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Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The premise of "Good Will Hunting," the 1997 movie…
Q: The premise of "Good Will Hunting," the 1997 movie where a young janitor solves a previously "unsolvable" math problem, is based upon a real incident.
A: Fact. The true story involves a student, not a janitor, and it took place in 1940 when George B. Dantzig arrived late to a statistics class at the University of California, Berkeley, and solved two "unsolvable" problems thinking that they were a homework assignment.
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