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Forrest teaches Elvis to dance in the movie but not in real life
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In the movie the moon landing is shown while forrest is playing ping pong. This happens in the movie and in real life.
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In the movie Forest dicovers people snooping around in the watergate hotel. This turns out to be Nixons men spying. this happened in the movie and in real life
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The Alabama football coach in the movie was Bear Bryant. He was the coach in real life during this time
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The annual ball drop in New York was shown in the movie. This happens in real life every new year
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Football All Americans go to the white house. This is shown in the movie and in real life
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The vietnam war was in the movie. It also happened in real life
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Hurrican Carmen happened in real life and in the movie
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Forrest played ping pong professionally in the movie.
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Jenny dies of 'an unknown virus' which turns out to be aids
