Did You Know These Behind-The-Scenes Facts About "Cast Away"?

The Lt. Dan Band

Actor Gary Sinise took his "Forrest Gump" character to a whole new level. He started his own band, The Lt. Dan Band. The 12-piece rock band - in which he plays the bass - performs covers of USO songs and donates all their proceeds to disabled veterans. The real Lt. Dan would be so proud.

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The More You Know

  • Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth to charity. That's about $77 billion dollars!
  • Shakespeare's plays feature the word "love" about 10 times more than the word "hate."
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
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