14 Things You Might Not Know About Forrest Gump

(via Mental Floss)  On July 6, 1994, Forrest Gump arrived in theaters and became a box office behemoth. The Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks as a lovable lummox entered the name “Forrest Gump” and generated the simile catchphrase, “Life is like a box of chocolates.” Here are a few things you might not have known about the Robert Zemeckis classic.