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TIL that the author of Forrest Gump had a deal to receive a lump sum and a cut of the film's net profits, but Paramount reported a loss and refused to pay him the cut. He settled with Paramount and they bought the rights to the sequel, which has been stuck in development for over a decade.

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OoJM4 TIL about gleaning, collecting leftover crops from farmers fields after they have been commercially harvested or not profitable to harvest. It is described in the Hebrew Bible that became a legally enforced entitlement of the poor in a number of Christian kingdoms
9YKrM TIL that the band Lynrd Skynrd got its name as a tribute to their PE teacher - Leonard Skinner
Wky79 TIL children can regrow amputated fingertips. In 2016, when a 7-year-old girl's fingertip was torn off, surgeons stuck the tip back on to protect the wound but told the parents that it would likely die. Eight days later it had died, and in its place had grown a perfectly functional new one.
6nnm TIL of Lake McDonald where the water is clear and the bed is covered with multi - colored pebbles made of clay containing iron. (pics and article)
R7XKw TIL that during World War 1, the American Expeditionary Forces tried to make the French treat Black soldiers in accordance with Jim Crow laws ''due to concerns that black soldiers and officers working with the French were being treated with too much “familiarity and indulgence.”