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TIL that the first Fast and Furious movie was loosely based on Rafael Estevez' street racing career, and the first drag wars which was sponsored by Penzoil and HKS, in which he did a 11.36 second pass with a turboed Integra GSR engine in a 92 Civic, claiming the title of fastest east coast civic.

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j6Ajp TIL Leonardo DiCaprio idolised River Phoenix as young actor and was desperate to meet him. He saw at a party but was separated by a crowd. Phoenix left the party and went straight to the Viper Room where he would die the same night
R7b9l TIL Alaina Mathers, Eminem's adopted daughter, whom he calls "Lainey" in many of his songs, is actually the biological daughter of his ex-wife Kim's twin sister, who died in 2016 of an heroin overdose. Eminem received legal custody of her daughter in the early 2000's.
n5ZP TIL: woman who had won a lottery, filed for divorce in hurry and at the end lost all of her lottery money to her ex husband as a result of violating disclosure laws (he sued her after he learned about the money)
VMjMD TIL: Warfarin was initially used as a rat poison, until a failed suicide attempt demonstrated its safety in humans.
wL07P TIL that there are sea slugs that look like fuzzy little bunny rabbits.