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TIL that Joaquin Phoenix flipped his car, and in the wreckage, he heard a voice say, "Just relax." He replied, "I'm fine. I am relaxed." The man replied, "No you're not," and stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gasoline was leaking into the car. This man was famed director Werner Herzog.

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