› added 10 years ago

160

TIL Switzerland has more millionaires than recipients of social assistance

Read more translate.google.com

via reddit.com

P1W1E TIL that a couple wrote a 'spur of the moment' letter to Buckingham Palace inviting Queen Elizabeth II to their wedding; she unexpectedly did show up.
4deg TIL the upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
RDk7 TIL that in 1982, People Magazine reported that 62-year-old actor Abe Vigoda had died. They are still wrong.
p8JrN TIL that in the film Candyman, Tony Todd negotiated a fee of $1000 for each time he was stung during the bee scene. He walked away with $23000.
oBGyo TIL Chamillionaire, the one-hit wonder rapper behind "Ridin' Dirty," decided there was no money in music and became a tech investor, which has made him an actual multimillionaire