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TIL 9/11 killed the bizarre Forrest Gump sequel

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QmPM TIL that, despite box office records being broken every year, only one film in the 21st century so far has managed to sell more than 100 million tickets domestically - Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
x6jOD TIL during an exploration around Peru, in 1940 pilots spotted an isolated hamlet in the jungle. The village was founded by Carlos Fitzcarrald around 1890: and was inhabited by rubber tappers who were apart of his colonizing effort, before the end of the rubber boom isolated them. Story in comments.
XjmD TIL that a pinch, dash, and a smidgen are all legitimate measurements. A dash is 1/8 tsp, a pinch 1/16 tsp, and a smidgen 1/32 tsp.
WvvB TIL: Mobile users in poor countries can access Wikipedia articles without data charges thanks to ‘Wikipedia Zero’. It’s currently operating in 34 countries.
W7agX TIL Tracy Edwards, the man who ran away from Jeffrey Dahmer and led the police into his apartment, was arrested for a homicide 20 years later