› added 11 years ago

145

TIL Natalie Portman skipped the Phantom Menace premier so she could for study her high school finals.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

XgXQ TIL that Japanese law prohibits women, but not men, from remarrying for six months after a divorce.
rRjeW TIL the song "My way" is banned in many Filipino bars after the "My Way killings"
8NoV TIL Comcast and Time Warner Cable have the lowest customer satisfaction of any company in any industry in the U.S. according to the American Customer Satisfaction Survey.
49v6 TIL Mary Donaldson, a 28-year-old Australian who worked at a real estate firm, met a Danish guy at a Sydney pub in the year 2000. He was Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and she is now the Crown Princess of Denmark.
gM1B8 TIL of Jim Swearingen, the man who convinced his employer at a small toy factory to take the Star Wars toy project, even after it was rejected by bigger toy companies. It turned out to be one of the most successful line of toys ever.