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TIL The first "The Fast and the Furious" movie licensed its title from an old 1954 Roger Corman movie after rejecting other bad titles involving racing and wars. But Corman kept the rights to numerical sequel titles, thus why the franchise has no "The Fast and the Furious 2."

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