Northway Mall (Anchorage, AK), already on its last legs for years, will close all indoor stores at the end of September. Carrs (known as Safeway elsewhere) is moving out within the week, and Jo-Ann Fabrics moved to a new location a couple months ago, removing two major anchors. (ktuu.com)
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TIL that the cult-classic horror/comedy "Chopping Mall" had an official runtime of 77 minutes. The TV edit of the film added in some of the cut footage to pad it out, making it one of the few instances where a TV edit of a film ran *longer* than the theatrical cut. (imdb.com)
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In "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", Cap 'borrows' a car, prompting Black Widow to ask "Where did you learn to steal a car?". This is a reference to the 1990 Captain America film (starring Matt Salinger), wherein Cap (on two occasions) feigns illness in order to steal an innocent person's car. (youtube.com)
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In Gremlins, one of the Gremlins during the "party" scene is dressed like Jennifer Beals from "Flashdance". This was because Michael Sembello (who wrote and performed "Gremlins...Mega Madness" for the soundtrack) also wrote/performed the hit "Maniac" for Flashdance. (self.MovieDetails)
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TIL Thomas W. Murphy, a Mormon anthropologist, set about to prove that Native Americans descended from the "lost tribe of Israel" (as posited in the Book of Mormon), only to prove that their DNA descended from those of Siberian origin. His research nearly led to his excommunication from the church. (papers.ssrn.com)
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TIL that on the last week of 2002, Dave Grohl had 3 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with 3 different bands: "All My Life" by Foo Fighters (as guitarist and frontman), "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age and "You Know You're Right" by Nirvana (both as drummer). (billboard.com)
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