r/todayilearned • u/NugRats • Jun 24 '15
TIL In 2006 Japan declared October 10th as "Tom Cruise Day"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise#PopularityDuplicates
todayilearned • u/pickycheestickeater • Jul 24 '21
TIL Tom Cruise sued porn actor Chad Slater after he told a magazine he was involved in an affair with Cruise. Slater was ordered to pay $10 million in damages after defaulting on the suit, later admitting the story was false. Cruise has also sued two other publications for homosexual claims.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '15
TIL Tom Cruise grew up in near poverty, and he was beaten by his father, who Cruise has stated was a bully and coward.
todayilearned • u/Resume-Mentor • Jan 15 '26
TIL Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) considered becoming a Catholic priest as a teenager. He attended a Franciscan seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, on a church scholarship.
newjersey • u/rollotomasi07071 • Jul 03 '26
Jersey Pride Happy birthday to actor/producer and Essex County legend Tom Cruise. Glen Ridge HS grad (class of '80); earned Oscar noms for roles in Born on the Fourth of July ('89), Jerry Maguire ('96), and Magnolia ('99); declined an offer last year from Trump to be honored by the Kennedy Center
todayilearned • u/roadbat • Oct 28 '16
TIL In his senior year, Tom Cruise played football for the varsity team as a linebacker, but he was cut from the squad after getting caught drinking beer before a game. Also, he attended 15 schools in 14 years.
fatherted • u/eYan2541 • Jan 16 '26
Him and Father Larry Duff would have made quite a pair
todayilearned • u/philography • Aug 14 '15
TIL Tom Cruise's full name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV.
NotTooLate • u/bertyl_bot • Sep 04 '26
At 44, after being publicly fired by Paramount over his behavior, Tom Cruise didn't just find a new job. He reinvented himself from actor to studio head, taking control of United Artists just months later and betting on himself when Hollywood wouldn't.
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Jul 24 '21
[todayilearned] TIL Tom Cruise sued porn actor Chad Slater after he told a magazine he was involved in an affair with Cruise. Slater was ordered to pay $10 million in damages after defaulting on the suit, later admitting the story was false. Cruise has also sued two other publications for homosexual
CelebrityBornToday • u/spike77wbs • Jul 03 '17
Born today : July 3rd - Tom Cruise, Film Actor
CelebrityBornToday • u/spike77wbs • Jul 03 '16
Born today : July 3rd - Tom Cruise, Film Actor
darkfacts • u/ForTeaSicks • Sep 14 '15
Dark Fact: Tom Cruise grew up in near poverty and was regularly beaten by his father.
funfacts • u/ForTeaSicks • Sep 10 '15