no hope” of being played on the radio.
epJb TIL: Ryan Gossling took time off from acting to pursue his musical career with his band “Dead Man’s Bones”. The band makes creepy Halloween-type music, complete with children’s choir and all.
lmAV TIL the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco was not originally going to be painted orange. The orange color was only supposed to be for a sealant and was to be painted with black and yellow stripes to ensure visibility by passing ships. The orange color worked better for fog so it was kept instead
XDRE TIL the reason cats flex (also called kneading) their claws when sitting on your lap is due to a behavior from when it was a kitten. The kitten has to flex its claws around the mothers nipple in order to get it to start lactating. In adulthood its just re triggered from being nurtured
N1J8 TIL that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has water geysers that shoot into space only to fall back as snow on the moon’s surface