› added 11 years ago

153

TIL that Rosie O'Donnell watched Fight Club a week prior to its release. She later went on her show the night of its release and gave away the twist ending and advised the audience to avoid watching it at all costs.

Read more imdb.com

via reddit.com

xVP6o TIL paleontologists found a 99-million year old tick entombed in amber and grasping the feather of a dinosaur
M7bG7 TIL actor James Cagney was originally cast as the lead in 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood", being Warner Bros' biggest star at the time. But after he walked out on his WB contract, it paved the way for the role to go instead to Errol Flynn
ne1Oo TIL Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels had severe depression and mourned his birthday by wearing black clothes.
OoYl1 TIL Benjamin Burnley, the lead singer of Breaking Benjamin, was asked by EA to speak positively of Star Wars Battlefront in exchange for money. His response: "They wanted to pay me to post that I like this piece of shit game. They can shove it up their ass. This game sucks..."
R9e6 TIL that they’ve put armed rangers on guard 24/7 to protect the last male northern white rhino left on Earth