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    Forrest Gump Novel
    Forrest Gump Novel
    In the “Forrest Gump” novel that the movie is based on, Forrest goes into space with NASA. Upon return, he crash lands on an island full of cannibals. He only survives because he beats the head cannibal at chess everyday.
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    Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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    Harry Potter's Tom Riddle Has a Different Name Depending on Which Language the Book Is In
    In the Harry Potter series, Tom Riddle has a different name depending on which language the book is in, in order to preserve the anagram in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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    All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
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    In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
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    In the cartoon "The Jetsons", Jane Jetson is 32 and her daughter Judy is 16, which made Jane a teen mum.
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    John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
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    The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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