The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/WouldbeWanderer on 2024-12-21 18:03:33.

Original Title: TIL in 1977, musician Jimmy Buffett was driving to Key West on the Seven Mile Bridge when the bridge got stuck in the open position causing a 3-hour delay to fix it. To kill time, he wrote the song “Margaritaville” while sitting on the hood of his car.