7 Comments TIL of Tonda Dickerson, a waitress who was tipped a lottery ticket that won. The jackpot was $10M. She was sued by her co-workers who demanded a share and the person who tipped her, who demanded a truck, and was pursued by the IRS, who demanded a gift tax. (New source) by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 10:25 pm 8 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL of Tonda Dickerson, a waitress who was tipped a lottery ticket that won. The jackpot was $10M. She was sued by her co-workers who demanded a share and the person who tipped her, who demanded a truck, and was pursued by the IRS, who demanded a gift tax. by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 8:55 pm 9 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL: Shania Twain has the top selling country album of all time. Beating out heavyweight Garth Brooks by over 10M in sales! by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 9:22 pm 10 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that there is a Underwater Postbox in Susami Bay, Japan. You have to dive 10m underwater to use it. by whatilearned March 1, 2022, 6:33 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that fibromyalgia, a life-altering condition affecting 10M Americans, is centuries old, yet has no known cause, no diagnostic tests, had no medications until 2007, proper diagnosis averages 5 years… even the name tells nothing: its Latin/Greek root words are just “joint + muscle + pain” by whatilearned January 30, 2022, 2:54 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
8 Comments TIL Jonah Hill was only paid $60,000 to appear in The Wolf of Wall Street, with the studio using his desire to work with Martin Scorsese as leverage to pay him the lowest fee possible. Whereas Leonard DiCaprio, who also produced the film, was paid $10m. by whatilearned January 29, 2022, 7:47 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment AITA for taking away my brother’s (10m) driver’s license by CopyPastaArchive January 24, 2022, 3:34 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward by ProgrammerDude November 9, 2021, 2:47 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Open-source is eating the world: Ex-Firebase investor co-leads a $10m seed round for the open-source alternative by ProgrammerDude October 29, 2021, 9:20 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL The Lord of the Rings films originally would have been released by Disney via Miramax but they chose not to fund it due to costs. They let New Line Cinema have it on the condition they pay $10M in “turnaround” costs. The LOTR trilogy will later on gross over $2.9B at the global box office. by whatilearned April 29, 2021, 12:10 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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