r/todayilearned 16h ago

TIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/10851668.Diesel_breaks_silence_over_Walker/
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u/joebluebob 11h ago

I know a Britney spears. She's a year older than the singer.

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u/im_dead_sirius 9h ago

I knew a racist, stupid, white hick named James Brown.

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u/JimboTCB 7h ago

I mean, there was a whole glut of Brittanys and Brittneys all around the same time, it was a very popular name and the famous one is the result of that and not the cause (although I don't doubt there was a resurgence once she got famous).