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TIL that an alligator terrorizing Chicago locals was captured and named Chance the Snapper by the local Herpetological society

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16K1D TIL Timbaland let OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder keep 100% of the publishing for the remix of the song "Apologize". His manager told Tedder, "He’s not trying to take food off your table. He produced the remix. You wrote the song." Tedder said this decision changed his life by allowing him to buy a home.
BYLr TIL Paul Williams, songwriter for 1979 classic, “The Muppet Movie” said, “Jim Henson gave more freedom than anybody. I said, ‘You want to hear the songs as we’re writing them?’ He said, 'No. I’ll hear them in the studio. I know I’m gonna love them.’ You don’t get that kind of freedom these days.”
yKV8 TIL “She Bop” by Cyndi Lauper was a song about masturbation. Initially she wanted children to hear and be inspired to dance, but get the meaning when they were much older. In 1984 the album had a parental advisory label for content.
7wYb TIL that Mr. Rogers saw to it that every letter he received got an answer.
RoZl TIL Exposure to platinum causes snails to turn into slugs