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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.

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b6Ewa TIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. Over the years, the coil is replaced by a longer one and more turns are added. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).
5VVAP TIL Kevin Bacon founded an organization that re-homes rescued factory farm pigs.
ZNjY TIL that Metallica owns the rights to the 1971 anti-war film “Johnny Got His Gun.” They bought them because they got tired of paying royalties every time the music video for their song “One” (which uses clips from the film) played.
wmQ1 TIL former Alabama state Senator Steve Windom didn’t leave his chair during a 12 hour dispute, notably urinating in a jug, because he was afraid the Democrats would steal it.
EgQxx TIL the Cincinnati Reds changed their name to "Redlegs" in 1953 due to fears the old name was associated with communism.