› added 3 years ago

237

TIL that Demi Moore was the subject of credit card theft after a man took her card on a shopping spree, spending as much as $169,000 while she had no idea any of this was happening for several weeks.

Read more people.com

via reddit.com

Z8Yeo TIL there are more CEOs named "David" than all female CEOs combined in the US
VMawB TIL that a French bacteriologist trying to use a virus to kill rabbits on his property accidentally wiped out over 90% of the rabbits in Western Europe. He was prosecuted and fined, but the French government later gave him a medal depicting a dead rabbit.
neQY7 TIL about "mad honey": it's honey collected from bees that have fed on rhododendron flowers, and it causes hallucinations and intoxication
oBjyW TIL in 1964 The Beatles were so popular that when "Sie liebt dich", a German language version of "She Loves You" that the Fab Four recorded to increase their German sales, was released in the US, it managed to reach the Billboard Top 100 chart.
8K48 TIL that the movie White Chicks was nominated for five Razzies, including the Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Couple. Film critic Richard Roeper even put the film as the #1 worst film of 2004.